Civil society
Glamour and a gifted activism for the cause of migrants
Yvette Jarvis is a talented Athens-based artist and politician, who is one of a kind. Since she arrived in Greece from the United States in the 1980s, she has quickly become the voice of immigrants, particularly those of African origin. A sports champion, model, singer, TV presenter, and feminist activist, Jarvis left the limelight behind to become a municipal councillor...
The world’s attention has recently been drawn to Greece, as a victim of the international financial crisis and, it is true, of a notable lack of transparency and economic mismanagement. No mention has been made of the prosperity that the country has enjoyed since joining the European Union, and neither has its dynamism in certain scientific fields or in the arts, above all theatre, been recognized. And then, of course, there is the country...
Structured dialogue with civil society fosters South-South cooperation. The potential for South-South cooperation took centre stage on 31 May 2011 at a public meeting held at the European Parliament on the theme ‘Organising Inclusive Ownership – The EU's Structured Dialogue to strengthen cooperation with Non State Actors in the South’.
Cooperation between Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica was first put in motion by the Dutch...
After 20 turbulent centuries of history, Iceland - an island that came into being just 20 million years ago by virtue of a whim of nature - straddling the rift between the American and Eurasian continental plates - is expected to join the European Union within the next two years. That’s provided its population, shaken by the 2008 financial crisis, gives its approval.
The country’s history goes back to the first century AD. Irish...
In April 2011, 70 pupils from the Elementary School of the Patte d'Oie Builders in Dakar enjoyed their first viewing of a film on the big screen: Le ballon d’or by Cheick Doukouré. This viewing was one of the first organised as part of the MobiCINE project, which is piloting an innovative system of film screenings in two major West African cities: Dakar and Bamako. In February, 7 “motorcycle units” were equipped with...
Three Caribbean countries: Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and Cuba have embassies in Abuja and a consular representative in Lagos. For Robert Miller, High Commissioner of Jamaica, "Nigeria offers tremendous opportunities for cooperation with Jamaica. We are trying, for instance, to attract Nigerian investors to Jamaica and promote the export of our packaged food products to Nigeria as well as to stimulate joint ventures between the two...
Opposition critics of the new president, Goodluck Jonathan, have yet to single out a line of attack. They are more critical of the closed nature of the actual system of governance which, they say, is open to police violence and corruption, than of the President himself. However, they also cast doubt over the new President’s ability to combat such scourges.
General Muhammadu Buhari, placed 2nd in the presidential elections of April 2011...
In February 2011, the Icelandic capital submitted its candidacy to become City of Literature. This seemed a natural step for the capital of a country which has the highest number of books published per head of population anywhere in the world.
Reykjavik hence looks set to join a select club of literary cities currently numbering just four: Edinburgh, Iowa City, Melbourne and Dublin. In March 2011, the Paris Book Fair celebrated Icelandic...
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Ten years and thousands of child beneficiaries later, Sylvia Arthur reports on a unique British charity whose aim is to put itself out of business.
When Georgie Fienberg visited Ghana on a gap year almost fifteen years ago, she couldn’t have known the impact it would have on the rest of her life. Not just hers, but those of thousands of children in northern Ghana whose lives she would touch through the work of the charity she would create...
West Africa’s plans to move up the world tourism rankings are taking root, both at regional and country-levels.
Nigeria’s Delta State is aiming for one million visitors a year by 2014 on completion of a water theme park. According to Richard Mofe Damijo, state commissioner for tourism, it is the first of its kind in West Africa and will help propel the country’s tourism sector to a different level. “Currently, tourist...
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