Angola
The Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ended on 13 May in Istanbul with a new 10-year Programme of Action that sets the goal of halving the number of LDCs by 2020.
There are currently 48 countries – 33 in Africa, 14 in Asia, plus Haiti – that meet the conditions to be considered members of the group of least developed countries: an annual per...
One hundred and one films were screened at the FESPACO film festival, as part of the official selection and 84 were shown outside of competition. ‘African Cinema and Markets’ was the theme of this year’s event.
The biennial film festival, known as Africa’s ‘Oscars’ or ‘Caesars’ awarded the Golden Stallion of Yennenga –...
The Dapper Museum in Paris is currently staging an exhibition on the arts of Angola ( (10 November 2010-10 July 2011). On display are contemporary aspects of the country’s culture through the work of a single artist: António Ole.
The exhibition is a tribute to one of the greatest contemporary African artists, a sophisticated and profound intellectual who experiments with...
"A consideration of health in all aspects of the European Union's development policy." This principle, declared in two reference documents, a communication from the European Commission issued in March 2010 and a Council resolution in May 2010, both under the title of "The EU's role in global health”, is now a sacred rule says Juan Garay, Health Coordinator at...
Africa has been central to the South-South strategy advocated by President Lula – full name Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva – during his eight years as Brazil’s leader. For reasons of solidarity, but also, and above all, due to geopolitical and economic interests.
“Brazil will never be able to repay its historical debt to the continent”, Lula has stated repeatedly...
In a speech given in Warsaw on May 17, EU Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs said: “In Poland, the word ‘solidarity’ is to this day associated with Solidarność, that brave social movement. But it also has a wider meaning: uniting together for a common cause, for example to help others in need”. Today, Poland, once a beneficiary country in terms of aid, has to...
Even though huge social and economic disparities and inequalities remain within their borders, the so-called emerging countries are today among the leaders in combating world poverty. Following their strong economic performances of recent decades, Africa today offers vast potential for China, India and Brazil.
China discovers Africa
China’s raw material needs are at the basis of an...
HIV/AIDS: Responsible cooperation
Health – and the fight against HIV/AIDS in particular – is one of the South African Government’s biggest priorities, alongside education, employment and combating poverty.
Southern Africa, and South Africa in particular, has one of the highest Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) rates in the world. The virus is notably prevalent among women...
‘SAN’ or the universal man by Vincent Mantsoe
Backed by music that is mesmerising and rhythmic, interspersed with verses by the Sufi poet Rumi, South African choreographer Vincent Mantsoe, flanked by four other dancers, will transport you for an hour with the San, the Bushmen, living witnesses of a long human journey that started over 20,000 years ago.
It is almost 10 p.m. when...
Ahead of the Shanghai Expo 2010, China (1 May to 31-October 2010), a showcase for all the globe’s nations, notably those of the African continent (see box), we ask Professor Ian Taylor, an expert on China-Africa relations at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland* whether Europe has any lessons to learn from China’s expanding ties with Africa.
What is the nature of a typical...
The Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ended on 13 May in Istanbul with a new 10-year Programme of Action that sets the goal of halving the number of LDCs by 2020.
There are currently 48 countries – 33 in Africa, 14 in Asia, plus Haiti – that meet the conditions to be considered members of the group of least developed countries: an annual per...
One hundred and one films were screened at the FESPACO film festival, as part of the official selection and 84 were shown outside of competition. ‘African Cinema and Markets’ was the theme of this year’s event.
The biennial film festival, known as Africa’s ‘Oscars’ or ‘Caesars’ awarded the Golden Stallion of Yennenga –...
The Dapper Museum in Paris is currently staging an exhibition on the arts of Angola ( (10 November 2010-10 July 2011). On display are contemporary aspects of the country’s culture through the work of a single artist: António Ole.
The exhibition is a tribute to one of the greatest contemporary African artists, a sophisticated and profound intellectual who experiments with...
"A consideration of health in all aspects of the European Union's development policy." This principle, declared in two reference documents, a communication from the European Commission issued in March 2010 and a Council resolution in May 2010, both under the title of "The EU's role in global health”, is now a sacred rule says Juan Garay, Health Coordinator at...
Africa has been central to the South-South strategy advocated by President Lula – full name Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva – during his eight years as Brazil’s leader. For reasons of solidarity, but also, and above all, due to geopolitical and economic interests.
“Brazil will never be able to repay its historical debt to the continent”, Lula has stated repeatedly...
In a speech given in Warsaw on May 17, EU Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs said: “In Poland, the word ‘solidarity’ is to this day associated with Solidarność, that brave social movement. But it also has a wider meaning: uniting together for a common cause, for example to help others in need”. Today, Poland, once a beneficiary country in terms of aid, has to...
Even though huge social and economic disparities and inequalities remain within their borders, the so-called emerging countries are today among the leaders in combating world poverty. Following their strong economic performances of recent decades, Africa today offers vast potential for China, India and Brazil.
China discovers Africa
China’s raw material needs are at the basis of an...
HIV/AIDS: Responsible cooperation
Health – and the fight against HIV/AIDS in particular – is one of the South African Government’s biggest priorities, alongside education, employment and combating poverty.
Southern Africa, and South Africa in particular, has one of the highest Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) rates in the world. The virus is notably prevalent among women...
‘SAN’ or the universal man by Vincent Mantsoe
Backed by music that is mesmerising and rhythmic, interspersed with verses by the Sufi poet Rumi, South African choreographer Vincent Mantsoe, flanked by four other dancers, will transport you for an hour with the San, the Bushmen, living witnesses of a long human journey that started over 20,000 years ago.
It is almost 10 p.m. when...
Ahead of the Shanghai Expo 2010, China (1 May to 31-October 2010), a showcase for all the globe’s nations, notably those of the African continent (see box), we ask Professor Ian Taylor, an expert on China-Africa relations at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland* whether Europe has any lessons to learn from China’s expanding ties with Africa.
What is the nature of a typical...
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