Burkina-Faso
Less than a week after the European Parliament gave the green light on April 6 for the new fishing agreement between the EU and the Comoros, a delegation of fishermen from West Africa, brought to Europe by the NGO Greenpeace, told MEPs and EU fisheries commissioner Maria Damanaki, on 14 April in Brussels, of the threat posed by the mass influx of European vessels into their waters.
Thirteen...
At his inauguration as president of Ivory Coast on Saturday 21st May in Yamassoukro, the political capital of the country, Alassane Ouattara placed emphasis on Ivorians gathering together, while awaiting reconciliation between political enemies. The official proclamation of the results took place on 5th May, six months after the elections. The intervening period was marked by oppression from both...
Established in 1991, the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), a partnership between African governments and the international donor community, is enabling Africa to build its own capacity, says Executive Secretary, Frannie Leautier. She was recently in Brussels to explain more about ACBF’s aims and activities to European Union (EU) institutions. The body has, to date, funded 246...
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 –...
West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR) is a trans-territorial radio station, set up to facilitate the exchange of development information between West African countries.
Its promoter is the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), part of the network of the Soros Foundations whose aims are to further democracy, good governance, the rule of law, freedom and civil society participation.
After...
On 15 March in Brussels, the President of the Committee of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) launched an offensive aimed at generating a new impetus on the part of the European Union and the United States to mobilise support of African cotton.
The action is being led by the UEMOA and the Cotton-4 group (C4) that represents the four producing countries (Burkina Faso,...
British High Commissioner to Ghana and Ambassador to the Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Niger and Togo until January of this year, and with a previous posting in Tanzania, Nicholas Westcott is now the “Mr Africa” of European diplomacy.
As Managing Director for Africa in the new European External Action Service (EEAS), responsible for European policy on sub-Saharan Africa and relations...
The dreams of so many African film-makers lie in the hands of this man. As delegate general of FESPACO, the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, Michel Ouedraogo heads an artistic institution unlike any other in Africa and rare in the developing world. Held with unfailing regularity every two years, and going from strength to strength with each passing season, this...
War has been declared on counterfeit medicines, which are ever more common, especially in poor countries. Some contraband medicines either do not contain any "active principles" at all or contain them in insufficient quantity, or else they conceal hazardous substances. They are also likely to lead to drug resistance on the part of serious pathogenic agents. The manufacture, sale or...
Universal Healthcare Insurance (UHI) or health insurance, financed by the state, employers and possibly by private individuals, was long regarded as unattainable in developing countries. Unlike pensions, industrial accident insurance or free public schooling, this was not part of the colonial legacy bequeathed to the newly independent African or Caribbean states in the 1960s and 70s....
Less than a week after the European Parliament gave the green light on April 6 for the new fishing agreement between the EU and the Comoros, a delegation of fishermen from West Africa, brought to Europe by the NGO Greenpeace, told MEPs and EU fisheries commissioner Maria Damanaki, on 14 April in Brussels, of the threat posed by the mass influx of European vessels into their waters.
Thirteen...
At his inauguration as president of Ivory Coast on Saturday 21st May in Yamassoukro, the political capital of the country, Alassane Ouattara placed emphasis on Ivorians gathering together, while awaiting reconciliation between political enemies. The official proclamation of the results took place on 5th May, six months after the elections. The intervening period was marked by oppression from both...
Established in 1991, the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), a partnership between African governments and the international donor community, is enabling Africa to build its own capacity, says Executive Secretary, Frannie Leautier. She was recently in Brussels to explain more about ACBF’s aims and activities to European Union (EU) institutions. The body has, to date, funded 246...
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 –...
West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR) is a trans-territorial radio station, set up to facilitate the exchange of development information between West African countries.
Its promoter is the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), part of the network of the Soros Foundations whose aims are to further democracy, good governance, the rule of law, freedom and civil society participation.
After...
On 15 March in Brussels, the President of the Committee of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) launched an offensive aimed at generating a new impetus on the part of the European Union and the United States to mobilise support of African cotton.
The action is being led by the UEMOA and the Cotton-4 group (C4) that represents the four producing countries (Burkina Faso,...
300.jpg)
British High Commissioner to Ghana and Ambassador to the Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Niger and Togo until January of this year, and with a previous posting in Tanzania, Nicholas Westcott is now the “Mr Africa” of European diplomacy.
As Managing Director for Africa in the new European External Action Service (EEAS), responsible for European policy on sub-Saharan Africa and relations...
The dreams of so many African film-makers lie in the hands of this man. As delegate general of FESPACO, the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou, Michel Ouedraogo heads an artistic institution unlike any other in Africa and rare in the developing world. Held with unfailing regularity every two years, and going from strength to strength with each passing season, this...
War has been declared on counterfeit medicines, which are ever more common, especially in poor countries. Some contraband medicines either do not contain any "active principles" at all or contain them in insufficient quantity, or else they conceal hazardous substances. They are also likely to lead to drug resistance on the part of serious pathogenic agents. The manufacture, sale or...
Universal Healthcare Insurance (UHI) or health insurance, financed by the state, employers and possibly by private individuals, was long regarded as unattainable in developing countries. Unlike pensions, industrial accident insurance or free public schooling, this was not part of the colonial legacy bequeathed to the newly independent African or Caribbean states in the 1960s and 70s....
Latest news
More information
Visit Burkina-Faso on EU website
