Chad
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,...
Africa’s current wave of elections is being financially supported by international donors, the EU first and foremost, as well as by the presence of many international observers. But what happens after the elections if parliaments are unable to exercise their authority to govern and to inform? The Agora website is trying to make up for any shortcomings.
“If you look at northern Niger, northern...
Unending Urbanisation in Lagos, Nigeria : The fastest growing city in Africa
The second most populous city in Africa (after Cairo)* and the third on Earth, Lagos is a magnet for migrants from throughout West Africa, say the authors of this piece from the Nigerian forum, Village Voice.
Migrants from across the country and all over Africa come to Lagos to search for work and to take advantage...
The 8th Bamako Encounters – the Biennial Exhibition of African Photography, which took place from 7 November to 7 December 2009 in Bamako, were organised by the Ministry of Culture in Mali, in collaboration with Culturesfrance (Paris), with financial, technical and media support from many local and international corporate bodies.
This year, the theme of the Biennial of African...
In the aftermath of the world financial crisis towards the end of 2008, the G20, made up of the Finance Ministers of rich and emerging nations, set itself up as a potential regulator of world finance. At the time of its creation in 1999, the G20 was conceived as a simple forum for consultation aiming to promote international economic and financial stability. Once the crisis was over and its...
Applying good intentions
A body of international legislation recognises gender equality as a fundamental right and of importance in combating poverty - although implementation has often fallen short of targets, notably the Millennium Development Goal (MDG 5) on improving maternal health. Progress often depends on individuals who take up the mantle such as Sweden’s Minister for...
Safeguarding the economy of Niger’s legendary pasture farming is the ambition of the European Union’s PASEP (Support to the pastoral economy) Programme.
“They are Peuls!” exclaims the driver of our expedition, as he points to a group of men accompanying a drove of cows and goats that cross the road towards the North. “But also Touaregs and Wodaabe...
The Authority of the basin of the Niger River and Chad Lake is a formidable factor for regional cooperation.
Even though the river that gave the country its name only runs through 550 kilometres of it (although it is 4100 kilometres long, making it the 3rd largest river in Africa after the Nile and the Congo), it represents a significant economic asset for the country. One year ago, the...
Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) - We need a minimum of protection
A delegation of African parliamentarians and farmers, on a tour of the major European capitals during the month of March, have condemned the approach taken by the European Union in negotiations carried out with the African nations to conclude the new Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) which risk “causing economic...
A Euro-African transport network tomorrow? This is the idea that Antonio Tajani, European Transport Commissioner, supported on the occasion of the African Union (AU) summit focusing on infrastructure, held from 1 to 4 February in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
In the eyes of the European Commissioner, this new ‘bridge’ linking the continents would prove a logical continuation to the...
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,...
Africa’s current wave of elections is being financially supported by international donors, the EU first and foremost, as well as by the presence of many international observers. But what happens after the elections if parliaments are unable to exercise their authority to govern and to inform? The Agora website is trying to make up for any shortcomings.
“If you look at northern Niger, northern...
Unending Urbanisation in Lagos, Nigeria : The fastest growing city in Africa
The second most populous city in Africa (after Cairo)* and the third on Earth, Lagos is a magnet for migrants from throughout West Africa, say the authors of this piece from the Nigerian forum, Village Voice.
Migrants from across the country and all over Africa come to Lagos to search for work and to take advantage...
The 8th Bamako Encounters – the Biennial Exhibition of African Photography, which took place from 7 November to 7 December 2009 in Bamako, were organised by the Ministry of Culture in Mali, in collaboration with Culturesfrance (Paris), with financial, technical and media support from many local and international corporate bodies.
This year, the theme of the Biennial of African...
In the aftermath of the world financial crisis towards the end of 2008, the G20, made up of the Finance Ministers of rich and emerging nations, set itself up as a potential regulator of world finance. At the time of its creation in 1999, the G20 was conceived as a simple forum for consultation aiming to promote international economic and financial stability. Once the crisis was over and its...
Applying good intentions
A body of international legislation recognises gender equality as a fundamental right and of importance in combating poverty - although implementation has often fallen short of targets, notably the Millennium Development Goal (MDG 5) on improving maternal health. Progress often depends on individuals who take up the mantle such as Sweden’s Minister for...
Safeguarding the economy of Niger’s legendary pasture farming is the ambition of the European Union’s PASEP (Support to the pastoral economy) Programme.
“They are Peuls!” exclaims the driver of our expedition, as he points to a group of men accompanying a drove of cows and goats that cross the road towards the North. “But also Touaregs and Wodaabe...
The Authority of the basin of the Niger River and Chad Lake is a formidable factor for regional cooperation.
Even though the river that gave the country its name only runs through 550 kilometres of it (although it is 4100 kilometres long, making it the 3rd largest river in Africa after the Nile and the Congo), it represents a significant economic asset for the country. One year ago, the...
Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) - We need a minimum of protection
A delegation of African parliamentarians and farmers, on a tour of the major European capitals during the month of March, have condemned the approach taken by the European Union in negotiations carried out with the African nations to conclude the new Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) which risk “causing economic...
A Euro-African transport network tomorrow? This is the idea that Antonio Tajani, European Transport Commissioner, supported on the occasion of the African Union (AU) summit focusing on infrastructure, held from 1 to 4 February in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
In the eyes of the European Commissioner, this new ‘bridge’ linking the continents would prove a logical continuation to the...
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