Comoros
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.
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The hot underground rocks in East Africa’s Rift Valley are thought to be a promising solution for energy production. The first results were recorded in Kenya, under the auspices of the United Nations and the expertise of the Icelanders.
In Africa, high-temperature geothermal resources – used to generate electricity – are usually found in areas of tectonic and volcanic activity...
EU funds for 13 ACPs to cushion the impact of the economic crisis
Eleven African and two Caribbean countries are the initial beneficiaries of €215M from the EU’s Vulnerability-FLEX (V-FLEX) finance mechanism for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) nations, it was announced in December 2009. They are: Benin, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Comoros, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea...
Alessandro Mariani , the newly-appointed Head of Delegation of the European Commission to Mauritius, Seychelles and Comoros, presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Seychelles on Tuesday 6 October 2009. He gave an exclusive interview to The Courier on the occasion.
Ambassador AM - I came here to present my credentials to the President of Seychelles. Moreover I...
The latest news from South Africa was not good. The unease of most commentators was clear. The image of a country that had achieved probably the most benevolent revolution of the 20th century, one rooted in humanism, forgiveness and empathy, had just been tarnished by a few groups of bullies picking at random on foreigners who were more vulnerable than themselves: African immigrants who...
Réunion’s nest egg is high technology. Surprisingly perhaps.
Speaking with Paul Vergès, President of the Regional Council
Paul Vergès is true to form. His culture and way with words – come across during press conferences. He is noted for his public speaking that leaves even his critics spellbound. Today he addressed his great concern about the current...
Co-operation – EU - Réunion - Indian Ocean ACP
ERDF funds totalling €35.4M, in addition to contributions from the French state and Réunion bring total funding for an operational programme for the ‘Indian Ocean’ to €47.3M. Beneficiaries are Réunion and the Indian Ocean islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Comoros, who are members of...
Open warfare on “illegal, undeclared, unregulated” fishing
The EU has decided to attack a crisis head-on that could affect almost a fifth of the global volume of fishing: illegal practices. This initiative is headed by Cesar Deben Alfonso, Director of monitoring and implementation at the Directorate-General of Fishing and Maritime Affairs at the European Commission.
“For...
© EC
1957. Treaty of Rome. Convention of Application - EDF 1
EEC (6 countries)
France, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Federal Republic of Germany
Partners (31 OCTs)
French West Africa comprising : French west Africa, Guinea (1), Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sudan, Upper Volta
French Equatorial Africa, comprising : Cameroon (Trust Territory),...
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...
The hot underground rocks in East Africa’s Rift Valley are thought to be a promising solution for energy production. The first results were recorded in Kenya, under the auspices of the United Nations and the expertise of the Icelanders.
In Africa, high-temperature geothermal resources – used to generate electricity – are usually found in areas of tectonic and volcanic activity...
EU funds for 13 ACPs to cushion the impact of the economic crisis
Eleven African and two Caribbean countries are the initial beneficiaries of €215M from the EU’s Vulnerability-FLEX (V-FLEX) finance mechanism for African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) nations, it was announced in December 2009. They are: Benin, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Comoros, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea...
Alessandro Mariani , the newly-appointed Head of Delegation of the European Commission to Mauritius, Seychelles and Comoros, presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Seychelles on Tuesday 6 October 2009. He gave an exclusive interview to The Courier on the occasion.
Ambassador AM - I came here to present my credentials to the President of Seychelles. Moreover I...
The latest news from South Africa was not good. The unease of most commentators was clear. The image of a country that had achieved probably the most benevolent revolution of the 20th century, one rooted in humanism, forgiveness and empathy, had just been tarnished by a few groups of bullies picking at random on foreigners who were more vulnerable than themselves: African immigrants who...
Réunion’s nest egg is high technology. Surprisingly perhaps.
Speaking with Paul Vergès, President of the Regional Council
Paul Vergès is true to form. His culture and way with words – come across during press conferences. He is noted for his public speaking that leaves even his critics spellbound. Today he addressed his great concern about the current...
Co-operation – EU - Réunion - Indian Ocean ACP
ERDF funds totalling €35.4M, in addition to contributions from the French state and Réunion bring total funding for an operational programme for the ‘Indian Ocean’ to €47.3M. Beneficiaries are Réunion and the Indian Ocean islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles and Comoros, who are members of...
Open warfare on “illegal, undeclared, unregulated” fishing
The EU has decided to attack a crisis head-on that could affect almost a fifth of the global volume of fishing: illegal practices. This initiative is headed by Cesar Deben Alfonso, Director of monitoring and implementation at the Directorate-General of Fishing and Maritime Affairs at the European Commission.
“For...
© EC
1957. Treaty of Rome. Convention of Application - EDF 1
EEC (6 countries)
France, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Federal Republic of Germany
Partners (31 OCTs)
French West Africa comprising : French west Africa, Guinea (1), Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sudan, Upper Volta
French Equatorial Africa, comprising : Cameroon (Trust Territory),...
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