Congo
Last December the European Union granted financing of €30M to support phase five of the Programme for Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa (ECOFAC).
The financing agreement, signed on 17 December in Libreville (Gabon), links the EU and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECOCAS). The budget, allocated by the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), is part of the renewal...
A European Commission-funded project studying the dynamics of migration and town planning, implemented by UN-HABITAT, is underway in about thirty ACP countries. It is examining the planning characteristics of cities in which shanty towns have developed and is setting up action plans for improvements in their inhabitants’ living conditions. One of the first conclusions to be drawn is...
Bishop of Congo-Brazzaville and champion of human rights Mgr Louis Portella-Mbuyu has been campaigning for over a decade for a fair distribution of the revenue of mining and oil multinationals in Africa. The Courier spoke to him in Brussels on 15 September on the fringes of a European Parliament debate.
Mgr Portella-Mbuyu was the star guest in the debate organised by MEPs Charles Goerens (...
Hope is reborn and new initiatives are bearing fruit. “Peace is back”. It’s not really fresh news; the last armed faction laid down its arms back in April 2009. But this is one of those countries that appear to be locked into an image which people hold of it, in this case that of ethnic conflict. Burundi deserves to be discovered, for the economic opportunities, for its...
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 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...
With her slender 6ft 2in frame, beauty, elegance and intelligence, the Greco-Gabonese model Gloria Mika, icon of the couturiers and designers of luxury beauty products and muse of famous musicians, has just seen her fame take a quantum leap. Her appeal to the goodwill of her fellow models in setting up ‘Guardian Angels for Transparency’ to oversee the Gabonese elections last August, and in other...
An international workshop, organised by the European Commission (EC) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group, was held 14-15 October in Brussels on the Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme financed by the EU implemented by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF).
The programme benefited 22 ACP* countries between...
The lost, forgotten – even exhumed riches from Africa
It is common knowledge that Africa is the cradle of humanity and of disciplines such as mathematics – that is, unless new discoveries come along to trump these widely-held assumptions. Reducing the continent to the role of ‘originator’, and in so doing conferring on the other continents – Europe, in particular...
The word ‘tribe’ appears to be a ‘no-no’ word. So much so that it is increasingly being replaced by others such as ‘ethnic group’, ‘community’, or even ‘community group’. But, in truth, reality lies behind the word ‘tribe’. A Malian Bambara or a Senegalese Peul or a Congolese Luba has a sense of belonging as much as a...
Last December the European Union granted financing of €30M to support phase five of the Programme for Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa (ECOFAC).
The financing agreement, signed on 17 December in Libreville (Gabon), links the EU and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECOCAS). The budget, allocated by the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), is part of the renewal...
A European Commission-funded project studying the dynamics of migration and town planning, implemented by UN-HABITAT, is underway in about thirty ACP countries. It is examining the planning characteristics of cities in which shanty towns have developed and is setting up action plans for improvements in their inhabitants’ living conditions. One of the first conclusions to be drawn is...
Bishop of Congo-Brazzaville and champion of human rights Mgr Louis Portella-Mbuyu has been campaigning for over a decade for a fair distribution of the revenue of mining and oil multinationals in Africa. The Courier spoke to him in Brussels on 15 September on the fringes of a European Parliament debate.
Mgr Portella-Mbuyu was the star guest in the debate organised by MEPs Charles Goerens (...
Hope is reborn and new initiatives are bearing fruit. “Peace is back”. It’s not really fresh news; the last armed faction laid down its arms back in April 2009. But this is one of those countries that appear to be locked into an image which people hold of it, in this case that of ethnic conflict. Burundi deserves to be discovered, for the economic opportunities, for its...
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 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...
With her slender 6ft 2in frame, beauty, elegance and intelligence, the Greco-Gabonese model Gloria Mika, icon of the couturiers and designers of luxury beauty products and muse of famous musicians, has just seen her fame take a quantum leap. Her appeal to the goodwill of her fellow models in setting up ‘Guardian Angels for Transparency’ to oversee the Gabonese elections last August, and in other...
An international workshop, organised by the European Commission (EC) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group, was held 14-15 October in Brussels on the Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme financed by the EU implemented by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF).
The programme benefited 22 ACP* countries between...
The lost, forgotten – even exhumed riches from Africa
It is common knowledge that Africa is the cradle of humanity and of disciplines such as mathematics – that is, unless new discoveries come along to trump these widely-held assumptions. Reducing the continent to the role of ‘originator’, and in so doing conferring on the other continents – Europe, in particular...
The word ‘tribe’ appears to be a ‘no-no’ word. So much so that it is increasingly being replaced by others such as ‘ethnic group’, ‘community’, or even ‘community group’. But, in truth, reality lies behind the word ‘tribe’. A Malian Bambara or a Senegalese Peul or a Congolese Luba has a sense of belonging as much as a...
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