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The Courier: Issue Nr IX (N.S.) - December/January/February 2009

The Courier: Issue Nr IX (N.S.) - December/January/February 2009

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Table of content

Editorial

Yes, they can!

To the point

The press in Africa, as seen by Robert Ménard, founder of Reporters sans frontières

Round up

Development must not pay the price for the crisis
Mauritania and Fiji under Cotonou’s scrutiny
“Europe without barriers” for the Czech Republic
What role for the EU in Somalia?
A Blue Card for the best brains in the third world
Coups and development reporting

Dossier

The Crisis: Serious damage for ACP countries ... and positive side-effects
GLOBAL CRISIS: Africa can be optimistic: Jacques Attali in an exclusive interview with The Courier
AFRICA: The harder they come
Caribbean tourist hotspots feel the chill
PACIFIC: Islands struck by shock waves from Australia and New Zealand

Interaction

From Global to Local: The Issues of Development
Education is an absolute priority, ACP countries remind us
Less emphasis on Francophone issues and more on activism
NGOs around the world call for the EU to support a ‘finally democratic’ global governance system
Global Forum for Media Development
MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT - “To move beyond the security dimension with Europe”
Migrants: precious (human) resources for development
Cultural Diversity at the forefront

Zoom

Giving Tswana culture a world vision: A day in the life of Motswana architect Moleta Mosienyane

Our Planet

The ‘Carbon’ Price of Forests

Report

Botswana: Beyond diamonds...
From low to middle income nation
“No democracy can exist without discipline” - President Seretse Khama Ian Khama
“Botswana feels a need for outside support”
Opposition calls for democratic and economic change
Adding sparkle to rough diamonds
The production challenge in farming
Fighting the national HIV/AIDS catastrophe
PASSION KILLINGS: “A Festering Sore on the Conscience of the Nation”
Fresh pressures on the Okavango Delta

Trade

Doha lends its support to the “numerical 1 per cent”

Discovering Europe

Aragon awakes
Spain encapsulated
The Ebro, symbol of a region’s combat
Recent immigration
Working with local players
Saragossa, new pole of European communication
Our Lady of the Pillar, Goya and other illustrious figures

Creativity

The legacy of Miriam Makeba
Picasso and the African Masters
African cinema: tourism and cultural heritage
EU puts ACP culture centre stage

For younger readers

The Recession

Extending cooperation

European Commission - European Development Days 2008: together for development
OPINION - Humanitarian aid: solidarity in a different context
OPINION - ECHO: dealing with disasters
OPINION - Belgium’s political crisis and its development policy