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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...
Silvia da Bragança, a multicultural artist
Maputo is a city which offers an extremely interesting landscape of contemporary African art, with museums and educational institutions which, in spite of the difficulties they face, offer a framework of reference for artists. These institutions include the National Museum of Art, the National School of Visual Art and the newly-opened...
History - A well-tempered suite
The history of Seychelles is one that is relatively unmarked by tensions – even during its most unstable periods. Slavery, for example, did not produce the atrocities seen elsewhere, neither did the struggle for independence, nor, in fact, the nationalist coup d’Etat during the republic’s early years. In more recent times, since the re-...
Non Governmental Organisations, Oxfam International and Health Action International Europe (HAI Europe) want all European Union (EU) institutions to get to grips with easier access for developing countries to generic medicines.
Their newly-published report, ‘Trading Away Access to Medicines – How the European Union’s trade agenda has taken a wrong turn’, says...
A long history of manipulation and loss of credibility
The history of Africa, and therefore the history of its tribes prior to colonisation, was the subject of very few studies during the colonial period. This is most probably due to the oral character of most cultures to the South of the Sahara, meaning that there is little written record. However, the avoidance of historical recollection...
The compensation that poor southern countries are entitled to claim from the industrialised world responsible for the increase in greenhouse gas emissions could allow them to put in place a carbon-free energy economy. Provided, warns climate expert Youba Sokona, that the results of negotiations on climate to be held in Copenhagen this December are fair and open.
Youba Sokona knows what he...
Sweden took over the rotating EU Presidency on 1 July 2009. One of its top priorities is to conclude new trade deals – called Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) – between the EU and several ACP regions. João Aguiar Machado, Deputy Director-General for Trade at the European Commission, answers our questions and explains why he believes these deals offer real benefits to...
The surprise. Even though we anticipated the beauty and friendliness attributed to the Caribbean islands, we are, nevertheless, surprised by Grenada. Older people, who still remember the island in 1983 under US occupation after the political upheavals, are surprised by the normality of this now democratic country. It is also a surprise to those who saw the devastation caused by the hurricane...
The original inhabitants of this second largest country south of the Sahara by area were thought to have been the Khosian speakers followed by large numbers of Bantu speakers in the 10th century. The Portuguese first arrived in the late 15th century, establishing relations with the Kongo State stretching from modern Gabon in the north to the Cuanza River in the South, also with Lunda and...
Ramdien SARDJOE
Vice-President of Surinam. Former Co-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
The government’s priorities for Surinam’s development
The essential point is that we have to develop our country with our own energy and capabilities. We will use our own country’s human resources to the maximum. We are trying to make good use of funds but besides...
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...
Silvia da Bragança, a multicultural artist
Maputo is a city which offers an extremely interesting landscape of contemporary African art, with museums and educational institutions which, in spite of the difficulties they face, offer a framework of reference for artists. These institutions include the National Museum of Art, the National School of Visual Art and the newly-opened...
History - A well-tempered suite
The history of Seychelles is one that is relatively unmarked by tensions – even during its most unstable periods. Slavery, for example, did not produce the atrocities seen elsewhere, neither did the struggle for independence, nor, in fact, the nationalist coup d’Etat during the republic’s early years. In more recent times, since the re-...
Non Governmental Organisations, Oxfam International and Health Action International Europe (HAI Europe) want all European Union (EU) institutions to get to grips with easier access for developing countries to generic medicines.
Their newly-published report, ‘Trading Away Access to Medicines – How the European Union’s trade agenda has taken a wrong turn’, says...
A long history of manipulation and loss of credibility
The history of Africa, and therefore the history of its tribes prior to colonisation, was the subject of very few studies during the colonial period. This is most probably due to the oral character of most cultures to the South of the Sahara, meaning that there is little written record. However, the avoidance of historical recollection...
The compensation that poor southern countries are entitled to claim from the industrialised world responsible for the increase in greenhouse gas emissions could allow them to put in place a carbon-free energy economy. Provided, warns climate expert Youba Sokona, that the results of negotiations on climate to be held in Copenhagen this December are fair and open.
Youba Sokona knows what he...
Sweden took over the rotating EU Presidency on 1 July 2009. One of its top priorities is to conclude new trade deals – called Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) – between the EU and several ACP regions. João Aguiar Machado, Deputy Director-General for Trade at the European Commission, answers our questions and explains why he believes these deals offer real benefits to...
The surprise. Even though we anticipated the beauty and friendliness attributed to the Caribbean islands, we are, nevertheless, surprised by Grenada. Older people, who still remember the island in 1983 under US occupation after the political upheavals, are surprised by the normality of this now democratic country. It is also a surprise to those who saw the devastation caused by the hurricane...
The original inhabitants of this second largest country south of the Sahara by area were thought to have been the Khosian speakers followed by large numbers of Bantu speakers in the 10th century. The Portuguese first arrived in the late 15th century, establishing relations with the Kongo State stretching from modern Gabon in the north to the Cuanza River in the South, also with Lunda and...
Ramdien SARDJOE
Vice-President of Surinam. Former Co-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
The government’s priorities for Surinam’s development
The essential point is that we have to develop our country with our own energy and capabilities. We will use our own country’s human resources to the maximum. We are trying to make good use of funds but besides...
