Central Africa
Africa represents the ideal field for testing the procedures of the European Security and Defence Policy. That is the view of Niagalé Bagayoko-Penone, an expert on Security and Development at Sussex University’s Institute for Development Studies (IDS) in the United Kingdom.
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The Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ended on 13 May in Istanbul with a new 10-year Programme of Action that sets the goal of halving the number of LDCs by 2020.
There are currently 48 countries – 33 in Africa, 14 in Asia, plus Haiti – that meet...
School children from Zimbabwe, Eritrea, the Central African Republic, Mauritius and Trinidad and Tobago are among the winners of the European Commission's (EC) International Drawing Competition on Gender Equality, announced on 29 June.
Each winner will be given €1,000 to spend on...
Established by the African Union, with the support of the European Union, the Pan-African University (PAU) is set to open its doors in autumn 2011, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Jean Ping, announced on 30 June at the opening of the 17th Summit of the African Union in Malabo,...
In 2005, Pat Masioni won international fame with the publication of a two part comic book based on the 1994 Rwanda genocide “Rwanda 94”-“Descente en enfer” (Descent into Hell) and “Le camp de la vie” (The Camp of Life). These publications elevated Masioni to the...
Cooking pots from refugees transformed into drums with cow and reindeer hide will be mounted on a trailer and played in schools and public places. Sandals ‑ mostly flip flops ‑ from the feet of refugees around the world will be laid around Turku in the form of paths. A tent woven together from...
Noella Coursaris’ face may be her fortune but her charity work is worth more than its weight in gold. In 2007, the model established the Georges Malaika Foundation (GMF), named after her late father, to provide educational opportunities for young girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC...
The President of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguemais has become the new Chairperson of the African Union (AU). Elected at the last AU summit held in Addis Ababa on 3 February 2011, he succeeded Bingu wa Mautharika, President of Malawi.
President Obiang Nguema has held the Presidency of 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...
Coming to the aid of African countries that are victims of "vulture funds" or that are legally poorly equipped to defend themselves against foreign investors is the objective of the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) established by the African Development Bank (AfDB)." Vulture...