Archive for Category: "Africa in the world"
Fin de la réunion UE-ACP
Peu de progrès ont été enregistrés dans la négociation des accords de partenariat économique censés remplacer les préférences commerciales accordées au Groupe des pays d’Afrique, des Caraïbes et du Pacifique.
African states seek 500 mln euros in EU banana deal
Africa’s top banana export countries sought on Friday 500 million euros ($694 million) in compensation from the European Union as part of a deal to end the world’s longest-running trade dispute.
L’Afrique dans la crise financiere
La crise économique risque d’entraîner une accentuation des violations des droits de l’Homme en Afrique si les populations protestent de nouveau dans les rues contre la détérioration de leurs conditions de vie et s’exposent à une violente répression, avertit Amnesty international.
Africa’s tug-of-war over top talent
Africa’s tug-of-war with European powers over young soccer talent has taken a new twist after France named a player for international duty who only last week was called up by Mali.
China seeks larger investiments in Africa
China-Africa Development Fund will seek larger investments on the continent as it becomes more comfortable with the local environment, said Mark Fung, general counsel of the state-backed company.
Albino African seeks Spain asylum
The Spanish government is considering an asylum request from an albino African who claims he might be killed in a witchcraft ritual if sent home. The 18-year-old from Benin, known only as Moszy, arrived in Tenerife last week with 60 other African immigrants.
Le pape demande un sommet sur l’immigration africaine
Pas une semaine ne se passe depuis le début du printemps sans nouveau débarquement d’immigrés clandestins sur les côtes italiennes. En ce dimanche des Rameaux, première journée de la Semaine Sainte, le pape Benoît XVI a lancé un très vigoureux appel afin que l’Europe et les Etats africains entament au plus tôt un dialogue pour [...]
Darfur, Ghaddafi: Icc are terrorist
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir arrived in the Gulf state of Qatar on Sunday, Al Jazeera television reported, as Arab leaders gathered for a summit set to discuss his indictment for war crimes.
Sarkozy de nouveau en Afrique
Un an après un voyage éclair de six heures à Luanda, Nicolas Sarkozy renoue jeudi et vendredi avec l’Afrique pour un périple tout aussi minuté à Kinshasa, Brazzaville et Niamey conçu comme un exemple des liens rénovés qu’il veut instaurer avec le continent noir.
Imf: Africa growht to suffer amid crisis
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday warned that the global crisis had shifted to the world’s poorest nations and 22 countries may need as much as ê25 billion in additional funding in 2009 to cope with the downturn. The IMF said, based on its projections, the 22 countries could need up to ê140 billion if [...]
Corruption and global poverty. The sample of Kenya
of John Silankei Lekaneya The Kenyan leadership is a wanting house of crap which have lost touch with normal Kenyans. Parliament has become a disgrace where visions and grace go to die. Kenyans are starving and people concerned are left off the hook. They go scot-free. How on earth can subsidized maize meant for the [...]
Imf: global impact on Africa is severe
The International Monetary Fund said the impact of the global financial crisis on Africa is “severe” as commodity prices and foreign investment slumps. Growth on the continent will probably reach about 3.3 percent this year, half the average since 2000, Antoinette Sayeh, director of the IMF’s African department, said in a conference call from Washington [...]
World Bank: new Marshall plan for poor countries
Arguing that the global recession will be protracted unless all countries take coordinated action, the World Bank’s chief economist proposed on Monday a 2 trillion dollars fund to stimulate development and growth in poor countries. Justin Yifu Lin, a senior vice president at the World Bank, said his plan would be a “global recovery fund [...]
Obama and Gaddafi could meet at G8 summit in July
U.S. President Barack Obama and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi could meet in July at a Group of Eight summit in Sardinia where, according to diplomats from the host country Italy, Gaddafi will represent the African Union.
UA(2): Khaddafi, le “Guide-roi”
Le sommet de l’Union Africaine qui s’achève vient de voir le “guide libyen” sacré “Roi des rois”.





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