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Economic growth in Africa has not led to economic opportunity for Africans (Mo Ibrahim Foundation)

The 2018 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) is now online and it covers ten years’ worth of data from 2008-2017 inclusive for 54 African countries. The report by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation reveals African governments have failed to translate economic growth into improved...

Human Rights debate with The Elders and young leaders at SOAS University of London

Yesterday, members of The Elders, former UN representatives and the next generation of leaders from the British Council’s Future Leaders Connect programme organized an evening of debate and discussion on human rights. We sent the link to watch the broadcast of the online event in...

Guiti News, un projet de média indépendant, collectif et collaboratif

Au début du mois, l’équipe de Guiti News a lancé une campagne de financement collaboratif sur Ulule. Sur leur page on peut lire que Guiti news est un projet de média indépendant en ligne qui diffusera toutes les semaines des reportages photo, vidéo et dessin réalisés par la...

Gede Fest celebrates Creole culture between Haiti and New Orleans

The first edition of the multidisciplinary Gede Fest (from October 25 to November 3, 2018) started yesterday in Haiti and takes place in Port-au-Prince and Jacmel. The festival mixes history, music, gastronomy and the arts, and explores all facets of Creole culture. We can read on...

Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov wins 2018 Sakharov Prize

The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, named in honour of the Soviet physicist and political dissident Andrei Sakharov, has been awarded annually since 1988 to individuals, groups of people and organizations defending human rights and fundamental freedoms. The first prize was awarded...

First edition of the International Anti-Corruption Film Festival in Tunis

First edition of the International Anti-Corruption Film Festival in Tunis

If you follow our dedicated page En Route to Tunisia and if you subscribed to our Twitter List, you are up to date to the news and events in the country. Today we want to share with you an event you shouldn’t miss if you are in Tunisia in the coming weeks. The first edition of the...

200e vigile pour la libération de Raif Badawi le 26 octobre à Sherbrooke !

200e vigile pour la libération de Raif Badawi le 26 octobre à Sherbrooke !

Vous êtes nombreux à soutenir Raif Badawi, le blogueur Saudien emprisonné depuis 2012 pour avoir tenu un blog ‘libéral’ prônant la liberté d’expression. Il a été condamné à 10 ans de prison et 1000 coups de fouets pour « insulte à l’Islam ». Certains d’entre...

The Golden Laundromat: The conflict gold trade from eastern Congo to the United States and Europe (The Sentry)

We regularly mention The Sentry on the MagkaSama Project, an initiative of the Enough Project and Not On Our Watch. As you know, we supported several of the Enough Project campaigns over the years on topics we focus on such as conflict minerals and human rights. The Sentry publishes news...

Des coureurs et des bénévoles pour soutenir la Chaîne de l’Espoir aux 20km de Paris !

Le mois dernier dans cet article et sur Twitter, nous invitions nos Membres et lecteurs à soutenir la Chaîne de l’Espoir en participant aux 20km de Paris. La 40ème édition de la course parisienne s’est déroulée le week-end dernier, le 14 octobre 2018 et...

Les Haïtiens de nouveau dans la rue pour dénoncer la corruption PetroCaribe

Au mois de mai dernier, nous avions publié un article intitulé : La corruption au centre d’un Colloque international en Haïti dans lequel nous mentionnions la mauvaise gestion des fonds du programme Pétrocaribe. Ce programme est une alliance créée au milieu des années 2000 entre...




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