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05 08 14 Guido Huysmans passed away
Leuven, August 4, 2014 AFF
We deeply regret to announce the death of Guido Huysmans, Artistic Director of the Afrika Film Festival (AFF)
(Uccle) 25 November 1958 – (Diest) 1 August 2014.
17 07 14 African – Arguments – The continuing curse of state fragility in Africa
– By Solomon A. Dersso
Despite their legal attributes, in functional terms many African states (constructs of the continent’s encounter with colonial rule) came into being without possessing the requisite qualities of statehood. Apart from their alienation from the lived political and socio-cultural experiences of the masses of the people, they became states without the capacity to provide for the security and other basic needs of their people. To date, and despite the passage of half a century since the end of colonial rule, a significant number of these countries still suffer from the lack of the functional attributes of a state.
Read More17 07 14 New Dawn in the Fight to End Sexual Violence and Child Recruitment and Use in Conflict
oint Statement of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence, Zainab Hawa Bangura, and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui
Read More17 07 14 ICGLR Special Summit on the “Fight against Youth Unemployment through Infrastructure Development and Investment Promotion”
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Read More10 07 14 New York Times – US Will Broaden Sanctions to Deter Violence in Congo
The United States will expand sanctions on groups in the Democratic
Republic of Congo, making it easier to target those who are trying to
instigate violence and disrupt peacekeeping efforts in that country,
the White House announced on Tuesday.
09 07 14 White House – Factsheet on the Democratic Republic of the Congo Executive Order
President Obama today issued a new Executive Order (E.O.) that amends E.O. 13413 of October 27, 2006, to take additional steps in light of the continued threat to the peace, security, and stability of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This new E.O. expands the sanctions criteria to allow for more U.S. flexibility in targeting persons contributing to the conflict in the DRC, as well as to conform more closely to the criteria established in relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions, including, most recently, Resolution 2136 of January 30, 2014.
Read More09 07 14 Executive Order — Regarding the Democratic Republic of the Congo
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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TAKING ADDITIONAL STEPS TO ADDRESS THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE CONFLICT IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Read More08 07 14 All Africa – Congo Improves Natural-Resources Accounting
BY NICK LONG
The Democratic Republic Congo, faulted last year for murky reporting on its earnings from natural resources, has improved its accounting enough to be awarded full membership in an international organization touting transparency.
Read More08 07 14 -SARW – How the mining companies and audit firms collude to evade tax in DRC
By Dr. Claude Kabemba | June 19th, 2014
he Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW), together with Congolese Civil Society organisations working in the extractive industries undertook an investigation to ascertain the sincerity of capital investment declarations made by mining companies in the DRC. This investigation followed a similar one carried out by the auditors and consultants BDO-ECA (Binder Dijker Otte Et Co) on Tenke Fungurume Mining SARL (TFM) which is part of Freeport, and Kamoto Copper Company SARL (KCC), which is part of GlencoreXstrata in 2012.
Read More04 04 14 FORBES – Obama’s Secret Neo-Con Agenda About Middle Est and RDC
Obama may be non-interventionist in the Middle East, but he’s acting increasingly like a neo-con in Africa.
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