Tunbosun Ogundare (Daily Champion)—A network of Freedom of Information Advocates in Africa has launched a regional Centre in Lagos, Nigeria to galvanize the campaign for the adoption of access to information laws on the continent.
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Arezki Daoud (North Africa Journal)—Led by president Nicolas Sarkozy, a few senior French strategists have embarked on the daunting task of convincing the countries of the Mediterranean basin to form yet another regional union.
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In 2006 China hosted the Third Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) attended by 48 African heads of state and high level representatives. This unprecedented high level meeting witnessed the birth of “a new type of strategic partnership” between China and Africa.
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Scott Baldauf (Christian Science Monitor)—When the Bush administration announced the creation of a new Africa Command within its military forces last February, many African diplomats were horrified. Some expressed fears that the US military would follow in the colonial footsteps of Europe in establishing a military presence on the continent with an eye toward controlling Africa’s vast resources.
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Filed under: News and Analysis
Filed under: News and Analysis
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