Anonymous' OpGabon returns ahead of Gabon's municipal elections. In April 2013, hacktivist collective Anonymous and international human rights activists formed a coalition called OpGabon, with the aim of drawing media attention to the ritual killing of children by entrenched elites, and exposing corruption and kleptocracy in the regime of Gabon’s president, Ali Bongo Ondimba. Bongo was elected in 2009 to succeed his father, who had ruled as a dictator for 42 years. That election is widely believed to have been fraudulent. "They don't care who will be the next president, as long as it is not Bongo," a citizen told CNN at the time. But it was. Seven months after its debut, OpGabon is back. Despite billions in #oil revenues, here is capital city of #Gabon today! "It is back because there is another election in December and the killings are escalating again.
She pointed to a blog post announcing public demonstrations against ritual killing, and a Pastebin document explaining how Anonymous intends to help. Photo via Brian Gratwicke/Flickr. The Daily Dot - Anonymous' OpGabon returns ahead of Gabon's municipal elections. BZbYH8FIgAAum28. US PRESIDENT BARRACK OBAMA'S SPEECH AND INTERACTION ON THE YOUNG AFRICAN LEADER'S INITIATIVE. Remise du prix de la paix à Francois Hollande à l'UNESCO : un air de Francafrique. L'Afrique, victime de ses richesses. Procès du FMI et de la Banque Mondiale. Africa’s rise pays out dividends for democracy. JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Africa is rising not only on the growth charts of economists. The continent that was a byword for poverty, chaos and bloodshed only a few decades ago, providing a media feast of famines and wars, is slowly but steadily notching up gains on the democracy scorecard too.
Last month's generally peaceful Kenyan presidential election - and the Supreme Court process that confirmed Uhuru Kenyatta's narrow win - confounded pundits' predictions that East Africa's biggest economy would tumble back into the same inter-tribal violence which bloodied a 2007 vote. The Kenyan ballot, following a line of hotly-contested but broadly smooth elections last year in Senegal, Sierra Leone and Ghana, has bolstered what many see as a spreading embrace of multi-party democracy in Africa. In a December outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa, Fitch Ratings called the vote in Kenya, seen as a political and economic anchor in East Africa, an "important inflection point". L'Afrique, nouvel eldorado des Blancs pauvres. Africa: NGO Forum Examines Human Rights Situation in Africa. More than 100 human rights defenders and activists, representatives of civil society organizations, UN and African Union officials are currently gathered in Banjul for the Forum on the Participation of NGOs in the 53rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and the 27th African Human Rights Book Fair.
The forum, organized by the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies, ACDHRS, in collaboration with the African Commission, opened on Saturday at the Kairaba Beach Hotel. The objective of the forum is to foster cooperation among and between NGOs, as well as with the African Commission, with the aim of promoting and protecting human rights in Africa. The forum provides an important platform for stakeholders to address challenges; exchange views and explore practical approaches and experiences. Gambia Disqualified The Organising Committee for the Orange Africa U-20 Championship has disqualified Gambia from the competition. The … see more »
Ces étudiants africains déçus de l'Eldorado français. Chaque année, bon nombre d’étudiants africains sont attirés par la France, considérée comme un Eldorado. Arrivés dans l’Hexagone, le quotidien de ces derniers ne ressemble pas au paradis rêvé. Les non boursiers se serrent la ceinture pour pouvoir payer études, logement et nourriture. Afrik.com vous raconte le quotidien entre autres d’Abdou Diouf Balder, étudiant sénégalais en Licence 3 Génie-Alimentaire, et de Sofiane Della, étudiant algérien en Master 2 Électronique.
Reportage. Paris est la ville préférée des étudiants étrangers, selon un sondage publié en 2012. Parmi ces étudiants, bon nombre d’Africains plébiscitent la France pour faire leurs études. Pourtant, l’herbe n’est pas forcément plus verte en France. . « On ne reçoit plus la bourse -275 euros par mois- du gouvernement sénégalais depuis septembre 2012. La galère, c’est aussi le lot quotidien de Sofiane Della. Retourner au pays : une solution ? « J’ai bénéficié d’une bourse de l’État (du Sénégal) pour étudier en France. Africa: Rich Presidents of Poor Nations - Capital Flight From Resource-Rich Countries in Africa (Page 1 of 7) Photo: Daniel Hayduck/IRIN Bye Bye money: Africa loses billions that could be used for development.
Recently some African presidents have featured in media headlines not for their heroic accomplishments as leaders but for robbing their nations and siphoning their ill-gotten gains to safe havens. Since 2010, French judges have been investigating illicit wealth accumulation by the presidents of the Republic of Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea, all of whom are accused of embezzlement of public funds, money laundering, and plundering national wealth (Gurrey 2012). 2 In July 2012, Judge Roger Le Loire issued an arrest warrant against Teodoro Ngema Obiang, nicknamed Teodorin, the son of the president of Equatorial Guinea, on the basis of evidence of illicit wealth accumulation through embezzlement of public resources.
The stylish president's son has amassed a portfolio that includes multi-million-dollar real estate in France, luxury cars, designer watches, and art objects. The oil bonanza. Hardtalk - Ozwald Boateng: Why entrepreneurs are back in Africa. Ozwald Boateng, the British fashion designer of Ghanaian descent, says the financial crisis has made many African entrepreneurs who came to Europe during the good times, think about returning home. He told HARDtalk's Zeinab Badawi there were many economic challenges ahead for Africa but there were potential good returns for business.
You can watch this programme on BBC World at 0430, 0930, 1530, 2130 on Monday 7 January and at 0430 GMT on Monday 7 January and 0030 GMT on Tuesday 8 January 2013. NBCNews.com video: Democracy and economy grow across Africa. Voyez comment les fils des Présidents Africains dépensent l'argent du peuple. ÉDITION SPÉCIALE BIENS MAL ACQUIS DIMANCHE 18 MARS 2012. Welcome to African Diplomatic News - www.africandiplomacy.com. Jeuneafrique.com - le premier site d'information et d'actualité sur l'Afrique.
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