Les Congolais en général, les Brazzavillois en particulier n’ont pas changé leur rythme de consommation de bière malgré la crise économique et financière qui affecte le pays depuis environ deux ans.
...L’ambassadeur de l’Union Européenne en Côte d’Ivoire, Jean Francois Valette, a invité les pays tels que la Mauritanie, le Nigéria et la Gambie à ratifier l’ accord de partenariat économique avec son institution pour en faire un accord régional.
...La Snim revient à la charge pour dépoussiérer le dossier de construction de l’hôtel Sheraton 5 étoiles de Nouakchott dont le coût est estimé à 60 millions de dollars, apprend-on de bonne source.
...Il s’appellerait Abdeljalil Ben Moughari. Il est médecin et son compte facebook vient d’être piraté à la suite d’un posting dans lequel il aurait menacé de mettre en ligne enregistrement sonore d’un général de l’armée, négociant avec des investisseurs du Golfe un pot-de-vin de 100 millions de dollars.
...Une fois encore et comme d’habitude à l’occasion de chaque crise politique, l’incertitude, les interrogations, le scepticisme mais aussi et surtout une colère sourde et rampante envahissent les mauritaniens qu’ils soient alliés du pouvoir, qu’ils soient de l’opposition ou de la majorité silencieuse ; En cette période de pré-élection référendaire, les observateurs ont noté une certaine frilosité, des contradictions, de l’improvisation pou
...Sa Majesté le Roi Mohammed VI a su donner l’exemple aux leaders musulmans du monde en matière de co-existence, de dialogue interreligieux et d'altérité, a déclaré à la MAP, l’ancien ambassadeur des Etats-Unis au Maroc, Marc Ginsberg.
...Par un agissement ô combien barbare et agressif, les forces de police ont hier mercredi le 10 Mai 2017, réprimé avec une violence inouïe, la manifestation des professeurs qui étaient venus réclamer leur droits en réponse au mot d’ordre de débrayage de 2 heures couplé d’un sit- in au ministère de l’éducation nationale.
...Situé en mer profonde, à 75km au large de Pointe-Noire, capitale économique du Congo, Moho Nord est le plus important projet pétrolier du pays en termes de production (100.000 barils par jour) et d’investissements estimés à 10 milliards de dollars US.
...Thanks to dialogue, relations between the EU and third countries have changed and it has allowed countries to start with an initial issue and to address other important problems over the years. The goal of dialogue is to consolidate a country in facing issues, including on topic of migration.
Nowadays, the European Union has already built some structured cooperation frameworks on the subject of migration with several regions of the world , such as the Balkans or Western Africa.
In the interview, focus is put on three geographical areas:
The European Union and third countries involved in these kind of cooperation face unprecedented migration flows. Indeed, up from 274 000 in 2014, over a million irregular migrants and refugees came to Europe during the year 2015. 885 000 of which came by the Balkan Route, and 185 000 by the West Mediterranean Route. This compares to 2016, where 710 400 people asked for asylum in Europe. Migration flows are complex because situations are different from one another: people move for various reasons and from various areas. This ongoing migration crisis and responses given to this phenomenon fall within the scope of the European Union competences. The operationalisation of the “dialogues” is needed.
This introduction is the first of the three parts of our article. The next part will dwell on migration on the Balkan and the Turkish route, and the last part will be dedicated to Africa.
Ralph GenetzkeThe International Center for Migration Policy Development helps us understand the progresses and the limits to which the EU and its partners were confronted to in front of the importance of migration flows. It is valid not only for neighbours but also for the EU. ICMPD is an organisation composed with Members States, but is not affiliated to the European Union despite their cooperation. At the moment, 15 countries are part of it, and Malta and Turkey are in the process of joining in. Its action usually focuses on the regions surrounding the EU, such as the Balkans, the Mediterranean countries, or the sub-Saharan countries.
ICMPD focuses on three main areas at three different levels (Intergovernmental European, and regional).
This centre is a major EU operator and a key actor directly involved in the current crisis. ICMPD’s work underlines that these issues are really hard to solve because situations can be completely different from one another. Therefore, processes have to begin with a strong dialogue, but it is also important to have a long term vision and commitment about a better understanding of the conditions that produce the migration flows.
ICMPD has played secretariat functions for the inter-state and regional migration dialogues promoted by the EU: the Prague Process with Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the Budapest Process on the Silk Road route, and the Rabat and Khartoum Processes in West and East Africa (see part II).
Zana Çanaku
Rémi Petitcol
Alice Poidevin
Sabrina Terentjew
With the assistance of P. Borgoltz