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PWYP Africa Statement to Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Heads of State Summit
We are representatives of Southern African civil society organisations that are members of the Publish What You Pay (PWYP)* global coalition, which campaigns for the transparent and accountable management of oil, gas and mining revenues. We welcome the recent Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Heads of State Summit in Kinshasa, and we congratulate the Democratic Republic of Congo on being granted chairmanship of the SADC for a year.
The SADC region has abundant mineral resources which can assist in accelerating the economic and social development and growth of the region.
DRC: PWYP welcomes the release of human rights and transparency campaigner Golden Misabiko; calls for all charges to be dropped
PWYP welcomes the release on bail on 20 August of Golden Misabiko, President of the African Association for the Protection of Human Rights in Katanga province (ASADHO/Katanga) and a member of Publish What You Pay (PWYP) in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Open Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: The U.S. should do more to support transparency efforts in Africa
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
US Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
Dear Secretary Clinton,
Publish What You Pay (PWYP), the international civil society coalition for transparency and accountability in the extractive industries, is writing to draw your attention to the continued harassment of transparency and anticorruption advocates in Africa and the need for African governments to respect their commitments to encourage public debate on these issues.
Democratic Republic of Congo: Publish What You Pay calls for the immediate release of transparency activist Golden Misabiko
Golden Misabiko, Chair of the African Association for the Protection of Human Rights (ASADHO) in Katanga, was arrested on 24 July and remains in custody in Lubumbashi. Timothée Mbuya, Vice-Chair of ASADHO/Katanga, was also arrested on 24 July but subsequently released on the same day. ASADHO is a member of Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Democratic Republic of Congo.
Both men were interrogated in Lubumbashi by members of the Congolese intelligence agency (Agence nationale de renseignements, ANR). Misabiko has been charged with “undermining State security” and “making defamatory statements” and is awaiting trial.
Sarkozy in Africa: PWYP calls on France to ensure equitable and accountable management of natural resources
Sarkozy in Africa
On the occasion of French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s two-day tour of Africa on 26-27 March 2009, PWYP Africa and PWYP France have called on the French leader to ensure France does more to increase transparency, enable a fairer sharing of resources between companies and producing countries, and to respect its commitment to accountability in the management of natural resource revenues.
The French President is visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo-Brazzaville, and Niger
Jean Claude Katende - République démocratique du Congo - PWYP International Conference 2009
Jean Claude Katende est Président de l’Association Africaine de défense des droits de l’Homme et Coordonnateur National de la Coalition Publiez Ce Que Vous Payez RDC.
Militant des droits de l’Homme bien connu en République Démocratique du Congo, il est engagé depuis 2004 dans la campagne pour l’exploitation responsable des ressources naturelles, la renégociation des contrats miniers et la transparence des revenus des industries extractives.
Déclaration Finale de Kinshasa
Nous,
Délégués des Organisations de la Société civile de la RD-Congo;
Réunis du jeudi 09 au vendredi 10 juillet 2009 dans la salle des conférences du Ministère des Affaires étrangères de Kinshasa, au cours du Séminaire d’Information et d’Echange de la Société civile pour la Mise en œuvre de l’Initiative pour la Transparence dans la Gestion des Industries Extractives et la mission de la Coalition Publiez Ce Que Vous Payez (PCQVP), avec l’appui de EISA, DFID, ITIE-RDC, Coalition Publiez Ce Que Vous Payez;
L’ASADHO/Katanga exige que soit rendu public le contrat sur l'exploitation de l’uranium entre la RDC et le Group Areva
L’ASADHO/Katanga, un membre de la coalition nationale PCQVP RDC a publié un communiqué de presse sur la signature d’un accord sur la recherche et l’exploitation de l’uranium entre la RDC et le groupe français AREVA.
Télécharger ce document ici.
French-speaking Coalitions' Coordination Meeting - Libreville
At the end of the PWYP African regional meeting, which took place at Limbe on March 2007, a regional action plan was approved by the PWYP coalitions throughout Africa.
In order to further develop, improve and implement some sections of the action plan, the members of the PWYP campaign in Africa agreed to meet in Libreville, Gabon, from 27 to 29 June 2007 after an EITI training organized by the World Bank mostly for French-speaking countries in Africa.
Letter to World Bank Director regarding Congo Brazzaville
Letter from PWYP representatives to Mr. Emmanuel Mbi, World Bank Director for the Greak Lakes Region, regarding the meeting of donors to Congo Brazzaville (Paris, 14 September 2004) and the World Bank press release on the participation of Congo Brazzaville in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiaitive.
