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.

At a meeting in Brazzaville on Monday 10 April 2006, the Permanent Council of the Bishops Conference (CEC) of the Republic of Congo was informed by Abbé Félicien Mavoungou, National Coordinator of the Episcopal Justice and Peace (JP) Commission that Brice Mackosso, Permanent Secretary of the JP Commission and Christian Mounzeo, President of the Rencontre pour la Paix et les Droits de l’Homme (RPDH) had been arrested and imprisoned in Pointe-Noire (PN).

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Washington – “La Banque manifeste sa préoccupation devant l’arrestation dans la République du Congo de deux représentants de la société civile, Brice Mackosso de la Commission Justice et Paix de l’Eglise Catholique et Christian Mounzeo, Président de la Rencontre pour la Paix et les Droits de l’Homme.

Africa is fast becoming a key supplier of oil to the United States. In a decade, nearly a quarter of all oil supplies will come from the region. As this report argues, despite this “oil boom” ordinary Africans will see no improvements to their lives so long as revenues continue to flow into governments lacking in transparency and accountability. This report addresses two key questions: How can Africa’s oil boom contribute to relieving poverty? What policy changes should be implemented to promote the management and allocation of oil revenues in a way that will benefit ordinary Africans?

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.

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Letter to Horst Köhler regarding the EITI and Article IV Consultation with the Republic of Congo.

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Save the Children strongly welcomes the Prime Minister’s leadership in launching the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. We call on government and business leaders today to seize the opportunity to increase financial transparency, in order to alleviate the corruption and conflict afflicting more than 700 million poor children in mineral-rich countries.

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Op-ed by Director of Global Witness, Simon Taylor.

While oil, gas and minerals are by far the largest sources of state revenue for the world’s poorest nations, these resources, which should help fund development and sustainable economic growth, all too often turn out to be a curse, leading to increased poverty, child malnutrition and civil conflict.

Revenue Transparency: A Priority for Good Governance and Energy Security

Across the globe, revenues from oil, gas and mining that should be funding sustainable economic development have been misappropriated and mismanaged. This Global Witness report considers five major examples of this problem: Kazakhstan, Congo Brazzaville, Angola, Equatorial Guinea and Nauru.

In these countries, governments do not provide even basic information about their revenues from natural resources. Nor do oil, mining and gas companies publish any information about payments made to governments.