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Congo Brazzaville: Oil gotten gains
An excellent film produced by Andrew Weir and Christopher Walker for Al Jazeera's People and Power series which looks at how revenues from Congo Brazzaville's natural resources have been spent on luxuries by the president's family despite most of the population living on less than a dollar a day. The film features PWYP campaigners Christian Mounzeo from Congo-based Rencontre pour la Paix et les Droits de l'Homme and Gavin Hayman from Global Witness.
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
Christian Mounzeo - République du Congo - PWYP International Conference 2009
Christian Mounzeo
Né un 16 juillet 1966 à Pointe-Noire, Christian Mounzeo est diplômé en journalisme et défenseur des droits de l’Homme depuis plus d’une quinzaine d’année.
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.
Statements by the Congolese, American and French bishops on the arrest and incaceration of Christian and Brice (April 2006)
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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Déclaration du Président de Banque Mondiale Paul Wolfowitz sur l'arrestation des représentants de la société civile Congolaise
Contacts:
À Washington : Ana Elisa Luna Barros (202) 473 2907
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.
Bottom of the barrel: Africa's oil boom and the poor
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 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.
Global Witness Letter to IMF Managing Director
Letter to Horst Köhler regarding the EITI and Article IV Consultation with the Republic of Congo.
Save the Children UK statement to the EITI High-Level Conference 2003
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.
