PWYP - Niger

Article sur la coalition PCQVP: Plus de transparence dans l'exploitation des ressources naturelles ?

jwilliams — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:37:20 +0000

Depuis sa création en 2002, la coalition « Publiez ce que vous payez » a réussi à mettre sur le devant de la scène la nécessité d’une gestion plus claire des revenus issus des industries minières, pétrolières ou gazière dans les pays en développement. Des avancées ont été réalisées mais sur le terrain, la bataille est loin d‘être gagnée.

Ali Idrissa - Niger - PWYP International Conference 2009

jwilliams — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:46:05 +0000

Ali Idrissa est Membre du Comité national de concertation ITIE Niger au titre de la société civile nigérienne.

Ali Idrissa

“Je suis l’un des membres fondateurs d’une organisation des plus importantes organisations de défense des droits de l’homme et de promotion de la démocratie CROISADE Niger, association que nous avions créé en 1999 avec certains anciens du mouvement estudiantin et scolaire nigérien dont même (je fus 2e secrétaire général Adjoint de l’Union des Scolaires Nigériens en 1995 USN

PWYP welcomes civil society’s decision to re-enter EITI process in Niger

jwilliams — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:21:30 +0100

Publish What You Pay* welcomes the recent decision of the civil society representatives sitting on the national Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)** multistakeholder group to resume their participation in the EITI process in Niger.

Niger: civil society declaration on resuming participation in Niger EITI process

jwilliams — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:56:18 +0100

Noting the Niamey Court of Appeal’s decision to order the provisional release of Mr. Marou Amadou, president of FUSAD and communications secretary of ROTAB/Publish What You Pay Niger, on 15 September 2009,

Noting the provisional release of Mr.

UPDATE - Niger: Marou Amadou provisionally released

jwilliams — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:26:44 +0100

On 15 September 2009, an appeal court in Niger’s capital Niamey ordered the provisional release of Rotab/PWYP Niger member Marou Amadou.

Marou Amadou, also President of the United Front for the Safeguard of Democratic Assets (FUSAD), was arrested on 10 August 2009 for “undermining state authority” following the publication of a declaration by FUSAD criticising President Tandja’s regime.

PWYP gravely concerned at increased repression of transparency activists in Niger

jwilliams — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:53:59 +0100

Publish What You Pay (PWYP)* is gravely concerned by the increased repression of civil society activists in Niger after ROTAB**/PWYP Niger member Wada Maman was arrested in Niamey on Saturday 22 August.

UPDATE 27 August: Wada Maman provisionally released; Marou Amadou remains in detention

Niger: civil society suspends participation in national EITI process

jwilliams — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:59:39 +0100

On 16 August, civil society members of the EITI multistakeholder group in Niger unanimously announced their decision to suspend their participation in the national EITI process ‘until further notice’. The decision was made following increasingly serious incidents of harassment and intimidation against civil society activists campaigning for good governance and transparency in Niger, including the arbitrary arrest and detention of Rotab/PWYP Niger Member Marou Amadou*.

Niger: civil society declaration on suspending participation in Niger EITI process

jwilliams — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:18:13 +0100

We, representatives of independent civil society in the National Consultation Committee of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI Niger):

Concerned by the violation of the constitutional framework and threats to democratic gains in Niger,

Gravely concerned by the increased restrictions on freedom of speech and freedom of the press in Niger,

Deeply concerned by the continued harassment and human rights abuses against civil society leaders who campaign for good governance, human rights, and fight corruption,

Noting the growing threats to the physical integrit

Action Alert: PWYP calls on the Nigerien government to end all forms of harassment against civil society leader Marou Amadou

jwilliams — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:18:24 +0100

PWYP strongly condemns the transfer into police custody of Marou Amadou, president of the United Front for the Safeguard of Democratic Assets (FUSAD), coordinator of the Advisory and Orientation Committee for the Defence of Democratic Rights (CROISADE), and member of the Réseau des Organisations pour la Transparence et l’Analyse Budgetaire (ROTAB) – Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Niger.

Niger Update: Forum on Extractive Industries and Security of Civil Society Activists

jwilliams — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:32:27 +0100

An international delegation comprised of Michel Roy (PWYP France), Michel Saraka (Economic Governance Program Manager, OSIWA), Evelyne Tsague (RWI Deputy Coordinator for Africa), and Marie-Ange Kalenga (PWYP Africa Coordinator) traveled to Niger last week to attend a multistakeholder Forum on Extractives Industries.

The Forum, which was organised by ROTAB/PWYP Niger¹ in Niamey from 13-15 July, aimed to step up dialogue and collaboration between various stakeholders to advance revenue transparency so that the country’s mining wealth benefits all Nigerien citizens.