summit

No spectacular announcements about African debt at the G20 summit held practically this weekend. The countries in the south, and in particular Africa, were hoping for details after the G20 funding that had been held a week earlier. We talked about a new mechanism for debt restructuring in poor countries involving creditors like China. But obviously we have to wait for new messages.…

The political dialogue between the DRC and the European Union ended on Tuesday. For two days, about ten ministers and the Ambassador of the European Union and his team had the opportunity to address all common concerns. Open and honest discussions, both sides say. The organization of an annual dialogue is one of the provisions of Cotonou Agreement, but in the Congo it had not been held since 2009. Note this DRC complained that the Directive ofEuropean Unionon the imposition of sanctions against companies that buy minerals…