Burundi Quotidien
USIA - Politique étrangère des États-Unis - Interview de James Steinberg
M. Steinberg - Le terme « diplomatie préventive » est à la mode depuis quelques années, mais ce n'est pas une notion nouvelle au département d'État (ministère des affaires étrangères). Par définition, la diplomatie est la première ligne de défense contre les menaces qui pèsent sur la sécurité nationale et internationale. Les grandes réalisations diplomatiques de la période qui a suivi la seconde guerre mondiale, du Plan Marshall à l'établissement d'institutions clés comme l'Organisation des Nations unies, l'Accord général sur les tarifs douaniers et le commerce, le Fonds monétaire international et la Banque mondiale, ont contribué à instaurer la prospérité en Occident et empêché une nouvelle guerre en Europe. Au quotidien, nos spécialistes de la politique &eacu ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Transcript: Bush Outlines Mission for African Trip
Responding to questions from Charles Cobb of AllAfrica.com (U.S.), Laolu Akande of The Guardian (Nigeria), Dame Babou of Sud Quotidien (Francophone Africa) and Deon Lamprecht of Media 24 (South Africa) at the White House July 3, the president cited the several initiatives he has put forward to assist Africa and Africans. Chief among these are: "an AIDS initiative; the Millennium Challenge Account; our education initiative, where we'll be spending now $600 million over a five year period of time; and $100 million to fight terrorism in east Africa." ... [Read More]
Benin
In August a trial court sentenced five journalists to various jail terms not exceeding 1 year and fines for criminal libel in several cases that did not involve criticism of the Government. For example Vincent Foly, a reporter for Le Point au Quotidien, was arrested in January following a tough editorial and sentenced to 1 year in prison in August. At year's end, none of these sentences had been executed and appeals are pending. ... [Read More]
Central African Republic
On July 7 and 8, authorities threatened and summoned Faustin Bambou, publication director of the newspaper Les Collines du Bas-Oubangui, to the police station in Bangui; police officers interrogated him about a July 3 article in which he criticized the privileges granted by the Government to a Chadian businessman. In the following week, the General Prosecutor also interrogated Bambou. On July 11, police in Bangui arrested Ferdinand Samba, publication director of the independent daily Le Démocrate, on accusations of inciting panic and disseminating "alarming and incorrect information." Police interrogated him about a July 8 article in which he reported that rebels loyal to former President Patassé had launched an attack on the city of Kaga Bandoro. Samba was released on July 15 and was not charged with any offense. During the first 2 months of the year, authorities censored two international radio stations, RFI and ... [Read More]
Central African Republic
By year's end, Michel Ngokpele, publication director of the privately-owned newspaper Le Quotidien de Bangui, had been released after being imprisoned on charges of defamation. ... [Read More]
Benin
In 1999 a trial court sentenced five journalists to various jail terms not exceeding 1 year and fines for criminal libel in several cases that did not involve criticism of the Government. For example, Vincent Foly, a reporter for Le Point au Quotidien, was arrested in January 1999 following a tough editorial and sentenced to 1 year in prison in August 1999. At year's end, none of these 1999 sentences had been executed and appeals remained pending. Foly was arrested again on January 27, following his publication of an editorial critical of a court's decision to dismiss narcotics trafficking charges against a senior government official, and released approximately February 1. No charges were brought against Foly in this incident. ... [Read More]
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