Sanaga Peregrinations

Just When Africa’s Luck Was Changing ( NYT ) . When the credit crisis erupted in September, many experts thought that Africa would be spared the financial turmoil of the American and European financial systems, because African banks had almost none of their assets tied up in the global subprime market. But it has recently become clear that Africa is being hit hard. [...] “Before the meltdown, many African countries had made significant progress in attracting foreign investment and private capital, and this could derail those efforts. ” FT report on Nigerian economy, Lagos and other matters arising ( Financial Times ) Nigeria Needs Rebooting Not Rebranding ( Nigeria Village Square ) Can China Save the World ? ( Time ) Conflict Casts Long, Lethal shadow in Eastern Congo ( Washington Post )

Le terme de mon agréable soirée d'hier fut d'aller voir le film Blood Diamonds avec Djimon Hounsou et Leonardo DiCaprio. Selon Wikipedia: " a blood diamond (also called a conflict diamond or a war diamond ) is a diamond mined in a war zone and sold, usually clandestinely, in order to finance an insurgent or invading army's war efforts . " L'action du film se situe en 1999 au Sierra Leone et restitue les événements qui ont conduits la communauté internationale a prendre des mesures contre l'importation illégale des " diamants de sang " et a adopter le processus de Kimberley certifiant que les diamants que vous achetez ne servent pas a alimenter des conflits armés comme en Sierra Leone, au Liberia ou encore en Cote d'Ivoire. Christelle m'ayant expressément demandé de ne pas raconter la trame du film , je limiterais mon propos a quelques remarques. Malgré la controverse et les critiques (il en faut!), je suis d'avis que c'est u...