Press Room
The European Network for Central Africa (EurAc), created in 2003, aims to help the Great Lakes region build a better future. EurAc carries out advocacy work for a strong, coherent and sustainable engagement by the European Union and its Member States integrated to a regional approach. EurAc gathers 34 European civil society organisations that work on and in the region and that support local civil society in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda in promoting peace and development, and in defending human rights.
Latest press releases
[Natural Resources] 29 September 2020 - DRC Revised Mining Code, local governance, and COVID-19: Between aspirations and reality
[Human Rights] [Peace & security] [Natural Resources] 27 May 2020 - COVID-19 in the Great Lakes region: leaving no one behind
[Natural Resources] 2 March 2020 - Civil society calls for transparency on the companies subjected to the European Union’s Regulation on the supply of 3TG minerals
[Political Participation] 4 December 2019 - Promoting gender equality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda: European rhetoric in view of the facts
EurAc in the media
- Audiobook: Coltan - Dalle miniere senza leggi al vostro telefonino, Illecito. I Signori delle Frontiere 3, Radio 24, 2020
- République démocratique du Congo : où sont les femmes ?, Femmes plurielles, 7 September 2020
- Covid-19: les pays du Sud face à la pandémie: le Congo RDC (13), Portail Catholique Suisse, 5 June 2020
- Coronavirus : dans le Rwanda confiné, l'absence de revenus durement ressentie, Le Monde, 29 March 2020
- Les Tchadiens accusent l'UE de financer une dictature, Deutsche Welle, 5 February 2020
Press contacts
- Clara Debeve | Executive Director
clara.debeve@eurac-network.org | +32490437670
Natural resources, strategic orientation - Teodora Nguen | Advocacy Officer
teodora.nguen@eurac-network.org | +32493355244
Twitter @TheodoraNguyen
Human rights, political participation - Daniela Bishop | Communications Officer
daniela.bishop@eurac-network.org | +32499810177
Twitter @Daniela_Bshp
Media enquiries - Amal Hamich | Executive Assistant
amal.hamich@eurac-network.org | +32490437371
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Press review (EurAc Info)
EurAc Info is EurAc’s weekly newsletter and press review. It contains:
- The latest news on Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as European policy on this region
- The latest reports, invitations to events, articles and info on EurAc and its member organisations
- The latest reports and press releases from local civil society organisations