Un des thèmes qui ont capté l’attention des représentants des médias et de plus de 70 avocats et juristes africains, le mardi à Yaoundé, c’est «La clause de stabilisation dans les contrats d’investissements pétroliers», présentée par Aboubacar Fall, consultant au département juridique de la BAD.

A group of more than 70 lawyers from west and central African lawyers attended a briefing on the working of the African Development Bank (AfDB) group in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 13 March 2012. The event involved the AfDB’s African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) and the Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU).

Le séminaire régional de la Facilité africaine de soutien juridique (FASJ) et de l’Union panafricaine des avocats (PALU), organisé sur les négociations et autres transactions commerciales complexes, à Yaoundé, du 12 au 14 mars 2012, a été un franc succès, selon les avocats et comme en témoignent leurs réactions.

As lawyers from central and west Africa meet in Cameroon this week to discuss ways to improve legal support for doing business in the two regions, the African Legal Services Facility Director, Stephen Karangizi shares his perspectives on the functioning of the Facility, and its impact on African countries ten years after its creation was proposed. He also touched upon the ALSF’s partnership with the Pan African Lawyers Union. “One major impact of our actions is that we have contributed to raising awareness on the need for African countries to negotiate better contracts.” Read the interview.