The EU-Africa partnership's external morphology presents an erroneous impression of an economic relationship between the two continents that have undergone transformative evolutions from predation to symbiosis through the centuries. However, a cursory look at this...
More than 100 Civil society organisations demand a stop to trade talks that will further endanger EU rules on health and the environment and aggravate the climate crisis. A change of course is needed. We have followed the recent talks between the European Commission...
AEFJN takes part in the alliance of over 150 European organisations, trade unions and social movements, campaigning in favour of corporate accountability rules for companies, and against Investor to State Dispute Settlement, a parallel, one sided and unfair justice...
The advocacy work of AEFJN and other Civil Society Organizations (CSO) to stop the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Union and African regions has been intense during the last decades. In the last 20 years, the European Union (EU) has tried...
Niger Delta The Niger Delta region of Nigeria is one of the most polluted areas in the world. In the 1950s, important oil reserves were discovered in the area and since then the region has been a battle ground of environmental conflicts between international oil...
Introduction The European Green Deal[1] is the European Union's (EU) strategic plan to take the lead on climate change and make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. The European Green Deal was presented by the President of the European Commission at the...
The sixth meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) of United Nations (UN) for the negotiation of a legally binding treaty on transnational corporations (TNCs) and respect for human rights met in Geneva from 26 to 30 October 2020[1]. The negotiation itself...
Workshop at the Africa-Europe Civil Society Conference WORLD FOOD DAY 16 OCTOBER 2020 Document in PDF OUR-LAND-OUR-LIFE
With the collaboration with DKA Austria and CIDSE, AEFJN supported the representation of communities affected by the activities of CHP (subsidiary of Siat) in Côte d’Ivoire at the Africa Peoples’ Tribunal. Following an article published in our previous echoes of...
At the end of November 2020, the long awaited first African Peoples Tribunal (APT) held in Lagos Nigeria. AEFJN joined hands with many other civil society organizations from Africa and Europe under the auspices of Our Land is Our Life platform to support communities...
An adequate supply of quality assured health products is essential for a strong health system capable of ensuring access to essential medicines and treatments. Already before the pandemic, central pharmaceutical stores in many African countries were far from being...
The coronavirus pandemic has taught us how vulnerable and interdependent we are. The pandemic is global; so must be the solution! Scientists have responded to this challenge by developing in record time vaccines that can help us overcome the pandemic. They were able...
Introduction: You are a doctor, nurse, pharmacist or even a customs officer... this concerns you! You work in a pharmacy, a pharmaceutical warehouse, a health centre, a hospital or even a customs office...this concerns you! Medicines of inferior quality (called...
Fraternity and social friendship. Fratelli Tutti DARK CLOUDS OVER A CLOSED WORLD Fratelli Tutti describes a world where all see each other and act as brothers and sisters, a world as God wants it. The real world we live in is far away from that. It is dominated by...
Fraternity and social friendship. Fratelli Tutti Dreaming of a fraternal world Pope Francis has given us three significant encyclicals. 'The Joy of the Gospel' - on proclaiming the Gospel in the world today; 'Laudato Sí - on care for our common home' and more...
The year 2020 will remain indelible in the mind of this generation. With the emergence of covid-19, all the ambitious plans of 2020 came to nought. It will go down in history as a year that defied the power of science and human prediction. As the year winds to a...
The EU-Africa partnership's external morphology presents an erroneous impression of an economic relationship between the two continents that have undergone transformative evolutions from predation to symbiosis through the centuries. However, a cursory look at this...
The Vatican Secretary of State, His Eminence Pietro Cardinal PAROLIN visited Cameroon from 28 January to 03 February 2021. During his stay, he met with government officials including the Head of State and the Prime Minister; the Episcopal Conference, priests,...
Organizers: CIDSE and AEFJN When: Tuesday 23 February 2021, 9 am – 1 pm CET Via Zoom: Pre-registration required Deadline for registrations: Monday 22 February The sixth session of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on transnational corporations...
