The Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) are international agreements between countries to facilitate the direct investment of companies from a country, usually economically developed, in another developing country. These agreements originated in the 1960s[1] and...
The Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) are international agreements between countries to facilitate the direct investment of companies from a country, usually economically developed, in another developing country. These agreements originated in the 1960s[1] and...
In January 2012 the African Union adopted the decision to create the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA). This Trade Agreement aimed at creating a single market for goods, services and free movement of people and investments to promote intra-African trade among 55...
This article aims to describe the system known as the 'CFA Franc' as it stands today, with its advantages and disadvantages. It will not give the history of this well-established financial package nor a political analysis of the system; articles on these two subjects...
In the first steps taken towards a binding treaty on business and human rights, EU member states and the EU Commission have not been making much of an effort. On the contrary, the lack of a defined EU position and the obstacles set out by European national delegations...
“And she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.” (Luke 2:7) Wishing you a blessed Christmas and joyous New Year from the staff of Africa Europa Faith & Justice...
The German Federal Government did not show much interest in African affairs in the period after World War II and preferred to leave Africa to the French and the English who had much closer connections to their former colonies. One exception was Horst Köhler. As...
One thing that puts the AEFJN at variance with the members of the corporate business world, policy makers and development experts is that it makes an effort to put human face on economic policies. AEFJN asks questions which are not so much about macro-economic...
When one plunges into a file such as food sovereignty one finds there an absorbing fact and a thousand and one questions to analyse. The fact is that hunger in the world remains one of the most serious problems facing humanity, with the latest figure rising to 815...
On February 07, 2018, AEFJN along with some notable Civil Society Organizations in Europe launched a new report that x-rays the socio-economic consequences of the rising global pattern of palm oil consumption. I pay particular attention in the report to the European...
Trade agreements have potentially very damaging impacts on health. They multiply precarious jobs, weaken working conditions and open up the health sector more widely to the market. Here is the analysis of the working group of Be-cause Health and the Health and...
The AMRH was launched in 2009 with the aim of helping African countries to set up an effective system for the registration of medicines, thanks to regional harmonisation and capacity building. Likewise, the AMRH tried to improve the fragmented regulating system for...
“And she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.” (Luke 2:7) Wishing you a blessed Christmas and joyous New Year from the staff of Africa Europa Faith & Justice...
One thing that puts the AEFJN at variance with the members of the corporate business world, policy makers and development experts is that it makes an effort to put human face on economic policies. AEFJN asks questions which are not so much about macro-economic...
Judgment and Renewal "The leaders, the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful… until there was no remedy…“ “God sent his Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but so that through him the world might be saved.“ (1st Reading, Gospel - 4th...
On February 07, 2018, AEFJN along with some notable Civil Society Organizations in Europe launched a new report that x-rays the socio-economic consequences of the rising global pattern of palm oil consumption. I pay particular attention in the report to the European...
The Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) are international agreements between countries to facilitate the direct investment of companies from a country, usually economically developed, in another developing country. These agreements originated in the 1960s[1] and...
One thing that puts the AEFJN at variance with the members of the corporate business world, policy makers and development experts is that it makes an effort to put human face on economic policies. AEFJN asks questions which are not so much about macro-economic...
When one plunges into a file such as food sovereignty one finds there an absorbing fact and a thousand and one questions to analyse. The fact is that hunger in the world remains one of the most serious problems facing humanity, with the latest figure rising to 815...
