Gender. As every year, Brussels hosted the European Development Days (EDD) in early June.[1] The theme for this year’s forum, Women and Girls at the Forefront of Sustainable Development shows the interest of the European Union (EU) in working on the 2030 Agenda for...
Gender. As every year, Brussels hosted the European Development Days (EDD) in early June.[1] The theme for this year’s forum, Women and Girls at the Forefront of Sustainable Development shows the interest of the European Union (EU) in working on the 2030 Agenda for...
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...
The population of Koudiadiène and its nearby communities in the Senegalese region of Thiès coexists with the adjacent phosphate mine, a legacy of French colonial times for more than 70 years. The various 0financial operations and shareholding changes of the mines...
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...
There was a significant place for Africa in the recently held European Development Days[1]. Several African presidents participated in the inaugural session and the continent was visibly present in many of the workshops and speeches. This time the special focus was...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has inaugurated the first of a series of agro-industrial parks designed to boost the country's development and showcase the enormous potential of arable land at its disposal. The agro-industrial park of Bukanga Lonzo covers 75,000...
Ce vendredi 1er juin, on « fête » la Journée mondiale du lait partout dans le monde. Producteurs laitiers, transformateurs et industries saisissent l’opportunité pour attirer l’attention et mettre en lumière leurs activités en lien avec « l’or blanc ». Pour une grande...
The model list of essential medicines was created by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 1977 to offer governments a reference resource to help in the choice of medicines and the establishment of national essential medicine lists. Essential medicines are those that...
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...
On June 18, 2015, Pope Francis released the epoch-making Laudato Si to the world. The encyclical was not only timely but pointed out very ambitious directions to checkmate the impending global disaster arising from climate change. As we celebrate the third...
The 2018 annual antennae meeting of AEFJN has come and gone. It took place at the hospitable Heritage Centre of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur from May 11-13. The meeting was well attended notwithstanding the visa challenge of one of the prospective participants....
In present day Europe, only very few young people feel connected to the Church. The situation is different in Africa where many are attracted to the Pentecostal churches. The reasons for this attraction or the lack of it are as diverse as the youths themselves....
The AEFJN Trade policy officer, Jose Luis Gutierrez Aranda had a workshop session on “The European Trade Policies and Conflict Minerals in Africa” with a group from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria (Germany), Die Handy-Aktion who visited Brussels on 25th...
On June 18, 2015, Pope Francis released the epoch-making Laudato Si to the world. The encyclical was not only timely but pointed out very ambitious directions to checkmate the impending global disaster arising from climate change. As we celebrate the third...
Ce vendredi 1er juin, on « fête » la Journée mondiale du lait partout dans le monde. Producteurs laitiers, transformateurs et industries saisissent l’opportunité pour attirer l’attention et mettre en lumière leurs activités en lien avec « l’or blanc ». Pour une grande...
