Mining operations and global consumption of natural resources continue to increase annually[1]. However, while developed countries and regions such as the European Union protect their natural resources with sustainable development policies and high social and labor...
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...
Saying the same lie many times does not make the lie become true; the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) do not help for the poverty reduction. The Directorate General of Trade of the European Union (DG Trade) presents annually reports and updated documents in...
Mining operations and global consumption of natural resources continue to increase annually[1]. However, while developed countries and regions such as the European Union protect their natural resources with sustainable development policies and high social and labor...
Faced with the evident failure of the multilateral free trade and investment agreements promoted by the European Union (EPAs, TTIP, MERCOSUR), Europe has developed its commercial strategy through bilateral economic agreements with third countries. The last of these...
One month after violent incidents in the SOCFIN plantations in Sierra Leone leading to brutal repression by security forces, the death of two people and 15 people arrested, Sierra Leonean and international civil society organisations urge the government of Sierra...
In West Africa, local milk production represents a major development issue and a significant potential for livestock farmers and other actors in the region. The project of a West Africa "milk offensive" supported by ECOWAS confirms this potential and shows support...
The Directive 2014/95/EU on the disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups[1] is part of a set of measures of the so called European Union 2020 Strategy[2]. This strategy seeks a model of sustainable economy based on...
Sierra Leone is one of the world’s poorest nations where over 70% of its six million people live below the national poverty line of $2 a day[1]. The promotion of large-scale foreign investment in the agricultural sector has been made a priority by consecutive...
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...
The entire atmosphere of Europe is presently charged with the fever of the upcoming European Parliamentary elections. Truly, the elections hold a lot of stakes! It is not just the preference of a political party or a candidate based on sentiments; it is an economic,...
In the face of the growing strength of rightwing anti-european parties; the coming elections to the European Parliament are of special importance. AEFJN has always fought against harmful EU economic and trade policies. This does not diminish its enormous positive...
On behalf of AEFJN Fr. Chika Onyejiuwa participated in the debate/dialogue with two MEP candidates Klaus Buchner from the Greens and Andreas Schwab from the European People’s Party. This meeting was held at the Resurrection Chapel in Brussels on April 10 and was...
Introduction In this period of parliamentary elections, it is timely to take a different look at migration and deconstruct some false myths about it. When the media speaks of migration; it dwells only its negative effects on economic development and, often with...
The Cameroon Antenna invites the educational community, CSOs and the government to protect schools and youth from psychoactive drugs and other drugs. Pope Francis recommended that we have to "strengthen the coordination of policies to combat drugs and addiction" and...
AEFJN has recently interviewed Mrs. Kyenge MEP as the Vice-Chair of the ACP-EU meetings. She answers our questions on how the ACP-EU meetings have contributed to create a more just relationship between these countries of North and South. Likewise, Mrs. Kyenge was...
