The President, the Executive board and the entire membership of AEFJN celebrate the re-election of François de Paul Houngue into the General leadership team of the Society of African Missions (SMA). François de Paul was the immediate past President of AEFJN and...
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...
The current technological societies and the increasing consumption of electronic devices such as computers, mobile phones, tablets and all kinds of batteries have caused an unrestricted search for minerals that are necessary for their manufacture. Africa is a...
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...
In the last edition of our newsletter, we published a story under this title and have received comments and questions arising from the content of the story. What follows now is an attempt to respond to some of these questions within the limits of the available space....
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...
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 President, the Executive board and the entire membership of AEFJN celebrate the re-election of François de Paul Houngue into the General leadership team of the Society of African Missions (SMA). François de Paul was the immediate past President of AEFJN and...
AEFJN participated in a migration colloquium organised by the Jesuit Refuge Services (JRS) in the upbeat of the EU elections and made position clear on the issue. Perhaps, apart from climate change debate, no subject garnered as much as migrations in Europe while the...
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,...
The European Antennae met in Namur from May 10-12, 2019. Six European antennae and the Executive were represented at the meeting. In a very open and honest manner the participants had the opportunity to exchange opinions, experiences and look for the best way to...
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...
