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Seed Freedom! A last chance to thwart the great African seed grab

Seed Freedom! A last chance to thwart the great African seed grab

By | June 29, 2015 at 2:06 pm | No comments

Ali-Masmadi Jehu-Appiah, 29th June 2015 Nineteen African nations meet today in Arusha, Tanzania, to finalise a 'plant protection' protocol that would open up the continent's seeds to corporate interests, taking away farmers' rights to grow, improve, sell and exchange their...

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Stronger plant variety protection may threaten the right to food

Stronger plant variety protection may threaten the right to food

By | October 9, 2014 at 2:01 pm | No comments

Governments in industrial countries regularly put pressure on developing countries to introduce stringent plant variety protection (PVP) regimes and to adhere to the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention, without duly considering its consequences on the enjoyment of human rights...

Posted in: Africa, International Solidarity, News, OUR CAMPAIGNS, Situational Awareness, The Pan-Africanist Imperatives

Progress in the New Alliance? Not in support of small-scale food producers

Progress in the New Alliance? Not in support of small-scale food producers

By | September 21, 2014 at 5:57 pm | No comments

Call of G7/G8 Civil Society Organizations to their Governments on the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa More than two years after the launch of the G8 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition, what we have seen of its ‘progress’ does not change...

Posted in: Africa, International Solidarity, Networking, News, OUR CAMPAIGNS, Situational Awareness, The Pan-Africanist Imperatives, Uncategorized

Twenty Years of Insightful Service To Ghana And Africa!

Twenty Years of Insightful Service To Ghana And Africa!

By | September 3, 2013 at 10:46 pm | No comments

By Ali-Masmadi Jehu-Appiah I have been meaning to do my own reflections of the 20th anniversary of the Insight Newspaper, but I kept postponing it, as each time I tried to put my ideas together, so many things race to the fore, competing for priority. It is a duty I felt for...

Posted in: Africa, Ghana, News

Africa’s Food Sovereignty Under Attack By Corporate Interests – AFSA

Africa’s Food Sovereignty Under Attack By Corporate Interests – AFSA

By | August 15, 2013 at 4:31 pm | No comments

AFSA Press Release 15th August 2013 ____________________________________________________________________ Africa’s Food Sovereignty Under Attack By Corporate Interests   Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), a coalition of pan-African networks, with...

Posted in: Africa, International Solidarity, Networking, News, OUR CAMPAIGNS, Situational Awareness, The Pan-Africanist Imperatives

Akufo-Addo, A Threat To Peace In Ghana? – Part 1: US CSIS Report

Akufo-Addo, A Threat To Peace In Ghana? – Part 1: US CSIS Report

By | August 21, 2011 at 5:04 pm | One comment

Akufo-Addo, A Threat To Peace In Ghana? - Part One: US CSIS Report A "Real and Present Dangers" Review by Ali-Masmadi Jehu-Appiah, "The role of the NPP leader and expected presidential candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo, will be crucial, and early signals suggest reason for...

Posted in: Africa, Ghana, International Solidarity, News, Situational Awareness

The Burning Man Strikes At The Heart Of Ouattara’s Legitimacy!

The Burning Man Strikes At The Heart Of Ouattara’s Legitimacy!

By | June 10, 2011 at 1:41 am | 2 comments

The following story which appeared in the Chroniquesénégalaises caught my attention recently. I have been literary traumatised by it. It has become intrusive and repetitive of late that the only way to deal with it is to talk about it. The story states that on 1 April 2011,...

Posted in: Africa, International Solidarity, News, Situational Awareness

The World Marks African Liberation Day!

The World Marks African Liberation Day!

By | May 25, 2011 at 1:51 pm | No comments

48th Annual AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY celebration www.wavenewspapers.com AFRICAN LIBERATION DAYCelebration & Commemoration“For the Liberation and Struggle of African Peoples Everywhere”The Organization Us will hold its 48th Annual African Liberation...

Posted in: Africa, International Solidarity, News, The Pan-Africanist Imperatives

APPEL AU BOYCOTT DE L’INVESTITURE DE ALASSANE DRAMANE OUATTARA

APPEL AU BOYCOTT DE L’INVESTITURE DE ALASSANE DRAMANE OUATTARA

By | May 16, 2011 at 11:53 pm | No comments

panafricanistinternational.org APPEL AU BOYCOTT DE L'INVESTITURE DE ALASSANE DRAMANE OUATTARA COMME PRÉSIDENT DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE LA COTE D'IVOIRE. Par Panafricaniste Internationale Le Comité de Solidarité Internationale de l'International...

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“Boycott Ouattara’s Investiture” – Pan-Africanist International

“Boycott Ouattara’s Investiture” – Pan-Africanist International

By | May 14, 2011 at 10:51 pm | One comment

panafricanistinternational.org/ STATEMENT CALLING FOR THE BOYCOTT OF THE INVESTITURE OF ALASSANE DRAMANE OUATTARA AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LA COTE D'IVOIRE. By Pan-Africanist International The International Solidarity Committee of the Pan-Africanist...

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