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...
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...
The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) will next week meet in Ethiopia to discuss strategies for resistance against genetically modified (GM) seeds. AFSA is a Pan African platform comprising networks and farmer organisations working in Africa including...
"Ghana must urgently place a moratorium on the cultivation, importation and consumption of genetically modified foods." The call is contained in an appeal by Food Sovereignty Ghana, a Ghanaian grass-roots food advocacy movement, after credible reports of the start of...
- Corporate takeover of agriculture & land will increase hunger, groups claim Abidjan, Addis Ababa, Algiers, Harare, Mombasa, 3rd June 2013 At the heart of the leading initiatives to “modernise” African agriculture is a drive to open markets and...
May 25, 2013 On the occasion of African Union Day, the Socialist Forum of Ghana salutes the founding heroes and heroines of the organization of African Unity (OAU) and those whose struggles freed the continent from the yoke of classical colonialism. As we celebrate 5o...
“The countries that cooperate with us get at least a free pass,” acknowledged a senior U.S. official who specializes in Africa but spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid retribution. “Whereas other countries that don’t cooperate, we ream them as best we...
On the 9th of March, 2013, Mr. Kwesi Pratt Jnr., participated in a panel discussion on Ghana's 56th Independence celebrations. The contribution was nothing but brilliant! Strangely enough, it was the last time we are to see him on the programme. Government communications...
CPP UK BRANCH MEETING Sunday March 17 2013 Time: at 5.30pm Venue: Railton Road Methodist Church, 141 Railton Road, London, SE24 0LT AGENDA Matters arising from last meeting (January 2013) Discussion: What would our ideal CPP look like ? – Facilitator –...
The French left as well as the the right have dreams of imperial expansion. A number of NATO participants share a vision of the Mediterranean as a NATO lake, an internal sea, surrounded by Europe. The dream is to extend Europe around the entire coast of the Mediterranean and...
