By Ali-Masmadi | 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
By Ali-Masmadi | August 15, 2013 at 4:31 pm | No comments
AFSA
Press Release 15th August 2013
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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
By Nana Akyea Mensah | August 9, 2013 at 10:11 pm | No comments
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...
Posted in: Africa, International Solidarity, Self-Mobilisation, Situational Awareness, The Pan-Africanist Imperatives
By Nana Akyea Mensah | June 20, 2013 at 11:15 am | No comments
"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...
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By Nana Akyea Mensah | June 3, 2013 at 1:28 pm | No comments
- 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...
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By Nana Akyea Mensah | May 29, 2013 at 10:20 am | No comments
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...
Posted in: Africa, News, The Pan-Africanist Imperatives
By Crossed Crocodiles | May 10, 2013 at 8:14 pm | No comments
“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...
Posted in: Africa, International Solidarity, News, Situational Awareness
By Nana Akyea Mensah | March 16, 2013 at 10:40 pm | No comments
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...
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By Nana Akyea Mensah | March 11, 2013 at 10:31 am | No comments
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 –...
Posted in: Africa, Europe, Ghana, Networking, News, Self-Mobilisation
By Crossed Crocodiles | March 6, 2013 at 12:22 am | No comments
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...
Posted in: Africa, Algeria, International Solidarity, Mali, Niger