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Civil Society Communique on Engaging Civil Society for an Effective Africa-EU Partnership

The African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC) in collaboration, with OXFAM International, on 9 February 2022, convened a virtual meeting on strengthening Civil Society Participation in Africa-EU partnership and to address the challenges of Civil Society Organizations in...

No decision about us without us!

Joint African-European Civil Society Statement to All Heads of State and Government and Dignitaries attending the 6th EU-AU Summit, February 2022 Today’s efforts by the AU and EU to create an equal and fair partnership are entrenched in past colonial and postcolonial cooperation. They are...

Tough, urgent choices for African leaders as they launch “Year of Nutrition” to help millions of people facing hunger

African governments should boost funding for agriculture, address peace and security challenges, and do more to genuinely tackle inequality. African Union leaders face one of their most important summits (Feb 5-6) in launching a “year of nutrition” amid worsening levels of hunger and malnutrition...

Ten richest men double their fortunes in pandemic while incomes of 99 percent of humanity fall

New billionaire minted every 26 hours, as inequality contributes to the death of one person every four seconds The world’s ten richest men more than doubled their fortunes from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion —at a rate of $15,000 per second or $1.3 billion a day— during the first two years of a...

Les organisations de la société civile réclament l'accès aux vaccins et l'équité pour tous

En tant qu'organisations de la société civile à travers l'Afrique, nous joignons nos voix pour demander un vaccin populaire, qui assure une protection en tant que bien public mondial, disponible gratuitement et équitablement pour tous, en donnant la priorité à ceux qui en ont le plus besoin.