The November 2011 edition of AEFJN's Forum for Action is now online. It contains articles on the ethical responsibility of the Church on the climate issue, on the clean up of the Ogoniland oil spills, which will take decades, on the spread of Libyan arms in the Sahel, on the production of medicines in Africa and on the EU's attempt to force African countries to sign EPAs.
The national election campaign officially started the 28th October in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), exactly one month ahead of historic presidential and legislative elections, scheduled for November 28 2011. 41 humanitarian and human rights organizations, among them AEFJN, have expressed concern about the high political tension and deteriorating security situation. They have called upon all Congolese and international actors involved to take urgent measures to prevent electoral violence, better protect civilians and ensure credible, free and fair elections.100507 ROPPA Monitoring the land grabbing
Source:Final declaration of the 5th ordinary convention of ROPPA (Grand-Bassam, Côte-d’Ivoire 5 - 7 May 2010) On themes relating to natural resources, access to regional and domestic markets for family farms and to divisions within ROPPA and women college
The Convention has expressed his concerns on the recently emerged ever-increasing proportions of sale of agricultural land to foreign private companies, foreign individuals, including the national elite.
Convention recommended to the Board of ROPPA to accelerate the development of a monitoring and alerting system to provide platforms of real bases with assessment of land grabbing and, consequently, social mobilization operations that family farms can drive to limit or even stop this new plundering of the heritage property in the region.
It also asked ROPPA to start dialogue with and inquiry States and IGOs (Inter-Governmental Organisations) on this phenomenon that continues to grow.
Source: ROPPA