#AccraAFCFTAdialogue The debate is not about whether to have African trade integration but how the approach does not replicate the disastrous national level experiences under SAPs which devastated productive sectors and jobs the scars if which persist

#AccraAFCFTAdialogue CSOs, trade unions, women's groups, private sector, MPs, trade officials from national level, African Union and ECOWAS from across Africa took part in the Accra meeting. What an example for the AFCFTA process which excludes citizens' voice and presence!!!

An influential African CSO view of the #AfCFTA: hasty, "too exclusive" and "too narrowly focused on trade liberalisation without recourse to the other pillars of trade development” - Yao Graham graphic.com.gh/business/busin… #AccraAFCFTAdialogue

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Martin Khor! A warm and caring person. His intellect, committed anti-imperialism, dynamism (the man did not sleep!) ability to build alliances across broad spectra for specific outcomes. So many memories. A great loss.

Discussion on the elite and illegal ASM gold mining in Ghana youtu.be/NEmRlU2Gniw

youtu.be/mGZJDjsfKwk Ghana civic space is closing with fatalities. Is this a "clash"?

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Mobilization is growing against hysterically homophobia private members Bill before Ghana's Parliament which threatens the rights of all citizens. A few days a go a group of us submitted a Memo against the Bill to Parliament. drive.google.com/file/d/1aAH44x…

My interview on why all should oppose homophobic anti democratic Bill before Ghana's Parliament drive.google.com/file/d/1ngb4Fm…

Get ready for the 5th SAM MOYO MEMORIAL LECTURE in the New Year! - with YAO GRAHAM on "Minerals and Africa’s Development: Struggles over Discourses, Policies and Practices" - chaired by ISSA SHIVJI - January 17th, GMT 13:00–15:00

Join us next week for a 2-day discussion on the SADC Regional Mining Vision. The dialogue highlights the importance of the policy agenda of the Africa Mining Vision for Africa's progress towards structural economic transformation & sustainable development: bit.ly/3wraXl7

Developing the African narrative, building constituency for an African strategy for Africa's utilisation of its clean energy critical minerals not for export revenue but for renewable energy and equitable structural economic transformation

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3 new TWN-Africa research reports on African mining: Efforts to optimise mineral revenues in D.R. Congo and Zambia and salt mining conflicts in Ghana. twnafrica.org/Salt%20from%20… twnafrica.org/Zambia's%20Exp… twnafrica.org/Tax%20Reform%2…

Tetteh Hormeku of TWN Africa: The EU weaponised aid during PEA negotiations #CSOpostcotonou

Tetteh Hormeku of TWN Africa-the EU weaponised aid during EPA negotiations #CSOpostcotonou

#CSOpostcotonou articles available at twnafrica.org

Is it worthwhile to produce 1.27m tons of waste solids from digging up land, destroy flora and animal life for 1 ton of gold?