Libération Afrique - Solidarité internationale et luttes sociales en Afrique subsaharienne

Statement by representatives of civil society to the 7th Commonwealth HIPC Ministerial Forum
African CSO statement on Debt Cancellation and Debt Sustainability
We, representatives of civil society from Cameroon, Ghana, Guyana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Zambia and the regional network, the African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD), met in Lilongwe, Malawi from 8 to 10 December 2004 and in Maputo, Mozambique on 15 March 2005 to study in detail the country situations of Commonwealth HIPCs and prepare our participation in the 7th Commonwealth HIPC Ministerial Forum, 15 to16 March 2005. We welcome the opportunity afforded us once again to engage with our Ministers and other cooperating partners at Commonwealth level. [Lire]
17 March 2005

Africa Action Co-Sponsors Embassy Protests Urging G-7 Action on Debt & AIDS
Joins other Groups in ‘Global Day of Action’ Calling for Debt Cancellation and Money for Global Fund to fight AIDS
Tuesday, March 15, 2005 (Washington, DC) - Africa Action today joined a diverse group of activists and advocates in rallies outside the Embassies of several of the "Group of 7" (G-7) wealthy countries, and in meetings with Embassy officials, to demand debt cancellation and more money for the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) & Malaria. Today’s actions formed part of a Global Day of Action targeting France, Germany and Japan for their failure to support 100% debt cancellation and full funding for the Global Fund. [Lire]
Africa Action - 15 March 2005

Africa Commission challenges UK government policy
The Commission for Africa report, released today, was greeted by ActionAid as an important document that sets serious challenges to UK government policy in the region. [Lire]
ActionAid UK - 11 March 2005

Réunion ministérielle sida à Londres
Les pays riches manœuvrent avec ONUSIDA pour baisser la facture
Aujourd’hui, mercredi 9 mars à Londres, Xavier Darcos et les autres ministres en charge du dossier de la lutte mondiale contre le sida se sont réunis autour du thème « Faire travailler l’argent disponible » et de la remise par ONUSIDA et les gouvernements de leurs dernières estimations des sommes requises afin de juguler la pandémie. Act Up-Paris dénonce l’arbitraire de la décision des pays riches et de l’ONUSIDA de réduire d’un tiers par rapport à 2004 les montants déclarés requis, alors même qu’ils reconnaissent que l’épidémie n’a fait qu’empirer. [Lire]
Act Up-Paris - 10 mars 2005

UK takes ’significant step forward’ to delinking aid and privatisation
Development campaigners the World Development Movement today welcomed the decision by the UK Government to abandon one of the key means by which it imposes free market economic polices on developing countries. In a review of aid policy the Department for International Development (DFID) announced that it would no longer make trade liberalisation and privatisation of key utilities and public services a condition of poor countries receiving UK aid. [Lire]
World Development Movement - 5 March 2005

Aide au développement
Les promesses ne suffisent pas
Les pays riches, réunis à Paris pour cordonner leurs politiques d’aide au développement, se sont encore une fois contentés de promesses. Les ONG françaises dénoncent les manœuvres dilatoires des pays riches qui, déjà incapables d’honorer leur engagement de consacrer 0,7% de leur revenu à l’aide, n’ont pris aucune mesure concrète pour en assurer l’efficacité. [Lire]
5 mars 2005

Communiqué from the Conference on Oil
Oil Resource Conflicts and Livelihoods in Africa
We the members of communities impacted by the activities of oil and gas companies, civil society organizations, academics, legislators and media from Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan, Congo Brazzaville, Latin America, North America and Europe, having met in Lagos, Nigeria from February 28 to March 2, 2005 and deliberated on the conference theme “Oil Resource Conflicts and Livelihoods in Africa” came to the following conclusions that: [Lire]
3 March 2005

Action research in the garment sector in Southern and Eastern Africa
Between 2000 and 2004, labour conditions in garment supply chains in Southern and Eastern Africa have been researched for trade unions and campaigning organizations. Efforts towards concretely improving the labour conditions have been intensified. by connecting research with concrete actions and follow up. SOMO and CSRSC, together with the regional office of the Global Unions Federation in the sector, the International Textile, Garments and Leather Workers Federation (ITGLWF-Africa) and the national garment unions in the different countries, have developed and conducted this research. [Lire]
Clean Clothes Campaigns - March 2005

Brown’s ’Marshall plan’ will lead to long term reduction in aid
Campaigners call on UK to back French and German aid plans
Gordon Brown’s flagship aid plan - International Finance Facility (IFF) - will undermine long term efforts to reach the international target of rich countries spending 0.7 per cent of national income as aid and see aid levels plummet after 2015 according to a study of the proposed scheme published by the World Development Movement (WDM) today. [Lire]
World Development Movement - 28 February 2005

Diamants de la guerre
La face cachée de la Saint-Valentin
Pour la Saint-Valentin, le 14 février, les bijoutiers vont tout mettre en œuvre afin de vendre le symbole absolu de l’amour et de l’attachement. Toutefois, Amnesty International avertit les consommateurs qu’il leur sera difficile d’obtenir l’assurance que leurs diamants ne sont pas des produits de la guerre entachés par des atteintes aux droits humains. [Lire]
Amnesty International - 14 février 2005

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