Libération Afrique - Solidarité internationale et luttes sociales en Afrique subsaharienne

Statement of the Ghana TUC on the 2008 Electoral Process to Date
As the biggest civil society organization and the most representative organization of working people in the country, the Ghana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) finds it necessary to voice out its serious concerns and reservations over developments towards the general elections in December 2008. Ghana Trades Union Congress is doing so because it believes the proper thing to do is to sound the alarm bells now and contribute to the resolution of the problems that continue to beset the political and electoral process in advance of December 2008, than to wait until we are all engulfed in crisis before seeking to play the blame game. [Lire]
Ghana TUC - 24 September 2008

Statement by the National Coalition on Mining (NCOM)
We members of the National Coalition on Mining (NCOM) and victims of mining related human rights abuses across the country at a meeting from September 3-5th, 2008 in Accra Ghana convened to examine a Report of the State of Human Rights in Mining Communities in Ghana published by the Ghana Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), welcome the findings of the report and call for the urgent implementation of its recommendations to stop violence in mining and to protect the rights of all parties affected and or involved in mining. [Lire]
Ghana National Coalition on Mining - 5 September 2008

Press release by the National Coalition on Mining (NCOM)
The purpose of this press release is to condemn the propaganda of the Chamber of Mines and to demand of it and its membership to end violence and human rights abuses perpetuated against people living in communities affected by mining. [Lire]
Ghana National Coalition on Mining - 3 June 2008

Ghana TUC’s Response to Hon. J. H. Mensah on the Future of the Agriculturel Development Bank (ADB)
On 17th August 2007, Honourable J. H. Mensah, the Member of Parliament for Sunyani East, issued a statement to the media on the future of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB). The statement was a vigorous defence of Government policy to sell the 48% shares of the Bank owned by the Bank of Ghana to a strategic foreign investor. In the process, the Honourable Member of Parliament, who is also the Chairman of the National Planning Development Commission, criticised in some detail Ghana’s TUC for its stand on the sale of Bank of Ghana shares to a strategic foreign investor. [Lire]
Ghana TUC - 20 septembre 2007

NCOM Statement at Techere June 22nd, 2007
The National Coalition on Mining (NCOM) is meeting here today for two main reasons. The first is to express and offer solidarity to communities affected by mining and individuals who have suffered various human rights abuses at the hands of mining companies and state security agencies. The second is to use the occasion of the World Environment Day (which fell on June 5) to draw mining companies and state regulatory agencies’ attention to the need to do more to protect and sustain the integrity of the environment. [Lire]
22 June 2007

"Pay Us Our Compensation"
Farmers from Awonsuono near Ntotroso demands of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited
We, farmers of Awonsuono near Ntotroso in the Asutifi District of Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana wish to use this occasion to request Newmont Ghana Gold Limited to pay compensation due to us for demolishing our houses, fish ponds and wells. [Lire]
Third World Network Africa - 2 November 2006

EPA Days of Action Marked in Ghana
Hundreds of civil activists staged a demonstration in Central Accra in protest against the free trade Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) currently being negotiated between today the European Union (EU) and the six sub-regions that make up the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of developing countries. [Lire]
Third World Network Africa - 27 September 2006

CBA Expresses Concern Over 2006 Supplementary Budget
The Centre for Budget Advocacy (CBA) of ISODEC has studied the government’s Supplementary Budget for 2006 and wishes to draw attention to some pertinent issues raised in the Minister’s presentation. [Lire]
ISODEC - 8 August 2006

Groups Call for Action on Cyanide Spills by Multinational Gold Mine in Ghana
Joint release with Earthworks, FIAN-Germany, FIAN-Ghana, Oxfam America, and WACAM: International Cyanide Management Institute urged to immediately audit Cyanide Code signatory Golden Star Resources’ Bogoso/Prestea mine in Ghana. [Lire]
26 July 2006

Le personnel enseignant entame une grève illimitée
L’absence de négociations d’une nouvelle convention collective et les arriérés de salaires ont poussé le syndicat affilié à l’IE, le Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU), a entamé une grève illimitée. Un ultimatum a été présenté au gouvernement du Président du Ghana, M. John Kufuor, précisant que si, d’ici la semaine prochaine, les enseignants n’obtenaient pas satisfaction, leurs collègues des institutions supérieurs pourraient rejoindre le mouvement. [Lire]
Education International Africa - Internationale de l’Education Afrique - 9 juin 2006

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Le défi du modèle Nkrumah - 27 juin 2009 - Par Yao Graham - Kwame Nkrumah a amené le Convention People’s Party au pouvoir dans les deux ans qui ont suivi sa formation, créant ainsi le Ghana indépendant. Une victoire électorale écrasante lui a fourni une tribune pour une mobilisation anticoloniale massive dans toute l’Afrique. Accra était devenu le point de ralliement du mouvement anticolonial africain avec la All African People’s Conference qui a attiré les délégués de 62 organisations nationalistes, y compris des partis qui accéderont au pouvoir et des dirigeants post-coloniaux qui étaient vivement encouragés à lutter pour « l’indépendance maintenant ». En septembre prochain, on célébrera le centenaire de la naissance de Nkrumah. Aujourd’hui, le Ghana est devenu une icône du développement, mais les défis que son leader avait relevés n’ont pas trouvé leurs solutions. Pour son pays comme pour l’intégration africaine. - Source : Pambazuka News

Ghana : participation syndicale flouée aux « stratégies de réduction de la pauvreté » - 29 août 2008 - Par Anthony Baah - La participation des syndicats ghanéens à la définition des stratégies de réduction de la pauvreté sous l’égide du FMI et de la Banque mondiale répond au double souci d’y représenter les travailleurs et d’y imprimer leurs revendications d’équité sociale, de travail décent et de répartition des richesses. Le bilan est négatif. Floués et mal préparés, les syndicats n’ont pu y infléchir les orientations libérales du « consensus de Washington ». - Source : Cetri

US$20 Million Indece Celebrations Budget Sparks Controversy - 1er juillet 2007 - By Kwesi W Obeng - Ghanaians celebrated the country’s golden independence anniversary with pomp and pride. But that was not all. The celebration has touched off controversies of its own reminiscent of the days and months leading to the declaration of independence 50 years ago. - Source : Third Wo Africarld Network

Ghana, le modèle contesté - 3 juin 2007 - Par Yao Graham - Le 6 mars, le Ghana a fêté le cinquantième anniversaire de son indépendance en présence de douze chefs d’Etat du continent et de personnalités comme le pasteur américain Jesse Jackson. L’ancienne Côte-de-l’Or fut la première, en Afrique noire, à se libérer de la domination coloniale, sous l’impulsion de Kwame Nkrumah, figure historique des luttes anti-impérialistes. En 2007, Accra est devenu un modèle pour la Banque mondiale et un atout dans le jeu sécuritaire des Etats-Unis. - Source : Le Monde diplomatique

Reading from the script: the IMF’s PSI invades Africa - 1 February 2007 - The decisions by Ghana and Tanzania to use the Policy Support Instrument (PSI) reflect the IMF’s success in convincing countries to accept conditionality without any financing, despite the evidence from Uganda and elsewhere that PSI conditions are numerous and will be enforced. - Source : Bretton Woods Project

Risky Business: The West Africa Gas Pipeline Project - September 2005 - By Chelsea Voake - The West Africa Gas Pipeline Project (WAGP) exemplifies the reemerging trend at the World Bank of big, high-risk projects that are purported to be big solutions to poverty reduction and income generation. - Source : 50 Years Is Enough Network