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African Agenda: is a bi-monthly magazine in English with lead articles translated into French. African Agenda published since 1994 reflects TWN's concerns and campaigns around issues of economic policy, sustainable development, trade and investment, gender, environment, politics, culture and civil society. African Agenda provides cutting-edge analysis on economic and social issues.

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See the latest issue of African Agenda (Volume 10, No.3) below:



Africa Unite! vs Africa will unite
In this issue
-African Union, Another Day, Another Time
-Media Perspectives on the AU Government Grand Debate
-African Diaspora Inches its Way into the AU
-Reject EU's EPAs, Citizens Tell African Leaders

Volume 10, No.3 Contents
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  • African Union, Another Day, Another Time
  • What did the Stakeholders Achieve at the AU Summit?
  • Move from Debate to Action, Civil Society Groups Tell AU
  • African Diaspora Inches its Way into the AU
  • Youth Reactions on AU Summit
  • Media Perspectives on the AU Government Grand Debate
    • Trade
  • Reject EU's EPAs, Citizens Tells African Leaders
  • Re-Thinking AGOA for Africans--Not Americans
  • AGOA-EPA Axis Besiege Africa
  • African Private Sector Experience Under AGOA
    • Politics
  • Is Press Freedom not Part of West African Democracy?
  • Stealing the People's Mandate
    • Society
  • Sembene Pusmane, a Griot of the Screen
  • Are We thus To Be Condemned?
    • Review
  • The Challenges of Regional Integration in Africa
    • International
  • Finding Lessons in Gaza's Bloodshed
    		•  (Version francaise)
    Leading articles in French



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    Ghana@50: Model for Africa?
    In this issue
    -Doha Was Never About Development
    -Ghana, A Contested Model
    -Continental Unity and Social Justice are The Legacy of Nkrumah
    -Women Side-Stepped in Anniversary Celebrations

    		Volume 10, No.2 Contents
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  • Ghana, A Contested Model
  • Continental Unity and Social Justice are The Legacy of Nkrumah
  • Nkrumah's Ambition was the Full Realisation of the Dignity of the Africa, Says Daughter
  • $US20million Indece Celebrations Budget Sparks Controversy
  • Women Side-Stepped in Anniversary Celebrations
    • Development
  • Doha Was Never About Development
  • poor Need More Than a Declaration
  • Beef Up Budget Allocation to Achieve MDGs
    • Trade
  • EPAs Must Be Subjected to Electoral Test
  • OXFAM & TWN-Africa Put EU's Political Will to Test
  • Serious Threat to Producers
    • Women
  • Proposed Un Women's Agency Gains Key Ally
  • Women Stuck at the Small-Scale Level
    • International
  • Security Council Accused of Overstepping Bound
    • Rights
  • Privatisation Violates Right to Health, Say Activists
    • Society
  • Remember Benjamin Zephaniah
    		•  (Version francaise)
    Leading articles in French
  • Le Ghana – un modèle contesté
  • Gamel Nkrumah s’exprime sur L’heritage de son pere
  • L’Ambition de Nkrumah était de réaliser pleinement la dignité de l’Africain, réitère sa fille



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    World Social Forum 2007 SPECIAL
    In this issue
    -United in the Search for Alternatives
    -EPAs Draw Protests, Jeers & Boos at WSF
    -Who Tells the African Story?
    -Activists Call for End to Plunder of Africa's Resources

    		Volume 10, No.1 Contents
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  • United in the Search for Alternatives
  • EPAs draw Protests, Jeers and Boos at WSF
  • Let us Have the Referendum, Say Sahrawi
  • Who Tells the African Story?
  • WSF007? Loved it!
  • It was a Time Well-Spent
    • Women
  • Women are Greater Losers
  • Caught in the AIDS loop
    • Development
  • Activists Call for End to Plunder of Africa's Resources
    • International
  • Poor Will Gain Nothing from Doha
  • New Oil Law Seen as Cover for Privatisation
    • Society
  • Ghana, the Pin-up Model Stuck in the Throes of Labour Unrest
    		•  (Version francaise)
    Leading articles in French
  • Nous sommes prêts pour le référendum, dit le peuple Sahrawi
  • Les APE suscitent des protestations, railleries et huées lors du Forum Social Mondial
  • Unis dans la recherche des alternatives
  • Qui raconte l’histoire de l’Afrique ?


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    Shattered Hopes -Repression and resistance in mining communities
    In this issue
    -Africa: Burdened with Too Much Oil
    -African Civil Society Launches Campaign Against EPAs
    -ACP Parliamentary Group Cautions on EPA
    -Groups Denounce Corporate Lobby Influence on EU

    		Volume 9, No.3 Contents
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  • Africa: Burdened with Too Much Oil
  • In Solidarity with a Forgotten People
  • Poverty in the Midst of Plenty
  • Where Mineral Wealth Means Poverty
  • The first Oil Well in Nigeria: The People's version
  • African Civil Society Launches Campaign Against EPAs
  • ESA Civil Society Turns Heat on EU's Stance on EPA
  • ESA Civil Society Turns Heat on EU's Stance on EPA
  • ACP Parliamentary Group Cautions on EPA
    • Development
  • IMF Reform Package Inadequate
  • IFIs Subverting Right of Development
  • Groups Denounce Corporate Lobby Influence on EU
    • International
  • UN Security Council Edicts Challenged
    • Media
  • Gambian Media Lives Under Constant Fear
    • Politics
  • How Beautiful Was My Colony
    • Women
  • Stamps as Stereotypes of the African Woman
    • Society
  • The Toll Taken by Illegal Migration Remembered
    		•  (Version francaise)
    Leading articles in French
  • MESSAGE DE SOLIDARITE AVEC LES COMMUNAUTES DE LA REGION DU DELTA DU NIGER, AU NIGERIA, PRESENTE AU FORUM PUBLIC ORGANISE PAR L’ERA EN COLLABORATION AVEC TWN-AFRICA A OLOIBIRI, LE 7 SEPTEMBRE 2006
  • La pauvreté au milieu de l’abondance
  • En Solidarité avec une population oubliée
  • Là où la richesse du sous-sol signifie la pauvreté
  • Afrique: sous le poids de l’abondance du pétrole


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    Africa's Services Up for Grabs -The GATS Assault on Sovereignty and Democracy
    In this issue
    -GATS Reduces State Options in Public Services
    -More Losses for Africa's Mining Sector
    -Services Liberalisation Threatens Africa's Market Women
    -GATS and Higher Education in Africa

    		Volume 9, No.3 Contents
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  • The GATS Assault on Sovereignty & Democracy
  • GATS Reduces State Options in Public Services
  • GATS & Higher Education in Africa
  • Extractive Sector Set to Lose More Under GATS
  • More Losses for Africa's Mining Sector
  • Services Liberalisation Further Reduces Women's Access to Public Services
  • Services Liberalisation Threatens Africa's Market Women
    • Development
  • Aid for the Poor--Not for Consultants
  • At 50, is the Paris Club a Colonial Relic?
    • Health
  • High Vaccine Cost Raised in Bird Flu Discussion
    • Environment
  • African Fishery at Risk from Climate Change
    • International
  • New War of Words in UN's North-South Divide
    		•  (Version francaise)
    Leading articles in French
  • L’AGCS réduit les options de l’Etat dans les services publics
  • L’Assaut de l’AGCS de la Souvereineté et de la Démocratie
  • La libéralisation des Services menace les commerçantes en Afrique
  • L’Assaut de l’AGCS de la Souvereineté et de la Démocratie
  • Quelques demandes formulées par la Commission Européenne auprès des pays africains dans le cadre de l’AGCS



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    Disease & Dumping -- Double Blow for Africa's Poultry Industry -African Poultry Farmers Face Tough Times
    In this issue
    -Imported Poison
    -Nigeria Says No to Dumping
    -UN Reform Plan Hits G77 Roadblockj
    -Mixed Reception for African Cotton Proponent's Proposal

    		Volume 9, No.2 Contents
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  • African Poultry Farmers Face Tough Times
  • Avian Flu Scare Adds to Poultry Industry's Woes
  • Poultry Industry under Threat
  • Imported Poison
  • Nigeria Says No to Dumping
    • Development
  • Countries Receiving HIPC Debt Relief Falling into Debt Again
  • UN Reform Plan Hits G77 Roadblock
    • Trade
  • Mixed Reception for African Cotton Proponent's Proposal
  • African Trade Union Sounds Alarm Bell on 'NAMA disaster"
    • Health
  • Africa losing skills to Europe
    • Rights
  • Thirty-Six Cases Show Growing Bio-Piracy in Africa
  • Cartagena Protocol -- What Does Africa do Now?
    • Environment
  • Terminator Seeds Suffer Defeat at Global Conference
    • International
  • India Would Rather See Doha Rouond Fail Than Accept Bad Deal
    • Story
  • The Empty Coops of Chicken Ben
    		•  (Version francaise)
    Leading articles in French
  • A la défense de l’industrie avicole en Afrique
  • Les aviculteurs africains traversent des temps durs
  • Le Nigeria dit NON au dumping
  • L’Industrie avicole en péril
  • Du poison pour la santé humaine



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    Hong Kong Deal: Another Loss for Africa -
    In this issue
    -The "Development Package" That Isn't
    -Imbalances in the Hong Kong Ministerial Outcome
    -Undue Northern Corporate Influence on WTO Negotiations
    -Many Charts of Women's Progress Remains Blank

    		Volume 9, No.1 Contents
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  • The "Development Package" That Isn't
  • Statement of the Africa Trade Network on the Major's
  • How the WTO's conference Adopted its Ministerial Declaration in Hong Kong
  • NGOs Slam Hong Kong Outcome, While North's Companie Cheer
  • Imbalances in the Hong Kong Ministerial Outcome
    • Development
  • Undue Northern Corporate Influence on WTO Negotiations
  • Urgent Work Needed on Domestic Support, Say African Cotton Proponents
  • Developing Country Group Asks for Policy Space in NAMA Talks
  • 'Importing Food is Importing Unemployment'
    • Women
  • Many Charts of Women's Progress Remain Blank
  • Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and the Travails of Africa's First-Elected Female President
    • Environment
  • WTO Biotech Ruling Reveals Special Interests, Say Critics
  • Africans Propose draft CBD access and Benefit Sharing Protocol
  • Terminator Technology Moratorium Weakened
    • Story
  • On your knees, Africa!
    		•  (Version francaise)
    Leading articles in French
  • Editorial
  • Un « Programme de Developpement » chimerique
  • Declaration du Reseau Africain sur le Commerce sur le soi-disant "Programme de developpement" des Grandes Puissances
  • Comment la Conference de l’OMC adopta sa Declaration ministerielle a Hong Kong
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    Can Africa Smile After Hong Kong? -
    In this issue
    -What Africa Wants from Hong Kong
    -NGOs Gear up for Fight at WTO
    -UN Summit Outcome Dampens Africa's Hopes
    -Farmers Move to End Terminator

    		 Volume 8, No.4&5 Contents
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  • What Africa Wants from Hong Kong?
  • African Ministers adopt Declaration on WTO's Hong Kong Meeting
  • NGOs Slam Drafting Process for Ministerial Services Text
  • African Cotton Countries Demand Concrete Results at Hong Kong
  • Services out of WTO, WTO Out of Services
  • General Council agrees to put services in square brackets
  • US agriculture proposal criticised as inadequate and ignoring SDT
  • African Health Ministers call for TRIPs/health permanent solution
  • Disagreement over Trade Facilitation group's draft report
  • WACC Calls for Action on WTO Meeting in Hong Kong
  • NGOs Gear up for a Fight at the WTO
  • Russia in no Rush Towards WTO
    • Politics
  • UN Summit Outcome dampens Africa's Hopes
  • US Faces New Political Threats from US
  • Japan Mulls Aloud Cuts in UN Budget
    • Development
  • West African Civil Society Call on Governments to Resist Liberalisation
  • Mauritius Battles to Keep Sugar Industry from Turning Sour
  • A Long and Winding Road to Better Transport Links
  • Declaration of Havana, II South-North Consulation
    • Gender
  • In a Situation Like this, Who Cares about Human Rights?
    • Environment
  • Farmers Move to End Terminator
  • AIMES Calls on African Governments to Resist Liberalisation
    • Society
  • Waiting for Mr.P
    		•  (Version francaise)
    Leading articles in French
  • LES PAYS AFRICAINS PRODUCTEURS DE COTON EXIGENT DES RESULTATS CONCRETS A HONGKONG
  • CE QUE L’AFRIQUE ATTEND DE LA CONFERENCE DE HONGKONG
  • La proposition américaine sur l’agriculture est remise en cause, car elle est jugée insuffisante et ne tient aucun compte du TSD.


  • ECOWAS--30 Years in Integration Blues -

    We are Making Strides, CHAMBAS
    In this issue
    -ECOWAS at Thirty--Can Do Better
    -Trade Liberalisation has Increased Poverty Levels
    -The Economics of Subsidies
    -Service Liberalisation & the Extractive Sector in Africa

    		 Volume 8, No.3 Contents
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  • Editorial:ECOWAS at Thirty -- Can do Better
  • The ECOWAS Story
  • Interview with General Gowon
  • ECOWAS is Making Strides, Says Executive Secretary
  • ECOWAS March to a Common Market-- Great Agreements, Tough Realities
  • Thirty Years of ECOWAS--Stagnation or Transformation
    • Politics
  • Recasting Colonialism as a Good Thing
    • Development
  • Trade Liberalisation Has Increased Poverty Levels
  • Behind this New Interest in Africa
  • Debt Relief as Tragedy for Nigeria
    • Trade
  • Africa Set to Become European Colony Again
  • The Economics of Subsidies
  • WTO's General Council Meeting Concludes with Outcome
  • Walking the Talk of Trickle-Down in Kenya
    • International
  • Divide and Conquer: The Politics of Palestinian Human Rights
    • Women
  • Negotiating a Fair Deal: Are Trade Agreements with the EU Beneficial to Women?
  • Sugar Daddies, the Bitter Truth
    • Environment
  • Service Liberalisation and the Extractive Sector in Africa
    • Short Story
  • The Three Musketeers of West Africa
    • Book
  • Book Review
    		•  (Version francaise)
    Leading articles in French
  • Interview avec le General Gowon
  • La CEDEAO fait des progrès, déclare son Secrétaire Exécutif
  • La marche de la CEDEAO vers un marché commun
  • Trente ans d’existence de la CEDEAO – Stagnation ou Transformation ?


    • Poisoned Chalice--Anglogold Ashanti's Poisoned Fruits -
     Ashanti Goldfields Obuasi Mine: A Promise Betrayed
    In this issue
    -Mining Reforms in Mali Leave the Country Poorer
    -Ghana's Once Vibrant Poultry Industry Faces Collapse
    -African Union Launches ECOSOCC But Questions Remain
    -WTO Talks Threaten Health, Environmental Standards, Activists Warn

    		 Volume 8, No.2 Contents
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  • Editorial
  • Obuasi's poisoned fruit
  • Ashanti Goldfield's Obuasi mine: a Promise Betrayed
  • Foreign Direct Investment, Local Direct Impacts
  • Mining Reforms in Mali leave country poorer
    • Politics
  • 2005 presidential election: the Togo experience
    • Development
  • Ghana's Once-Vibrant Poultry Industry Faces Collapse
  • African Union Launces ECOSOCC But Questions Remain
  • ECOSOCC: Defining a Conundrum
  • ECOSOCC Views of some participants
  • US Draft paper Counters Development Agenda in WIPO
  • No Such Thing as a Free Lunch
  • Is Water a Human Right?
  • WTO Talks Threaten Health, Environmental Standards, Activists Warn
    • Rights
  • New Report Calls for Boycott of Angolan Diamonds
    • Society
  • African women directors hold their own at FESPACO
    • International
  • The next Wave of Pan-Africanism
    • Gender
  • Violence against Women Defies Laws, Education Reforms
    • Short Story
  • The Great Roar
    		• (Version franç¡©se)
    Leading articles in French
  • La recherche d?Obuasi r鶨le des v鲩té³ d鶡statrices
  • Les fruits empoisonné³ d?Obuasi
  • Les r馯rmes du secteur minier au Mali laissent le pays plus pauvre
  • La Mine d?Obuasi d?Ashanti Goldfields: une belle promesse
  • Investissement Direct É´ranger, et Impacts Directs au niveau local

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