Third World Network-Africa hosted an Africa-wide multi-stakeholder consultation on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Accra, Ghana, from June12-14. The over 40 participants which included officials from national governments, the regional economic communities (RECs), the Africa Union...
Executive Director at the Third World Network Africa, Dr. Yao Graham is asking Ghana and other West African countries to demand for a renegotiation of the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union. This is because the decision by...
DEVELOPING COUNTRY DEPENDENCY ON COMMODITIES 2011-2013 (UNCTAD) Commodities and “Africa Rising” Taking together agricultural commodities, timber, metals and minerals, and hydrocarbons, natural resources have accounted for roughly 35% of Africa’s growth since 2000. Resource-based raw and semi-processed goods accounted...
Introduction of SocialWatch at Media Briefing
The Principal Policy Adviser, Capacity Development Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Mr Joseph Atta-Mensah, has underscored the need for cohesion between the African Union (AU) and all regional blocks, to make integration possible. He...