ion of the News from AEFJN is now online. It contains news on UN Climate Summit in Durban (big business control the negotiations, REDD+ market mechanism is criticised), on protection of biodiversity and report on land rush, on Small Arms Flows and Communities in Kenya, on the Ethno-Religious Conflict in Nigeria, on Benin’s Universal Health Insurance Plan, efavirenz and AZT regimens for HIV treatment, on Africa lying naked to Euro-American Military Offensive and on Malawi urban poor hit by slew of price increases.
The national election campaign officially started the 28th October in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), exactly one month ahead of historic presidential and legislative elections, scheduled for November 28 2011. 41 humanitarian and human rights organizations, among them AEFJN, have expressed concern about the high political tension and deteriorating security situation. They have called upon all Congolese and international actors involved to take urgent measures to prevent electoral violence, better protect civilians and ensure credible, free and fair elections.
A simple booklet for workers in health centers in Africa, with guidelines on how to ensure the quality of purchased drugs. How can we assure the quality of the medicines we are buying? What do we need to know? What precautions should we take?
To encourage the commitment of AEFJN members in Africa, towards the fight against the proliferation of small arms in the continent, AEFJN has published a booklet with the organizations working for greater control of arms in Africa. Food sovereignty issue
Food sovereignty is the concept that non-industrial farmers have developed to defend their rights.
Seeds, water, land and access to market and to credits are the main inputs of agriculture for income and food.
So it is vital to have good access to these factors.
The rights to food and to decent life pass by recognizing and protecting the right of access to land, seeds, water, suitable credits, but also by sharing the agricultural knowledge and by equitable transfer of technology well adapted. It is also important to promote gender equity because hunger vulnerability is linked to the women’s status while most of suppliers of food to the household in Africa are women.
Unfortunately, some EU policies and EU-Africa agreements threaten the access to land, water and seeds, and even the practices of agriculture well-adapted to climate change,environment and to the culture of people.
Recent food crisis have highlighted the neglect of political will to develop agriculture competent to feed people of today and tomorrow.
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