Victimes d’un massacre minier et l’accaparement de terre entendues à la Cour de Justice CEDEAO / Victims of Mining Massacre and Land Grabs Heard at ECOWAS Court of Justice

LE 6 FEVRIER 2020, S’EST OUVERT A ABUJA LE PROCES CONTRE L’ETAT DE LA GUINEE ET L’ETAT DU NIGER. Ces plaintes constituent les premières que le Réseau PILIWA a introduite devant la Cour de justice de la CEDEAO. Les Mêmes Droits pour Tous (MDT), une ONG guinéenne, et le...

Kyeradeso Community inaugurates health clinic as culmination of ACA-led community mobilization

Over the years, the people of Kyeradeso have collectively walked hundreds of miles to other villages to get basic health care, but now they can finally give their feet and seek treatment at their very own community health center. On December 13, 2019, Kyeradeso...

Italian energy superpower ENI and Nigerian community reach historic agreement to mitigate chronic flooding of village

Joint Press Release Port Harcourt, Benin City, Accra, Rome, Paris - 8 October 2019 — After years of battle, residents of the community of Aggah in Rivers State, Nigeria, finally have hope for relief from the floods that have plagued them for five decades, thanks to a...

Sierra Leone Villagers Seek Mining Justice at ECOWAS Court

29 August 2019 – The government of Sierra Leone shot and beat protesters and helped a mining company pollute and unjustly grab traditional lands, according to a human rights lawsuit filed by residents of Koidu, Sierra Leone at the ECOWAS Court of Justice. The...

First University Legal Clinic in Côte d’Ivoire Launched at Boauké

The Université Alassane Ouattara in Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, has launched the first ever university legal clinic in the country – and one of the first in Francophone Africa. In partnership with ACA, the Groupe de recherce et de plaidoyer sur les industries extractives...

Advocates for Community Alternatives helps West African communities that are threatened by the destructive impacts of extractives-led development to take control of their own futures. We do this by working with communities to design their own sustainable development plans and advocate to achieve those plans. And we build networks of lawyers and other experts to help the communities’ plans come to fruition.

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Donkro Nkwanta Communities near completion of their projects

In no time, the communities shall be decked with many different projects that come together to fulfill the ultimate visions of Donkro Nkwanta communities. The communities began the Facilitated Collective Action Process (FCAP) in April 2017 with eight to ten months of…

First University Legal Clinic in Côte d’Ivoire Launched at Boauké

The Université Alassane Ouattara in Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, has launched the first ever university legal clinic in the country – and one of the first in Francophone Africa. In partnership with ACA, the Groupe de recherce et de plaidoyer sur les industries extractives…

Sierra Leone communities win right to sue Octéa mining companies jointly in local courts

Sierra Leone communities win right to sue Octéa mining companies jointly in local courts.

ACA works in eight West African states – Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone – to promote public interest law and help threatened communities achieve a future worth fighting for. With just four full-time staff and two part-time employees, ACA has an out-sized impact through its partnerships with leading public interest lawyers and legal advocacy organizations in West Africa.

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