by WebMaster | Jul 28, 2021 | Guinea
The Republic of Guinea refuses to honor the decision of the ECOWAS Court of Justice in favor of Zogota Community Eight months after a judgment of the ECOWAS Court of Justice holding the Republic of Guinea responsible for the murder and torture of residents of Zogota...
by WebMaster | Jul 28, 2021 | Guinea
The arrest of human rights defender Me Antoine Pépé Lama: an infringement on the freedom of expression of all human rights defenders in Guinea Mr. Pépé Antoine Lama, Lawyer at the Bar of Guinea, member of the Bar Council, and active member of Les Mêmes Droits pour...
by WebMaster | Jul 2, 2021 | Home Slider, Sierra Leone
In March 2021, members of the Marginalized Affected Property Owners (MAPO), a community-based association in Kono District, Sierra Leone, finally learned what a decibel is. Of course, as residents of communities that abuts the giant Koidu Kimberlite Mine, whose...
by WebMaster | Jun 10, 2021 | Liberia, Uncategorized
Notes from the Field: Liberian communities taking development into their own hands In late March 2021, Advocates for Community Alternatives (ACA) embarked on a field mission to rural Liberia to assess its programs, support partners, and build new collaborations. The...
by Jonathan Kaufman | Jan 29, 2021 | Côte d'Ivoire, Home Slider
Similimi in Abuja, 29 January 2021 – Frustrated by years of land loss, environmental destruction and stalled promises of relocation, the people of Similimi Community in northeastern Côte d’Ivoire have filed suit against their own government at the ECOWAS Court...
by Jonathan Kaufman | Nov 10, 2020 | Guinea, Home Slider
ABUJA, NIGERIA – 10 NOVEMBER 2020 – For over eight years, the people of Zoghota in southern Guinea have been seeking justice for the massacre that devastated their village. Today, they can finally celebrate a ruling from the regional ECOWAS Court of Justice declaring...
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