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...
Côte d’Ivoire : les victimes d’accaparement de terre et de dommages environnementaux portent plainte contre l’Etat de Côte d’Ivoire devant la Cour de Justice de la CEDEAO / Victims of Land Grabbing and Environmental Damage File Suit against Côte d’Ivoire in the ECOWAS Court of Justice
Simlimi et Abuja, 29 janvier 2021 – Frustrés par les années des pertes de leur terres, la destruction de leur environnement naturel, et les promesses de réinstallation insatisfaites, les habitants de la Communauté de Similimi dans le nord-est de la Côte d’Ivoire ont...
Victoire à la Cour de Justice CEDEAO: Le Tribunal déclare la Guinée coupable du Massacre de Zogota / Victory at the ECOWAS Court of Justice: Judges hold Guinea responsible for Zoghota Massacre
ABUJA, NIGERIA – 10 NOVEMBRE 2020 – Depuis plus que huit ans, les habitants de Zogota en Guinée Forestière poursuivent la justice pour le massacre qui a dévasté leur village. Aujourd’hui, ils peuvent enfin fêter le jugement de la Cour de Justice de la CEDEAO, qui a...
ACA Supports COVID-19 Prevention in Nkoranza South
As Ghana – like the rest of the world – comes to grip with the COVID-19 pandemic, ACA is doing its part to help our partner communities in Nkoranza South prepare for impact. In partnership with the Nkoranza South Municipal Health Directorate, we have supported...
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...
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...
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...
22 Liberian Indigenous communities accuse the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC), a Subsidiary of SOCFIN, a transnational corporation based in Luxembourg and an International Finance Corporation (IFC) Client, of grave human rights and environmental abuses using World Bank financing.
In a complaint filed today, 22 Liberian indigenous villagers say, the Salala Rubber Corporation (SRC) is using World Bank money to expand and operate its Liberian plantations through illegal land grabs, sexual violence, and intimidation of human rights defenders, according to a complaint filed today.
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...
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