PILEX rescues of a Nigerian widow
A member of ACA’s Public Interest Lawyering Initiative for West Africa (PILIWA), Courage Nsirimovu, has initiated pro bono legal steps to retrieve a car for a Nigerian widow, Pleasure Amadi, whose husband passed away on August 28, 2022, after a short illness. Madam...
Simandou-related construction works: Senguelen residents in Guinea share their ordeal
Some residents of Senguelen, a farming community in Guinea, are worried about the effects of construction works in the area on their lives. The on-going construction of a port and railway facilities at the Morebayah estuary, which is few kilometers to Senguelen, has...
Sowing Seeds of Sustainability: CiCoNet Leads tree planting exercise in Nkoranza
The Citizens Committee Network (CiCoNet), a community-based organization dedicated to promoting sustainable development, has embarked on a tree planting exercise at Kyerefene, near Donkro Nkwanta, in the Bono East region of Ghana. The event, held on Saturday, June 29,...
Empowering Osino CiCoNet members: The dangers of agro-chemicals and sustainable farming practices
In a bid to address the rampant misuse of agro-chemicals by farmers in Ghana, about 80 members of the Osino Citizens Committee Network (CiCoNet) gathered at Asiakwa in the Abuakwa South Municipality for an enlightening workshop. The meeting, facilitated by Advocates...
CiCoNet welcomes new members
From a humble beginning of memberships in seven communities in the then Brong Ahafo Region and the Eastern region in 2018, the Citizens Committee Network (CiCoNet) can now boast of branches in 62 communities in Ghana. CiCoNet currently has 14 branches in Nkoranza...
New CiCoNet executives sworn into office
The newly elected executives of the Osino Citizens Committee Network (CiCoNet) have taken over from the out-gone executives at a ceremony at Asiakwa near Kyebi. The new executives, who will steer the affairs of the Committee till 2026, took over from their...
Atiwa West Assembly renders accounts to residents through Town Hall Meeting
The Atiwa West District Assembly in the Eastern region of Ghana has held its maiden annual Town Hall Meeting at Kwabeng as part of measures to deepen local governance, transparency and accountability. The Town Hall meeting was funded by Advocates for Community...
Nkoranza South: FCAP Leadership Committees back community development pathways
Story by So Abapa Boateng, Nkoranza Members of Leadership Committees in ten communities in the Nkoranza South Municipality, in the Bono East Region of Ghana, have pledged their commitment to lead their communities to create community development proposals to achieve a...
Nkoranza South CBFs undertake field work on FCAP
Story by So Abapa Boateng, Nkoranza It was yet another grueling and enduring moment for Community-Based Facilitators (CBFs) from ten partner communities in the Nkoranza South Municipality of the Bono East Region of Ghana. These CBFs, together with selected members of...
OPEN LETTER ON SOCFIN’S PROPOSED DIVESTMENT FROM SRC IN LIBERIA
OPEN LETTER ON SOCFIN’S PROPOSED DIVESTMENT FROM SRC IN LIBERIA We, the undersigned, are Liberian, West African, and international civil society organizations, communities, and individuals concerned with the legacy of harm that the operations of the Salala Rubber...