2022 ACA Update
2022 was an amazing year, during which ACA’s internal investments increasingly paid off in terms of concrete results for communities and civil society partners across West Africa. At ACA, we help West African communities that are threatened by the destructive impacts...
Reclaiming farmlands destroyed by mining activities, Osino residents show the way
Published October 5, 2022 in The Daily Statesman, pg 10 Above: Minerals Commission officials photograph an abandoned mining pit in Segyimase, Abuakwa South Municipality during an inspection in July The devastating effects of mining in parts of Ghana continue to bring...
10 years on, Zoghota Massacre survivors still struggle to get justice
Survivors of an August 2012 attack against the village of Zoghota, Guinea by state security forces organized a press conference last month on the 10-year anniversary of the attack to demand that the Republic of Guinea comply with an order issued by the ECOWAS Court...
NGO supports development in Fanteakwa
Published by the Daily Times Advocates for Community Alternatives (ACA), a non-profit making organisation, is spearheading the implementation of Facilitated Collective Action Process (FCAP) in all the 34 key towns in the Fanteakwa South district as part of efforts to...
PILIWA Annual Conference 2022
The Public Interest Lawyering Initiative for West Africa (PILIWA) is a professional network of West African lawyers, legal practitioners, and other advocates who use law to promote social justice. We share a commitment to using the law to protect the rights of...
ACA rewards community members
In recognition of their exemplary roles in championing development in their communities and also serving as role models to others, four individuals have been awarded by the Advocates for Community Alternatives (ACA) as part the maiden annual national delegates’...
ACA partner communities embrace brafie “come home” initiative to promote community-driven development and resilience
For the past five years, ACA has been working with communities in Ghana’s Bono East and Eastern Regions to help them realize their own development vision while avoiding the economic and social ills associated with unsustainable mining practices. While ACA’s...
Community Members Seek Evidence Against Octea Ltd.
Sierra Leone Community Members Seek Evidence from New York Court in Human Rights Lawsuit against Diamond Miner Octea Ltd.August 19, 2021 – New York – If Sia Janet Bayoh and other members of the Marginalised Affected Property Owners (MAPO) have their way, a trove of...
Improved Household Income
Kyeradeso Community Improves Households Income Through Community Savings and Loans Associations (CSLAs) By Nana Ama Nketia-QuaidooIn the last three years, the people of Kyeredeso Community in Ghana’s Nkoranza South Municipality have become savers with the resources to...
The Republic of Guinea Refuses to Honour the Decision of the ECOWAS Court
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...
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