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...
The Arrest of Human Rights Defender Me Antoine Pépé Lama
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...
ACA teams up with AAAS to help Sierra Leone citizens use science in the pursuit of justice
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...
LIBERIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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...
LAND ENCROACHMENT
LAND ENCROACHMENT AT JUASO, NWOASE, AND DONKRO NKWANTA. Advocates for Community Alternatives(ACA) partner communities in Ghana are facing land challenges by powerful actors such as mining companies and traditional authorities. They are, however, mounting a courageous...
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