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...
CICONET TRAINING
CICONET UNDERGOES CONFIDENCE BUILDING TRAINING It is a bright Wednesday morning with the sun’s rays glimmering in Segyimase, a small community within the Abuakwa South Municipality. Famous for its gold, Osino, capital of Fanteakwa South District is a town located in...
Compensation Training at Juaso
ACA Legal Team Educates Juaso Victims on Mining Compensation Procedures as the Community’s Fight for Survival Continues. The community of Juaso seem to be re-living one of their worst nightmares. Within the past few years, most of them have lost an immeasurable...
Victims of Land Grabbing and Environmental Damage File Suit against Côte d’Ivoire in the ECOWAS Court of Justice
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...
Victory at the ECOWAS Court of Justice: Judges hold Guinea responsible for Zoghota Massacre
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...
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...
Victims of Mining Massacre and Land Grabs Heard at ECOWAS Court of Justice
ON FEBRUARY 6, 2020, THE ECOWAS COURT OF JUSTICE HELD HEARINGS IN CASES AGAINST GUINEA AND NIGER STATES FOR SERIOUS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS. The legal actions are the first that the PILIWA Network has supported before the ECOWAS Court. Two NGOs - les Mêmes Droits...
