United in the search for alternatives Referred to as ‘the summit of the peoples of the world’, the Seventh World Social Forum held in Nairobi, Kenya, brought together, as expected,…
Auteur/autrice : Stephen Appraku
SHATTERED HOPES Repression and resistance in mining communities(ISSUE Vol 9 No.4 2006)
By Stephen Appraku0Africa: burdened with too much oil Oil and other extractive sector companies look to Africa for its resource wealth without seeing the people. *Emira Woods recounts a personal trip to…
IMF, WORLD BANK, WTO Africa's services up for grabs (ISSUE Vol 9 No.3 2006)
By Stephen Appraku0GATS reduces state options in public services There are many problems and potential problems associated with the General Agreement on Trade in Services, including the imbalances in the agreement, the…
Disease & Dumping Double blow Africa's poultry's industry (ISSUE Vol. 9 No. 2 2006)
By Stephen Appraku0African poultry farmers face tough times African poultry farmers already faced with an avalanche of c he a p imported poultry products that make their produce non-competitive due to Iiberalisation…
Hong Kong deal : Another loss for Africa (ISSUE Vol. 9 No.1 2006)
By Stephen Appraku0The “Development Package” that isn’t Apart from the absurdity of taking money from developing c ountries and returning a part of it as a grant later, this ignores the problem…