February 4, 2010 13:48:01 PM
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The National Coalition on Mining (NCOM) met in Accra in January to strategically review the last year and plan the course for 2010.

 

 

The Coalition discussed a range of issues including an update of complaints from communities affected by mining, policy reform agenda of the African Union–Economic Commission for Africa (AU-ECA), especially after the December 2009 Accra conference which was co-hosted with ECOWAS and TWN-Africa; the viability of the Gambia-based African Commission for Human and People’s Rights as another forum for addressing community rights; the new donor framework – the Natural Resource and Environmental Governance (NREG). NCOM members also reviewed the state of the Coalition as a framework for common and collaborative campaigns.

 

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Read the rest here: http://www.twnafrica.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=278:ncom-meets-over-strategic-review&catid=50:ncom&Itemid=75

 

*View the pictures from the meeting here: http://apps.twnafrica.org/gallery/album.cfm?a=10587

*View the video clip of the meeting here: http://www.youtube.com/twnafrica
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Categories: environment, extractive resources, environment unit, ncom, national coalition on mining, uneca, mining, african union, un-eca policy reforum
 
December 18, 2009 09:34:23 AM
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African Agenda 12.4

 

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  • Time to Act on Climate Change is Now, Says AU
  • Climate Change--a Crisis of the Commons
  • Africa Holds Firm to its Climate Change Agenda

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    Categories: african union, african agenda 12.4, africanagenda, climate change
     
    September 17, 2009 17:26:19 PM
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    Weekly Africa Update#14-15
    --Week of 14-18 September, 2009

     

    African Union:

    ·         Speaking during a special session of the Africa Partnership Forum (APF) on Africa and climate change at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Prime Minister...
     

    ·   To continue reading, kindly click here: http://www.twnafrica.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=206:weekly-africa-update14-15&catid=36:regional-integration&

     
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    Categories: epas, ecowas, weekly africa update, sadc, eac, african union
     

     

    		 
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