Mildred Mulenga (PANA)-- A leading nutrition expert from Cornell University in the United States has warned that African governments ceding large parcels of land normally cultivated by small-holder farmers to multi-nationals and middle-income countries risk exacerbating food insecurity in their countries.
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(PANA)-- An African rights body Sunday expressed indignation after Equatorial Guinea President Theodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo assumed the Chairmanship of the African Union (AU) at the 16th ordinary summit of the continental organisation.
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(Press Release)-- Stop land grabbing, defend food sovereignty and say no to violence against women farmers! The international peasant’s movement La Via Campesina will join the World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal from 6 to 11 February.
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(PANA)-- African foreign ministers meeting on Thursday came under pressure from foreign partners on the need to correct the continent’s electoral flaws that have precipitated the kind of post-election crisis in Cote d’Ivoire.
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Filed under: Human Rights
Filed under: Human Rights
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