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Saturday, June 23, 2007
Today, June 23, civil society organisations from across Africa met during the Continental Conference organized by the AU Ghanaian Civil Society Coalition. A communique entitled “From a “grand debate” to grand actions for a united Africa” was adopted and will be presented to the Assembly of Heads of States. The communique states: “There is a clear consensus among us in favour of rapidly accelerating continental integration in order to respond to current and future economic, political and social challenges. Accordingly, we support the proposal for the establishment of a Union Government. We believe that the Union Government must be a People’s Union and must be built on values of participation and democracy in its construction and implementation at continental, regional and national level.” Communique full text: Final_Accra_CSO_communique_on_continental_governance.doc
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The African Union -Civil Society Organisations Pre-Summit in Accra has ended with a call on member countries to resist pressure from European Union towards the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement in December.
Participants called on African leaders to extend the deadline for conclusion of the negotiation on the EPA by at least 3 years. That they said would enable African governments to conduct independent impact assessment on the EPA policies.
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The Legon Centre for International Affairs, LECIA, in conjunction with the Frederick Ebert Foundation is organizing a one day brainstorming session on the forthcoming African Union Summit. It is being attended by the academia and civil society groups with interests in governance.
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Interview with Andiwo Obondoh, Christian Children’s Fund.
Andiwo Obondoh is the Regional Adviser for Christian Children’s Fund (CCF) Africa, based in South Africa. In March, Emily Mghanga interviewed him on the upcoming Grand Debate on the Continental Government during the next African Union Summit, June – July 2007. This interview is one of several interviews with African citizens and CSO leaders on the AU proposal for Continental Government. Emily Mghanga of Pan Africa Programme Oxfam edited this interview.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
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Saturday, June 16, 2007
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Offical AU Documents
Friday, June 15, 2007
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