FACT SHEET: AFRICA SHOULD SUPPORT THE LEGALLY BINDING INSTRUMENT ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS

FACT SHEET: AFRICA SHOULD SUPPORT THE LEGALLY BINDING INSTRUMENT ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS

African states are signatory to more than 900 investment treaties. Majority of these have been signed with non-African states. The intention for signing investment treaties is vested within the solo interest to protect the rights of foreign investors in the host state, albeit at the cost of human rights and the host states’ development interests. For more than “20 years, ‘human rights’ and ‘business’ were very rarely ...

WAVUJAJASHO DHIDI YA SOKO HURIA

WAVUJAJASHO DHIDI YA SOKO HURIA

(Swahili below) From the early 1970s, the capitalist system changed and started taking the free market face. Free market capitalism was introduced to rob power, authority, resources, and profits from the hands of workers and put them in the hands of capitalists. Every respite for the workers through free social services was removed and put in the hands of capitalists. But workers have not agreed with this system th ...

THE KENYA SOCIALIST

THE KENYA SOCIALIST

The Ukombozi Library "The Kenya Socialist” seeks to promote socialist ideas and socialist world outlook.  The magazine provides the missing socialist perspective on issues of continental interest and is committed to supporting people’s resistance to capitalism. The magazine aims to promote democratic socialist idea, offer solidarity to working class, peasants and other working people and communities in their ...

MAKING FARMER MANAGED SEED SYSTEMS WORK

MAKING FARMER MANAGED SEED SYSTEMS WORK

A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN TANZANIA AND INDIA Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung / TOAM / TABIO, 2019 Author: Shalini Bhutani  This publication aims to generate a better understanding over the seed landscapes in Tanzania and in India. It compares the concepts, policies, actors and existing strategies over seed systems in these two countries. Findings show that Farmer-managed seed systems cannot run on their own without ...

CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT ON PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT ON PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

Civil society statement on Public-Private Partnerships developed during a side event held at the sidelines of the Tanzania – Business Forum to inform the  Public Private Partnerships Forum Africa Inaugural Conference in Kampala, Uganda from 16th-18th September 2019. Civil Society warn EAC governments about the lack of democratic accountability in Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) arguing that the new ...

CIVIL SOCIETY PARALLEL SESSION ON PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN  EAST AFRICA

CIVIL SOCIETY PARALLEL SESSION ON PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN EAST AFRICA

The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Southern and Eastern Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI) and HakiMadini are organizing a civil society parallel session on the sidelines of the 1st Uganda – Tanzania Business Forum. The theme of the parallel session is prepared under the theme “Are Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) a healthy option for East Africa?”. The session is scheduled to take place on  ...

PRESS STATEMENT ON A PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION CASE ON THE CLOSURE OF UGANDA-RWANDA  BORDER

PRESS STATEMENT ON A PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION CASE ON THE CLOSURE OF UGANDA-RWANDA BORDER

The Eastern African Sub-regional Support Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI); Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI)-Uganda and Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT) have filed a Case against the Governments of Rwanda and Uganda in the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) over the continued arbitrary border closure. Click here to download press ...

STATEMENT: THE EAC- EU EPA: TANZANIA IS RAISING PERTINENT ISSUES

STATEMENT: THE EAC- EU EPA: TANZANIA IS RAISING PERTINENT ISSUES

Issued by SEATNI-Uganda | March 2017 SEATINI-Uganda has developed a Statement entitled The EAC-EU EPA: Tanzania is raising pertinent issues urging EAC Member States to consider issues raised by Tanzania against the signing of the East African Community – European Union Economic Partnership Agreements in view of the forthcoming 18th Summit of the EAC Heads of State.

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