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Horn of Africa: Millions Facing Drought and Famine In what has evolved into becoming one of the worst famines in decades, it is estimated that more than 11 million people from Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia continue to face starvation as a result of prolonged drought. Read more |
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Putting Aid Effectiveness in the Spotlight "To attain development effectiveness, we need to ensure that our approach in relation to aid is driven by our mandate to bring about social justice and rights-based development of social movements". Read more |
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Lending Small-scale Farmers a Hand in Improving Farming Methods in Mozambique Cross-learning and exchange has proven to be an effective way to generate new knowledge among farmers by replicating what has already been successfully applied elsewhere. Read more |
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Working Together to Tackle Challenges in Agriculture in Africa "Citizen-driven processes are ultimately the only viable route to any meaningful and sustainable change". - Pan Africa Policy Dialogue meeting on agriculture in Africa, Abuja, Nigeria. Read more | conference communiqué |
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Documentary Film Demonstrates Meaningful Participation by Communities in Ethiopia ACORD's film "Iddirs Beyond Funeral" puts in the spotlight the transformations witnessed in community development in Ethiopia as a result of structured social mobilisation. Read more and watch film.
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Marching Towards Social Justice in West Africa Follow the stories of people in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Mauritania and learn more about their efforts to uphold fundamental rights, in particular the right to food. Watch film |
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