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Protecting civic space against #NGOMuzzle laws in Kenya
“We said that Kenyans had enacted the best and most progressive Constitution in the world. The struggle for this Constitution was by the...
Mar 31, 201411 min read
OAU@50: Voice, vigil and the veil: Recalling North African women’s struggles
In the next two weeks, we shall pause to reflect on what we have gained from fifty years of the Organisation of African Unity/Africa...
May 13, 20134 min read
Published Land Grabs Letter to the Financial Times
Response to Monday’s FT article “Palm oil producers face challenges in Africa” 24th September 2012 http://m.ft.com/cms/s/0/e4389d42-07db-...
Oct 1, 20121 min read
The Challenge of Unequal Growth and Exclusive Governance
Comments to the AU Conference of African Union Ministers in charge of Youth Development, 12-14 September 2012, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia...
Sep 12, 20123 min read
Three years before the deadline for realising the MDGs: What needs to be done to powerfully complet
Presentation to SIDA Annual Conference, Stockholm, 23 August 2013 By Irũngũ Houghton[i] Introduction As the cocoon regularly whispers to...
Aug 23, 201214 min read
Fourteen Pan African religious and development organisations react to UN Secretary-General Appointme
2nd August 2012 Fourteen Pan African religious and development organisations react to UN Secretary-General Appointment of the High Level...
Aug 2, 20123 min read
Murmurs in the corridors of the 21st Session of the AU Executive Committee
While the coverage of the AU Summit will undoubtedly be overshadowed by the fierce election of the Chairperson and worrying conflicts in...
Jul 13, 20123 min read
Press release July 11th: SOTU to name and shame Governments who fail to implement AU standards
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia July 11, 2012 “We will mobilize millions to name and shame African Governments who fail to implement AU standards,...
Jul 11, 20127 min read
Media events planned for the July 2012 AU Summit
AU SUMMIT JULY 2012 MEDIA ADVISORY FOR CSO EVENTS 11th July – “Play for the Union” press conference Organisers: State of the Union...
Jul 10, 20122 min read
Hey, what could come after the MDGs?
Presentation notes by Irũngũ Houghton, Oxfam Pan Africa Director All Africa Parliamentary Conference on Parliaments, the MDGs and the...
May 24, 20123 min read
Reflecting on campaigning in Africa: Some reflections from Africans Act for Africa (AA4A)
It is six months since we galvanised African Governments to view the unfolding famine in the horn of Africa as their collective...
Mar 7, 20122 min read
Afternoon Programme A Day with Dekha: Celebration of a Mother, Woman and Peace-worker
Tomorrow’s Afternoon Programme A Day with Dekha: Celebration of a Mother, Woman and Peace-worker Saturday 10th September 2011, 2-5pm,...
Sep 10, 20111 min read
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