Here we are, sat in a basement room at the Cannes (France) conference center talking to members of official delegations and reporters, trying to get clues as to what the G20 leaders will say in their...
One of the issues that we had expected real progress on at this year’s G20 summit was commodity speculation. Starting in 2010, French President Sarkozy, the host and chair of the meeting, had...
As the world follows the news on the measures to save European countries from the deep economic crisis, around 7,000 people marched in Nice, France to express their outrage at the crisis on the eve...
It was a very long journey for me: Bujumbura, Nairobi, Paris then Nice. It was the first flight I'd ever taken, but it has not been difficult for me. Here, I feel like I am at home. I am not feeling...
Marie Consolate Ntahimpera, 46, is a widow with one child who is 15 years old, Ange Noëla. In addition Marie Consolate takes care of 10 other children from her extended family and one orphan girl,...
Probably not, I guess. Especially if for you, to ensure a decent meal, is an every-day struggle.So why do our leaders seem to be betting our food at the negotiating tables?For us, from...
Nigeria could be losing millions in tax dollars every year because of subsidiaries registered abroad by multinational companiesActionAid research released this Tuesday shows that 98 of the FTSE 100...
ActionAid Australia is urging YOU to help plant the seeds of change and support smallholder women farmers!
Women farmers produce half the world’s food, but account for the majority of the world’s...
The first ever G20 Agriculture Ministers’ meeting ended in failure as the world’s leading economies failed to take the decisions needed to avert a looming global food crisis. In the lead up to the...
I spent the morning waiting to see what would come out from the G20 agriculture ministerial meeting. Before the final declaration we already heard some hints of what was coming. About lunch time...
