@BBCAfrica Leadership is about listening to the people who are faced with daily challenges and not those that will benefit from taxes levied on poor people.
President Ruto of Kenya has abandoned planned tax rises in response to deadly protests on Tuesday. William Ruto said huge protests had made it clear that people wanted nothing to do with the legislation.
@fes_ampc@Paddito30@RightsMigrants@grfdt12@GFMD_CSD@GFMDprocess Thank you FES for publishing our work, very much appreciated and to my colleagues, congratulations for a great work on the policy paper and thank you for all your great work to see this through.
The discourse around #Africandiaspora has mainly adopted a narrow view of #diaspora as foreign workforce that send #remittances back to the homeland. This completely disregards the amount of money flowing from Africa towards other continents.
Happening now in Brussels 🇧🇪:
“Unpacking the #GFMD Process for #African Member States”; a thematic workshop on #Migration&Development, aimed at engaging African States of @PressACP, Non-State Actors and the Diaspora ahead of the 2024 @GFMDprocess Summit.🌍#Migration#GFMD2024
Nearly all of our dear partner countries, including #Ireland and other #EU countries voted against the Africa-led resolution for a fair global tax system. Anyway, at least we know that #GlobalSouth can be real about the future of their destiny. Keep your aid money, pay fair tax.
@IrishTimes Apology is not enough, this was a calculated racism and the person responsible knows what she was doing. If she is an official, she should be sacked by now. Sick people will always show their sickness in some way, this person is sick!
@GymnasticsIreland racism towards a black participant not been given a medal but all her peers did was not a representation of @ireland. Shame on anyone responsible.
In the first episode of our podcast, we bring awareness to the situation of African refugees in Europe, especially with regard to the unequal treatment of those fleeing #Ukraine.
Please note: This episode is divided into two parts; part two will be posted next week.
VENRO connects #civilsociety organizations from Africa and Europe on #migration matters: With our new website, we want to enhance dialogue and align advocacy towards more human-rights based policies. Learn more: https://t.co/fzlSnPj2dQ #FairAfricaEuropePartnership
Determined inputs at @AkiDwA@INARIreland@IDPAD_IRL briefing this morning in @OireachtasNews on International Day to Eliminate Racism. We need to do more and we need action. New gov action plan launching later today. Again community & voluntary sector taking a lead #FightRacism