By Thandi Winston

DAKAR, Feb 9 (TerraViva) – Some are calling it the second scramble for Africa – the growing appetite of external interests in securing huge tracts of land in Africa, displacing the small-scale farmers who form the backbone of the continent’s own food security. Continue Reading

By Koffigan E. Adigbli

DAKAR, Feb 8 (TerraViva) – The liberal doctrines imposed on the world’s poorest countries no longer have a place in modern societies, says the former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Continue Reading

Par Koffigan E. Adigbli

DAKAR, 8 fév (IPS/TerraViva) – L’ancien président brésilien Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva a déclaré lundi à Dakar, aux côtés du chef de l’Etat sénégalais, Abdoulaye Wade, que les doctrines libérales imposées aux pays les plus pauvres n’ont plus leur place dans les sociétés modernes. Continue Reading

Activists from Senegal were joined by tens of thousands from around as they marched through the Senegalese capital to mark the opening of the World Social Forum.

Ebrima Sillah reports from Dakar.

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Thandi Winston gauges expectations of World Social Forum participants.

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ActionAid Zambia‘s Kotutu Chimuka is attending her first World Social Forum; land rights are uppermost in her mind.

Sipho Theys, from the South Africa-based Action Support Centre believes it’s essential activists leave Dakar with a definite plan of action.

Pumi Mtetwa, who works with the Equality Project in Johannesburg is going to the WSF to build alliances to fight against growing homophobia in Africa.