Advocacy & Campaigns

In his song ‘Constipated Constitution’ de Mbanga criticised President Paul Biya for changing the constitution in his own favour. The song became an anthem for demonstrators in Cameroon in 2008 and in order to silence de Mbanga false charges were made against him.

Background information
24 January 2012

‘Make Fishing a Priority Now!’ 6,000 Senegalese make the call

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March 2012

CPD believes that peace, global justice and ecology are intertwined. This year we are sponsoring a panel at the Left Forum entitled ‘Should Labour and the Left Propose a Global Green Jobs Alternative to Austerity and Climate Change?’

On 20-22 June 2012, governments from around the world will gather in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to commemorate 20 years of the "Earth Summit", the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) that first established a global agenda for "sustainable development".

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On Sunday February 5, 2012 one of the biggest spectacles in the US entertainment and sports world took place, Super Bowl XLVI, the annual championship game of American football.

(Please circulate to all your African contacts)