Africa: Africans should confront ''blind governments'' on EPAs

African governments came under fire for "blindly" negotiating the controversial economic partnership agreements (EPAs) and not making an effort to educate "ordinary people" on what they were negotiating. The politicians, who gather in Geneva for World Trade Organisation (WTO) meetings and in Brussels for EPA talks, should know that they are there on behalf of their citizens and not themselves, said Rangarirai Machemedze, director of the Southern and Eastern African Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI). SEATINI helps to build African capacity in world trade talks.