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Traités bilatéraux d’investissement: les 20 pays africains les plus exposés aux contentieux
Le 360 Afrique | 27-May-2025
Les traités bilatéraux d’investissement africains incarnent un paradoxe: conçus pour sécuriser les investissements, ils menacent aujourd’hui la souveraineté réglementaire et financière des États. Entre contentieux coûteux et clauses déséquilibrées, la modernisation de ces accords s’impose comme une urgence stratégique. L’Égypte, le Maroc, l’Algérie et le Nigéria figurent parmi les plus exposés aux litiges.
keywords: Africa , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
End harmful treaties, says Nalunga
Monitor | 25-Apr-2025
Treaties and agreements should facilitate a green and equitable transition by channeling investments into renewable energy, circular economies, and sustainable infrastructure.
keywords: Africa , climate , from the movements , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Energy Charter Treaty irrelevant to Africa
Monitor | 15-Apr-2025
The Energy Charter Treaty not only locks countries into outdated fossil fuel investments but also hampers their ability to pursue sustainable, climate-friendly energy policies.
keywords: Africa , climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Corporate colonization through trade: A new scramble for Africa
Public Citizen | 5-Mar-2025
Investor-State Dispute Settlement has become a significant concern for African nations, as it often privileges multinational corporations at the expense of local governance and public welfare.
keywords: Africa , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Civil society organisations push for transformative global investment rules
SOMO | 11-Dec-2024
The Entebbe Declaration calls for justice and sustainability in global investment governance.
keywords: actions | resistance , Africa , ECT , from the movements , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
AfCFTA: Kupanana zvekare pachena? Kuchipa ani chouviri?
bilaterals.org & GRAIN | 3-Jun-2024
Saka chibvumirano ichi chinoreveiko kuzvizvarwa zevmuAfrica zvisinavo chouviri munguva dzekuoma kunyangwe dzekusanaya kwemvura nemaguta?
keywords: AfCFTA , Africa , agriculture | farmers | food , e-commerce | digital economy , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights , medicines , women
AfCFTA: Biashara huria zaidi? Kwa maslahi ya nani?
bilaterals.org & GRAIN | 3-Jun-2024
Hivyo basi, makubaliano haya ya kibiashara yana maana gani kwa Muafrika wa kawaida katika wakati wa majanga makubwa ya kimazingira, kiuchumi na chakula?
keywords: AfCFTA , Africa , agriculture | farmers | food , e-commerce | digital economy , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights , medicines , women
AfCFTA: Nhlayo ya le henhla ya mabindzu yo pfumala ndzilikani? Ku ta vuyeriwa mani?
bilaterals.org & GRAIN | 3-Jun-2024
Xana ntwanano wa mabindzu lawa wu vula yini eka munhu ntsena wa le Afrika hi nkarhi lowu wa mintlhontlho leyikulu ya maxelo, ikhonomi na swakudya?
keywords: AfCFTA , Africa , agriculture | farmers | food , e-commerce | digital economy , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights , medicines , women
ACALC: ¿más libre comercio, para beneficio de quién?
bilaterals.org & GRAIN | 4-Dec-2023
¿Qué significa para las personas africanas comunes este acuerdo comercial en un momento de profundas crisis climática, económica y alimentaria?
keywords: AfCFTA , Africa , agriculture | farmers | food , e-commerce | digital economy , from the movements , investor-state disputes | ISDS , labour | workers’ rights , medicines , women
Libre-échange et dette : les deux faces du néocolonialisme
bilaterals.org | 29-Nov-2023
Retour sur l’atelier organisé à Marrakech par Attac Maroc, bilaterals.org, CADTM Afrique, GRAIN et l’Observatoire Tunisien de l’Economie.
keywords: actions | resistance , AfCFTA , Africa , agriculture | farmers | food , aid , EPAs , from the movements , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Kenya , Morocco , Tunisia