“The effects of the EPA on African countries will be disastrous.” This is one of the messages that was being given during the mass protests “that took place in African countries against the planned Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union (EU). In Dakar (Senegal) 50,000 people took part in a demonstration. Several thousand people went onto the streets in Ougadougou (Burkina Faso), and in Mauritania and Bamako (Mali) large Social Forum meetings have been organised. In total, people in 20 countries protested against the agreement which will be a further neo-liberal attack.”