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AMNESTY's 40th ANNIVERSARY REPORT FOCUSES ON GLOBALISATION

2001-05-28

http://web.amnesty.org/web/ar2001.nsf/home/home?OpenDocument

This week marks the 40th anniversary of Amnesty International. The following text is extracted from the Foreword to AI’s Annual Report 2001 and written by Pierre Sane, former Secretary General.

The end of the Cold War was hailed by many as the start of a new world order that would bring freedom and prosperity for all. But for millions the reality has proved very different.

Globalization - the spread of the free market economy, multi-party political systems and technological change - has been accompanied by growing wealth for some, but destitution and despair for many.

Globalization did not start in the 1990s but its effects have intensified and become clearer over the past 10 years. Capital has always been mobile; what has changed is that the reliance of corporations on national states has become less and less important. Parallel with the concentration of wealth in the hands of multinational corporations has been the growing power of global economic institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and World Trade Organization (WTO).

Globalization has been accompanied by debt and poverty. More than 80 countries had a lower per capita income in 2000 than they had in 1990. At least 1.3 billion people struggle to survive on less than a dollar a day. Deregulation, privatization and the dismantling of social welfare provision have led to widening inequalities in many countries. In large parts of the world, corruption has increased, and personal, social and political insecurity has spread. The predictable and almost inevitable consequence of this growth in poverty has been a parallel escalation in violations of all human rights. The Berlin Wall may have crumbled, but the walls of poverty, intolerance and hypocrisy still stand.

However, it would be naive not to recognize the potential conflict between the pursuit of profit and the protection of human rights. For example, the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) would have restricted states' ability to regulate the conduct of multinational corporations. It would have limited the capacity of states to enforce certain human rights, while not imposing any binding obligations on multinational corporations to protect such rights. A broad coalition of non-governmental organizations, trade unions and political parties lobbied against the MAI, which in the event was shelved, temporarily at least.

Similarly, the World Bank, ostensibly working to alleviate poverty but heavily engaged in promoting deregulation and globalization, is in a position to exert great influence over national economic and political agendas. The World Bank disburses more funds than all the UN agencies put together.

In a world where globalization is undermining many nation states and bringing poverty to the forefront of the human rights agenda, the challenge for AI is to remain relevant. In my opinion, this means broadening our aim from the protection of civil and political rights to embrace all human rights. The indivisibility of human rights is not an abstraction: the context which gives rise to human rights violations is invariably complex and cannot be divorced from issues of wealth and status, injustice and impunity. We have to maintain our focus on the individual victim to articulate what indivisibility means in real life. And in real life, accountability extends beyond the police officer wielding a baton, not only to his or her political masters but also to those who profit from inequality. In the minds of the drafters of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, freedom from fear and freedom from want have always been inseparable.

And the indivisible links between socio-economic and political rights have been mirrored in the emergence of a new network of protest movements. Globalization has brought together activists on issues such as child labour, the environment, anti-capitalism, Third World debt and human rights, creating an international, grassroots movement. Many of the groups that have come together to halt the proceedings of international financial institutions overcame long-standing divisions and diverging agendas using one of the much-vaunted advances of globalization - the Internet. A global solidarity movement to address the negative consequences of globalization is in the making. AI will bring its unique contribution to this endeavour.

Divisions within many societies have deepened in recent years, and in some have degenerated into open conflict. Far from the fall of the Berlin Wall marking "the end of history", we have witnessed a resurgence of bitter wars in which countless lives have been ruined and lost. In the past decade there have been tragic conflicts in Bosnia-Herzegovina and other parts of former Yugoslavia, in Chechnya, East Timor, Algeria, Somalia, Central Africa, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Faced with the mass violations of human rights committed during such conflicts, and especially the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, AI was forced to re-evaluate some of its working methods and its policies. Many of AI's campaigning and research techniques were developed in the Cold War era of individual prisoners of conscience faced with a monolithic state apparatus. But the scale, the ferocity and the speed of these disasters demanded new approaches. AI developed new internal mechanisms to respond to human rights crises more rapidly and forcefully, and grappled with difficult issues such as "humanitarian" military intervention and sanctions. Our members expanded AI's mandate in the light of the increasing number of conflicts with complex internal and international dimensions. Central to our approach has been the belief, borne out in each succeeding crisis, that impunity is the poison that allows human rights violations to spread, to recur or to re-emerge.

I am confident that new audiences will find a home in a multifaceted mass human rights movement, and that together we will rise to these challenges. The forces ranged against us may be formidable. However, the outrage at injustice that led to the founding of AI 40 years ago continues to inspire and motivate millions of people determined to build a better world.

Deadline for 2002 Reebok Human Rights Award nominations approaching!

2001-05-28

http://www.hri.ca/hraward

Nominations for the 2002 Reebok Human Rights Award are currently being sought. Please put in your nomination by the June 15, 2001 deadline.
The Reebok Human Rights Award seeks to shine a positive, international light on young human rights activists and to support their work with a $50,000 grant from the Reebok Human Rights Foundation. The Award has honored 64 past recipients in 28 countries. Visit the website for the announcement and application materials for the 2002 Reebok Human Rights Awards.

Media Resource Centre on HIV/AIDS opens in Lagos

2001-05-28

http://www.nigeria-aids.org/

Wednesday, May 30 2001 is the D-day for the formal opening of Nigeria's first resource centre and a new website dedicated to providing
information on HIV/AIDS and reproductive health issues for the media and the general public. The Media Resource Centre on HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health/Rights, the first of its kind in the country, is a project of Journalists
Against AIDS (JAAIDS) Nigeria, a media-based HIV/AIDS advocacy organisation founded by a group of journalists in 1997. Located at 1st Floor, 42 Ijaye Road, Ogba, Lagos, the resource centre
will provide electronic and non-electronic information resources on HIV/AIDS, reproductive health and other health issues to journalists and other members of the public. Facilities at the centre include a documentation library stocking HIV-related literature, research reports, CD-ROMs, disks, and audio-visual materials.

The world needs an AIDS vaccine

2001-05-28

http://www.iavi.org/callforaction/

The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) has launched an internet-based campaign with Yahoo! and other partners to create public awareness about the urgent need for an accessible AIDS vaccine. The Call for Action petition will be presented during the UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS in New York June 25-27 2001. Sign by June 25.

Mizuho Yokoi, UNDP Ghana

2001-05-28

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/letters/1311

UNDP Country Office in Ghana found the editorial note on Study Urges Overhaul of UN, IMF, World Bank very interesting, posted on KABISSA-FAHAMU NEWSLETTER 20. We would like to know what is the full title of the study and, if possible, we would like to get a copy of the study. Do you have any detailed information regarding the study? We visit the web-site you stated in the newsletter, but unfortunately, we have to say that it does not have a 'user-friendly' design, listing just code of file names, and we have no clue which is the said document.

<i>OUR RESPONSE: Thank you for pointing out the problem with that link. Unfortunately the internet is a constantly changing place and a link that works today may not work tomorrow! Please get in touch with Eberhard Wenzel, Griffith University, Australia (e.wenzel@mailbox.gu.edu.au) who supplied the material. </i>

Musa Madonsela , National Institute for Public Interest Law and Research

2001-05-28

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/letters/1310

I thought I should write to thank Kabisa-Fahamu for the wonderful work that you are doing in inter-alia up-dating us on a number of issues and bringing us news from accross the world. It really is a pleasure reading through most of the staff atht you bring to us through this newsletter. Keep it up!

Of interest though is the debate around the issue of compensation to affected countries by former colonialist states. One would like to hear views of members to the project on this issue, as I think is one of very burning issues and needs to be confronted and addressed.

This would even be of necessity as we continue to, in disbelief, note that countries from the the developed world are reluctant to write off debts of poor countries, who, if it were not for the brutal colonialist tendencies and practices, which resulted in invasions and brutal uprooting of resources from these countries, they probably would not be in these type of financial difficulties.

I would definately like the subject put on the public domain for vigorous discussions, which should lead to resolutions taken and loobbying done for their implementation.

Finanlly, please receive our latest research results on 'Impact of Freedom of Expression on the Rights of the Child', whic we conducted during the year 2000.

SIMMA Vocational Training Institute, Gambia

2001-05-28

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/letters/1312

Sona Bari, Communications Coordinator, Grassroots International

2001-05-28

http://www.grassrootsonline.org

Sona Bari, Communications Coordinator, Grassroots International
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Midnight Oil: Read About It

2001-05-28

http://www.webspace.com.br/perla/discotrack/inter/midnight_oil/10-9_04.htm

The rich get richer
The poor get the picture
The bombs never hit you when you're down so low

Africultures Lettre d'information

22/2001

2001-05-28

http://www.africultures.com

semaine du 25.05.01 au 03.06.01.

Bonjour à tous,

Pour recevoir la lettre sans bug, entrez votre adresse e-mail sur la page d'
accueil du site : www.africultures.com


La lettre a 1648 abonnés volontaires à ce jour, ET POURTANT beaucoup ne sont
pas encore au courant ! Aidez-nous à la faire connaître en en parlant ou en
la transférant à vos amis !

Un résumé de la lettre en anglais est également publié chaque mois.

Nos problèmes avec notre serveur continuent, si bien que notre site n'a
carrément pas été accessible durant certaines périodes et certaines bases de
données fonctionnaient mal ces derniers temps. Le serveur nous promet une
prompte réparation : nous nous excusons pour ces inconvénients qui nous
ennuient autant que vous... et nous apprêtons à migrer vers un autre serveur
si ces problèmes persistent.

Merci de nous indiquer les serveurs sans problèmes et conviviaux que vous
auriez expérimentés !


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On trouvera sur la page d'accueil de www.africultures.com :

- un article du cinéaste congolais David-Pierre Fila intitulé "Cannes 2001
ou l'Afrique des ténèbres",

- une interview du cinéastes sénégalais Joseph Gaye Ramaka sur son film
"Karmen Geï" montré en séance spéciale à la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs,

- une interview du cinéaste iranien Abbas Kiarostami sur son film "ABC
Africa" sélectionné hors compétition.

- un reportage africulturel quotidien sur le festival.

Les interviews des réalisateurs de la plupart des films africains du Fespaco
et de Cannes sont (et seront après fin de la transcription et de la mise en
ligne) publiées sur les pages Fespaco et Cannes du site.

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1) l'AGENDA DE LA SEMAINE :


Nous rappelons que, pour ne pas surcharger cette lettre, nous ne publions
que les nouveautés.
Pour avoir la totalité de l'agenda, rendez-vous sur :
www.africultures.com/actualite/agenda/agenda_fr.asp

Les détails des programmations ainsi que les adresses, contacts et horaires
sont sur : www.africultures.com/actualite/agenda/lettre_diff.asp


ARTS PLASTIQUES * PARIS


- Le Mois de l'Estampe, Couvent des Cordeliers, du 01 au 30 juin. En fil
rouge du Mois de l'Estampe à Paris, une "exposition-initiation" se déroulera
du 1er au 28 juin 2001 au Couvent des Cordeliers. Cette exposition donnera
également l'occasion de découvrir le Festival d'Assilah (Maroc).
www.officieldesarts.com/moisdelestampe

- Festival Batofar cherche Vienne, Quai François Mauriac , du 01 au 10 juin.
Ce festival propose des rencontres avec des artistes viennois qui vivent et
travaillent à Vienne. Deux de ces artistes ont choisi de travailler sur le
rapport de l'Occident à l'Afrique. Le travail de Ines Doujak traite du
racisme de la société autrichienne en particulier et de la société
occidentale en général envers les Noirs. (le 9 juin). Florian Pumhösl lui,
travaille plus particulièrement sur l'architecture moderniste des pays dits
"en voie de développement". (le 3 juin).

- Linda Bougherara, Taninna, du 22 mai au 07 juin. www.planet-dz.com/


ARTS PLASTIQUES * REGIONS


- 25 - Jean-Baptiste Audat-Touré, Bibliothèque municipale d'Audincourt, du
29 mai au 24 juin. L'exposition se nomme : "Ma petite ONG".


ARTS PLASTIQUES * MONDE


- Espagne - Afriques : l´artiste et la ville, Centre de Culture
Contemporaine de Barcelone (CCCB), du 29 mai au 15 sept. Le but de
l´exposition est de montrer l´extraordinaire vitalité de l´art contemporain
africain et d´analyser comment cette vitalité est liée au processus
d´urbanisation du continent. L´exposition montre les ouvrages de plus de 20
artistes africains, en provenance de Dakar, Abidjan, Harare, Lagos,
Johannesburg, Cape Town, Paris et Londres. De 1.800 m², l´exposition est une
des principales activités de la première Triennale de Barcelone (Barcelona
Art Report), et sera accompagnée de débats et d´autres manifestations
culturelles jusqu´à mi-septembre. Artistes : Prologue, El Anatsui, Godfried
Donkor, Berry Bickle. Dakar : Viyé Diba, Amadou Kan-Si, Ousmane Dago Ndiaye.
Paris : Patrice Felix Tchicaya. Abidjan : Anapa, Ananias Leki. Lagos :
Dilomprizulike, Akinbode Akinbiyi. Londres : Sokari Douglas Camp, Eileen
Perrier. Harare : David Brazier, Luis Basto, Calvin Dondo. Johannesburg :
Penelope Siopis, Santu Mofokeng. Cape Town : Willie Bester, Zwelethu
Mthethwa, Jane Alexander. Epilogue : Moshekwa Langa, Bodys I. Kingelez,
Samuel Fosso. http://www.cccb.org - jcarrera@cccb.org



ARTS PLASTIQUES * RAPPEL DES EXPOSITIONS EN COURS


Paris :
- Expositions des sculptures de l'artiste guinéen Oppo, Galerie
Allaire-Aigret, du 03 mai au 30 juin. Egalement, un film sur l'artiste
"Portrait d'artiste - Oppo" d'Elsie Haas sera projeté le 7 juin à 18h.
- Exposition "Arts d'Afrique", Musée Dapper, jusqu'au 30 juin. Cette
exposition inaugure le nouvel espace du musée.
- Julien Sinzogan, Galerie Agbé & Gbalicam, du 27 avril au 29 mai. Julien
Cossi Sinzogan (Bénin).
- Ousmane Sow, Musée Dapper, du 26 avril au 30 juin. Les trois premiers
bronzes d'Ousmane Sow exposés au Musée Dapper. www.ousmanesow.com
- Nicholas et Anderson Mukomberanwa, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, du 04
mai au 15 juin. Deux générations de sculpteurs du Zimbabwe. www.art-e.net
- Mohamed Khadda, Centre culturel algérien, du 16 mai au 08 juin. Le 16 mai
: Commémoration du 10ème anniversaire de la disparition de Mohamed Khadda -
vernissage 19h. Exposition de peintures, aquarelles et gravures de Mohamed
Khadda. www.cca-paris.com
- Claude Makelela, Espace Rives inédites, du 15 mai au 14 juin. Claude
Makelela est peintre, originaire du sud-est du Congo ; autodidacte, c'est
dans l'artisanat des villages qu'elle a appris de nombreuses techniques de
création. Elle a choisi une expression abstraite d'où surgissent des
personnages et des signes symboliques : elle peint ses émotions, un monde
qui évoque la nostalgie, un parcours intérieur à la recherche d'un passé.

Régions :
- 18 - "Émergences des Écritures", Sancerre, du 28 avril au 31 mai,
peintures récentes d'Askett, peintre et sculpteur ivoirien.
- 49 - Abdoulaye Konaté, Amahigueré Dolo et Ismaël Diabaté, Grand Théâtre
d'Angers, du 19 avril au 27 mai. La ville d'Angers en partenariat avec le
ministère de la culture du Mali présente une exposition de trois artistes
maliens d'expression contemporaine : Abdoulaye Konaté, installations,
peintures, Amahigueré Dolo, sculptures et Ismaël Diabaté, peintures.
- 92 - André Maire - Dessins d'Afrique et d'Asie, Musée des années 30,
Boulogne - Billancourt, du 01 avril au 04 août. Une soixantaine de grands
formats retracent les itinéraires en Afrique et en Asie d'André Maire, grand
peintre voyageur des années 30.


Afrique :

- Côte d'Ivoire - Foire Internationale Africaines des Arts Plastiques,
Abidjan, du 09 au 26 mai. Pour sa seconde édition, la FIAAC prend de
l'ampleur et acquiert une dimension internationale en présentant douze
peintres et deux photographes d'Afrique du Sud, du Nigéria, du Mali, du
Ghana, du Burkina Faso, du Sénégal et de Côte d'Ivoire. La foire 01 sera
l'occasion d'exposition des ouvres destinées à la vente, d'animations
pédagogiques ainsi que de créations. Les manifestations se dérouleront
essentiellement au centre culturel français et à l'Hôtel Ivoire.


Monde :
- Belgique - Exit Congo Museum, Tervuren, jusqu'au 24 juin. Une exposition
où dialoguent ethnographie et art contemporain.
- Autriche - Peintres du Congo 1990 - 2000, Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienne,
du 01 fév. au 01 juil. 2001. www.ethno-museum.at
- USA - Uganda's International Art Renaissance, The Art Room, San Francisco,
du 01 mai au 31 mars 2002. East Africa's visual history is redefined by
international expansion of Uganda's postwar art renaissance. Leading artists
of this movement offer renewed perspectives for their growing global
audience in the 21st century. Featured artists include James Kitamirike, Dan
Sekanwagi, David Kibuuka, Bruno Sserunkuuma, Fred Makubuya, and Derek
Kaggwa. Exhibited works scheduled to change periodically during exhibition.
www.theartroom-sf.com
- Suisse - 5000 ans de figures humaines - cent regards sur les collections
Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 02 avril au 15 oct.
- Allemagne - De Douala à Berlin, 2yK Galerie, Berlin, du 03 mai au 03 juin.
Avec Cercle Kaspiki, Blaise Bang, Salifou Lindou, Jules Wokam, Hervé Yamguen
et Hervé Youmbi .


CINEMA * PARIS


- Il était une fois Les Mille et Une Nuits, Institut du Monde Arabe, du 07
avril au 10 juin. Dans le cadre de Ciné-IMA, l'Institut du Monde Arabe
présentera tous les week-end du 7 avril au 10 juin 2001, Il était une fois
Les Mille et Une Nuits, programmation d'une quarantaine de films sur les
multiples adaptations cinématographiques des célèbres contes des Mille et
Une Nuits. www.imarabe.org

- Les mercredis du film ethnographique, Musée de l'Homme, le 30 mai.
Projections-débats autour du thème "l'Autre et le Sacré", animés par Jean
Rouch et les auteurs des documents présentés. "La femme volée" (chez les
Wadaabe, Cameroun, 1977), Néna Baratier, 13', "La malédiction des plumes"
(France, 1989), Marc Thomas, 29', "Le chemin des Indiens morts"
(Colombie/Venezuela, 1983), Jean Arlaud et Michel Perrin, extraits.
cfe@mnhm.fr

- Les films de la Quinzaine des réalisateurs de Cannes projetés à Paris,
Forum des images, du 26 au 29 mai. On peut ainsi voir Bintou (Fanta Régina
Nacro) et Fatma (Khaled Ghorbal) le 26 ainsi que Made in the USA (Solveig
Anspach et Cindy Babski) le 27.


CINEMA * REGIONS


- 16 - Les Toiles d'Afrique, Angoulême, les 25 et 26 mai. Pour la troisième
année consécutive, Ciné-Passion 16 propose "Les toiles d'Afrique". La
vocation de ce festival est de faire sortir de leur marginalité des
cinématographies mal diffusées et de donner à voir des films créatifs qui ne
sont pas des documentaires misérabilistes nous entretenant des plaies
douloureuses du continent africain. Voici 12 longs et courts métrages, des
ouvres singulières et fortes, sélectionnés, pour la plupart, au festival
panafricain du cinéma qui s'est tenu en février dernier à Ouagadougou, au
Burkina Faso. Détails des films sur le site.

- 67 - Cinéma noir et blanc : impressions d'Afrique, Maison de l'Image,
Strasbourg, du 30 mai au 06 juin. En Alsace, des associations se mobilisent
pour continuer le dialogue "nord-sud", interroger la place de la
francophonie, promouvoir la vitalité du patrimoine culturel africain. Avec
deux d'entre elles, "Afric'art Rythm" et "AFACS", la Coopérative Régionale
du Cinéma Culturel et Vidéo Les Beaux Jours commencent une série de séances
où seront débattues autour de fictions, de documentaires, de films
d'archives diverses problématiques où l'art du cinéma sera en jeu. Les deux
premières projections sont l'occasion de comprendre le temps du colonialisme
et la période d'indépendance qui a marqué les pays d'Afrique francophone au
début des années 1960. Le 30 mai, 20h, "Tanekas et Hommes bambous", Mission
Fourme au Dahomey. André Martin, 1950, 20 mn, noir et blanc. "La noire de",
Ousmane Sembene, Sénégal, 1966, 65 mn, 16 mm, noir et blanc. Le 6 juin, 20h,
"Barrage sur le Niger", Roger Verdier et André Gillet., s.d., 20 mn, NB. "Le
jour où la Guinée a dit non", Valery Gaillard, France, 1998, 52 mn, vidéo,
couleur.

- 93 - "Little Sénégal" de Rachid Bouchareb, cinéma l'Ecran de St Denis le
29 mai. Avec la présence de Rachid Bouchareb. 20h30.

- Tournée - Ciné-contes, avec Racines noires, du 21 au 29 mai : 11
représentations en Charente.


CINEMA * AFRIQUE


- Afrique du Sud - Soweto Film Festival, Soweto, du 23 au 26 mai.
thelma@iafrica.com

- Cameroun, Gabon et Centrafrique - Festival Ecrans noirs, Yaoundé et
Douala, Bangui et Libreville, du 02 au 20 juin. Le Festival Ecrans noirs
animé par Bassek Ba Kobhio, qui présente des films africains en Afrique
centrale se déroulera du 2 au 10 juin à Yaoundé et Douala et du 11 au 20
juin à Bangui et Libreville. ta@iccnet.cm

- Nigeria - Forum sur la production video et Cinéma du Nigeria et du Ghana,
Lagos, du 31 mai au 02 juin. Programme dettaillé sur le site.
david.hivet@diplomatie.gouv.fr



DANSE * REGIONS


- Tournée - Yelemba, la troupe ivoirienne Yelemba est en tournée de mai en
juillet, le 25 mai : Angers (49) - Festival Tous en scènes (Création Akeikoi
from Connexion), le 26 mai : Poligny (39) - Le Moulin de Brainans et les 28
et 29 mai : Winterthur (Suisse) - Afro-Pfingsten Festival, le 1 juin :
Blois (41) - Le Chatod'O et les 2 et 3 juin : Blois (41) - Master class
percussions et danse. www.yelemba.com

- 69 - Ballet Timini, Salle Paul Garçon, Lyon 1er, le 30 mai. Spectacle de
danses et de percussions africaines. Mise en scène de Mamadou Diallo danseur
chorégraphe du Sénégal, avec Mamadou Diallo, Yao Eby, les danseuses de
Daradji et des musiciens sénégalais et burkinabés (percussionnistes, joueurs
de Balafon et de Kora). Spectacle à 21h00. http://www.daradji.fr.fm


DANSE * AFRIQUE


- Sénégal - Kaay Fecc - Viens Danser, Dakar, du 31 mai au 04 juin. Ce
festival regroupera des troupes du Sénégal : Compagnie de la 5e dimension,
Artea Dance Compagnie, Jallore Danse Théâtre de Saint-Louis, Ballet Sinomew,
Compagnie Kakat'art, Troupe Takku Liggey, ballet La Linguere. Egalement la
compagnie Jant Bi d'Allemagne, la compagnie Kongo Ba Teria du Burkina Faso,
le chorégraphe Bud Blumenthal de Belgique, des compagnies du cameroun, Salia
de la compagnie Salia ni seydou. Des séances de formations seront organisées
en régie, en direction des jeunes, etc.


HISTOIRE / SOCIETE * PARIS


- Vanves - Rencontres des associations franco-algériennes, le 02 juin.
L'"Association Franco-Algérienne pour les échanges culturels et économiques"
en partenariat avec l'association LATIFA "Lien Aerien Transport
International France-Algérie" proposent une rencontre pour tous les
représentants des associations dans le but de créer un "collectif" pour une
future coordination nationale des associations d'origine Algérienne.
asso_franco_algerienne@caramail.com


HISTOIRE / SOCIETE * REGION


- 67 - 5 colloques de l'AEFECO : L'Europe et la Francophonie, les
francophonies et l'Europe, Faculté des Lettres de l'Université Marc Bloch,
Strasbourg, du 21 au 26 mai.


HISTOIRE / SOCIETE * MONDE


- Belgique - Le Noir du Blanc, Images des Noirs dans la culture populaire
occidentale, Rue Haute 139, Bruxelles, du 20 avril au 27 mai. "Le Noir du
Blanc" présente une version de la grande exposition créée à Amsterdam au
Tropenmuseum en décembre 1989. Douze ans plus tard, cette exposition n'a
rien perdu de son actualité. Elle nous montre la naissance, la vie, la mort
ou la survie des images des Noirs dans les sociétés du Nord. Les médias les
plus divers véhiculent des préjugés, obsessions et stéréotypes qui se sont
ancrés dans nos cultures et nos consciences, souvent depuis l'enfance et à
notre insu. http://www.internationaalhuis.be/htmlfr/index.html

- Angleterre - Congrès mondial du Conseil International d'Etudes
Francophones, Portland, du 26 mai au 02 juin.
http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/cief

- Suisse - La Reine de Saba - Bilqîs - Mâkedâ : une légende noire et dorée,
Musée d'ethnographie, Genève, du 18 mai au 28 juin. Il était une fois une
reine noire qui rendit visite au roi Salomon ... , Les fouilles
archéologiques de l'ancienne Arabie du Sud, les textes sacrés des trois
cultures monothéistes, les chroniqueurs royaux d'Éthiopie, d'Orient et
d'Occident, artistes et poètes de tous temps ont nourri la légende de la
reine de Saba. Elle anima également les visions d'émancipation noire aux
USA. Cette exposition révélera les multiples visages de cette figure
féminine universelle.

- Espagne - Le Maghreb entre passé et avenir. Savoir et action, Cordoue, du
30 mai au 02 juin. Colloque organisé par l'Institut pour les Etudes
Transrégionales sur le Moyen-Orient, l'Afrique du Nord et l'Asie Centrale.
transreg@wws.princeton.edu - http://www.irmcmaghreb.org/actu/index.htm

- Québec - Études Africaines, Québec, du 27 au 31 mai. la journée du 28 sera
consacrée au thème suivant : Deuil du Passé contre l'Oubli : Expériences
Belges de Dialogue Belgo-Congolais.
http://www.cobelco.org/Agenda/agendafs.htm


LITTERATURE * PARIS


- Ambassade du Burkina Faso, le 26 mai de 11h à 16 h : Journée littéraire
"Littérature africaine et développement".

- Kateb Yacine, un intellectuel dans la tourmente algérienne, université
Paris 13, le 28 mai. Journée d'études à l'université Paris 13.

- Rencontre avec Wassini Laredj, Centre culturel algérien, le 30 mai.
Rencontre littéraire autour du livre de Wassini Laredj "Fleurs d'amendiers"
(Ed. Sindbad - Actes Sud 01) avec la participation de Sid Ahmed Agoumi,
Zined Laredj et Nouredine Saadi. www.cca-paris.com

- Les transports au service de l'économie et des sociétés africaines, IIAP,
le 30 mai. Cette deuxième rencontre portera sur "L'enjeu des transports dans
les processus de régionalisation". enda.cade@globenet.org


LITTERATURE * REGION


- Poitou-Charentes - Littératures Métisses, festival itinérant en
Poitou-Charentes, du 28 mai au 04 juin. Organisée en partenariat avec l'
association "Musiques Métisses" d'Angoulême, cette manifestation a pour
objectif de présenter au public des écrivains qui, par leurs itinéraires d'
errances ou d'exil, conjuguent dans la destinée vagabonde de leurs livres et
dans leurs écritures enrichies à la source de multiples apports, un
métissage généreux, attentif aux bruissements du monde. La manifestation
débutera par une table ronde autour de la notion de métissage littéraire et
culturel le lundi 28 mai à La Rochelle. Du mardi 29 au jeudi 31 mai, les
écrivains, par groupe de deux ou trois, seront en tournée dans plusieurs
villes de la région et rencontreront leur public en soirée. Le vendredi 1er
juin, la caravane Littératures Métisses arrêtera définitivement ses pas sur
le site de Musiques métisses. Durant tout le week-end, sous le chapiteau des
littératures, de 15 à 20 heures, les écrivains participeront à des débats,
tables rondes ou se livreront à des interviews ou présentations. Le Village
du Festival Musiques Métisses clôturera cette manifestation avec l'espace
"Littératures Métisses" qui accueillera les 2, 3 et 4 juin 2001, dans le
même esprit, les écrivains itinérants.Auteurs invités: Véronique Tadjo (Côte
d'Ivoire), Denis Hirson (Afrique du sud), Nimrod (Tchad).
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/office.du.livre/Pages/LM01.html

- 35 - Festival Etonnants voyageurs, Saint-Malo, du 31 mai au 04 juin.
Depuis ses débuts, Le festival Etonnants voyageurs a fait le choix d'une
littérature du monde, sans frontières. Ainsi Saint-Malo rassemblent des
écrivains du monde entier et s'ouvre aux littératures du Sud. Parmi les
auteurs du Serpent à Plumes sont invités : Patrick Boman : polars/voyages
(nouveau polar en juin 2001), Velibor Colic : invité " Etonnants voyageurs
Sarajevo " en 2000, Trevor Ferguson : " Cap au nord", Canada invité
d'honneur, Theo Hakola : pour son premier roman mai 2001 + diffusion
documentaire "Hakola song", Dany Laferrière : coup de coeur du festival.

- 59 - Café littéraire avec Raharimanana, Café le Salséro, Lille, le 25 mai.
Parlons ensemble d'Afrique, sur le thème de "Littérature et Mémoire".
Raharimanana est le co-auteur de l'article "Pour une Afrique désirable". Ses
nouvelles ont déjà servi à évoquer Madagascar et ailleurs. Cette fois
Raharimanana s'aide du roman pour visiter la mémoire de son ïle avec "Nour,
1947" paru aux éditions Le Serpent à Plumes. Avec Yves Mba, conteur et avec
la participation musicale de "Melle Clotilde"


LITTERATURE * AFRIQUE


- Maroc - Dictionnaire sur les personnages, mythes et figures dans les
littératures francophones du Maghreb, Tétouan, du 25 au 26 ami. Dans le
cadre de la coopération entre l'Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi de Tétouan
(Maroc) et l'Université Stendhal Grenoble 3, la Faculté des Lettres de
Tétouan organise conjointement avec le Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes
Francophones et le Centre de Recherches sur l'Imaginaire (Université de
Grenoble) des journées d'Etudes portant sur l'élaboration d'un Dictionnaire
sur les personnages, mythes et figures dans les littératures francophones du
Maghreb.

- Afrique du Sud - International Festival of Poets, Durban, du 28 mai au 02
juin. Pendant le festival de six jours plus de 25 poètes d'approximativement
16 pays se produiront au théâtre d'Elizabeth Sneddon. D'autres activités
comprennent des présentations de poètes amateurs, les conférences et les
ateliers pour éducateurs et étudiants, la musique et la poésie, les concours
de poésie, la poésie en prison, la poésie avec des enfants des rues, et dans
les écoles. Le programme des activités, des biographies de participants, etc
sont disponibles à www.und.ac.za/und/carts/poetry2001



MODE * PARIS


- Vincennes - Festival "Black is Black" de la beauté noire, du 26 au 28 mai.
Le salon réunit les exposants de plusieurs régions et pays venus présenter
les nouveautés et les créations en matière de produits, de services liés à
l'univers de la cosmétique, de la coiffure, de la mode, de la beauté
afro-caribéenne. Stylistes, créateurs et artistes s'y côtoieront.


MUSIQUE * PARIS


- Le Divan du Monde - le 25 mai : Soirée rouge, Différents styles musicaux
se croiseront au cours de cette soirée : House, Hip Hop, Ragga, la seule
condition à remplir pour accéder à cette nuit thématique : porter du Rouge.
Le 26 mai : Soirée orientale. Le 30 mai : Senor Holmes (reggae acoustique).
Le 1er juin : Mamady Keita et son groupe Sewa Kan, Percussions. Le 1er juin
: Pure soul Funk Party. Le 2 juin : Moozaïk (Funk, acid-jazz, soul, dub,
down tempo, drum'n'bass...). Le 3 juin : L'Armada du zouk.

- A Vincennes (94), le 26 mai : Salif Keita.

- Au Glaz'art, le 25 mai : Tala, musique du monde, celtique, berbère et
orientales mêlées aux sonorités du jazz moderne, le 29 mai : Mr Salek - hip
hop soul français, le 30 mai : Inconegro - hip hop et acid jazz de la scène
américaine.

- Au Théâtre de la ville, du 26 au 28 mai : Susana Baca (Pérou). Elle est
l'héritière des esclaves africains. Collectage, enseignement,
interprétation, Susana s'emploie à réhabiliter et pérenniser ce patrimoine.
Elle que l'on nomme la "diva du Pérou noir" se situe au confluant de trois
cultures : africaine, andine et espagnole. Sa musique marie guitare
espagnole, polyrythmies africaines et instruments andins.

- Au Satellit Café, le 31 mai : Soirée africaine. Un voyage au cour de
l'Afrique avec de grands musiciens et la complicité de Pape Pathé Dieye.
Avec Lulendo, Diogal Sakho, Djely Moussa Conde, Geoffray Oryema, Wasis Diop.
En début de soirée un défilé de la collection été/automne 01 du créateur et
styliste Ivoirien Mamadou. www.satellit-cafe.com

- A Montreuil, le 26 mai : All-in-one Sound System - De l'eau à Wendou-Boki.
L'association Dental Bamtaré Toro organise une soirée reggae ragga au profit
du village Wendou-Boki du Sénégal. Avec DJ's Fata et Riko du Soul stéréo
International, le duo raggamuffin-reggae Saï Saï, le sound system Reality
International et le groupe reggae, ragga rap VIB du Sénégal. L'association
sénégalaise Dental Bamtaré Toro (Union pour le développement du Fouta Toro),
créée en 1987, consacre toutes ses énergies au développement de seize
villages de la communauté rurale de Guedé, située à 50 Km du fleuve Sénégal.
L'association est à l'origine d'un projet de forage d'un puit qui permettra
à la communauté de Wendou Boki d'avoir son propre point d'approvisionnement
en eau. dental.bamtare.toro@libertysurf.fr

- Tournée - Alioune K., le 27 Mai : Show case au Festival de Bordeaux (Scène
Fnac) à 17h, le 29 Mai : Bebe Antilles - Boulogne, le 2 Juin : Show case à
Fnac Avignon à 16h.

- A la Chapelle des Lombards, du 29 au 31 mai : Jean-Cristophe Maillard.
Rencontre entre le jazz et la musique traditionnelle Guadeloupe.

- Au Musée Dapper, les 29 et 31 mai, 20h30 : D'Gary (Madagascar).

- Les Transrythmiques - Les 3ème Rencontres africaines de percussions,
danses et musiques de fusion., du 30 mai au 05 juin. Au son du balafon et du
Guimbri, au rythme du djembé et la Derbuka, Penc-Mi vous invite à
re-découvrir, 5 jours durant, dans 5 lieux différents, le monde merveilleux
des percussions et des danses d'Afrique et de la Diaspora. Pour la
troisième édition de ce festival, Les Transrythmiques vous entraînent à une
traversée de Paris en Rythme, du Batofar au Divan du monde, en passant par
la Guinguette Pirate, la Flèche d'or et la Maroquinerie. Mercredi 30 Mai :
Mohamed Bangoura + Kady Diarra + Dj Awal. Au Batofar. Vendredi 1 juin :
Mamady Keïta & Sexa Kan, au Divan du Monde. Samedi 2 juin : Gaâda Diwane de
Béchar, à la Flèche d'or café. Dimanche 3 juin : Jo Kaïat à la Guinguette
Pirate.


MUSIQUE * REGIONS


- 13 - Au Balthazar, Marseille, Le 25 mai : Foxafunk - Funk, le 31 mai :
6PROSKRIM - hip-hop.

- 13 - Au Docks des Sud, Marseille, Le 2 juin : La nuit du Cap Vert.

- 16 - 26ème Festival Musiques Métisses, Angoulême, du 31 mai au 04 juin.
Théâtre - Hip Hop : le 31 mai : Accrorap & Quilombo. Mandingue : Du 1er juin
au 4 juin : Neba Solo (Mali), Momo Wandel (Guinée), Gangbe Brass Band
(Bénin), N'Dai N'Dai (Centrafrique), Tambours du BurundiI (Burundi), Lekgoa
(Afrique du Sud), Kwela Tebza (Afrique du Sud), Marranbenta Mabulu
(Mozambique), Turtle Shell Band (Belize), Don diego (France) . . . Scène
accoustique : Cordes du Monde : guitare, valiha, ngoni, kora . . . Du 1er
juin au 4 juin : Djelimady Tounkara (Mali), Ballaké Sissokho (Mali), D'Gary
(Madagascar), Rajery (Madagascar), Tao Ravao (France/Madagascar), Papa Noël
& Adan Pedroso (R.D. Congo & Cuba). . . Ile de Bourgines : Du 1er juin au 3
juin : Circus Baobab (Guinée). Grand Chapiteau : le 1er juin : Tambours de
Brazza(R.D. Congo), Positive black Soul (Sénégal), Cheb Mami et
invités(Algérie). Le 2 juin - afrique Centrale : Faadah Kawtal (Cameroun),
Pierre Akendengue (Gabon), Lagbadja (Nigéria). Le 3 juin - Afrique du Sud
: Phuzekhemesi & Itombi, Soul Brothers, Mahotella Queens & invités. Le 4
juin - Latino-caraïbes : Toto la Monposina (Colombie), Africando (Sénégal),
Kassav (Martinique/Guadeloupe). www.musiques-metisses.com

- 26 - La Cigale, Nyons, le 26 mai : Cry Freedom Family, ragga groove,
textes en créole, arabe et français, rythme afro, le 2 juin : Saramaya,
Burkina Faso, 4 percussionistes et une chanteuse.

- 33 - Les concerts de l'association Musiques de nuit, Bordeaux, le 29 mai :
Tremplin reggae pour la sélection de la 1ère partie du Bordeaux Reggae
Festival n°3.

- 45 - A L'Astrolabe, Orléans, le 25 mai : Gnawa Diffusion.

- 47 - Au Florida, Agen, le 1 juin : Gnawa Diffusion (ragga, gnawa).

- Tournée - Tempo Forte, les 25 et 26 mai : El Habana Café, Toulouse (31).

- Tournée - Césaria Evora, le 30 mai : Saint Etienne (42) Palais des
spectacles.

- Tournée - Boukakes, le 25 Mai : Perpignan (66), le 26 Mai : Vauvert (30),
le 2 Juin : Vauvert (30).

- Tournée - Les Lascars contre le sida, le 1 juin : Montluçon, le 2 juin :
Clermont-Ferrand.

- Tournée - Djoloff, le 25 mai : Toulon (83). Zénith, le 29 juin : Bagnolet
(93) L'Echangeur.

- Tournée - Les Wailers, le 20 mai : Cap d'Agde, le 25 mai : Vernouillet, la
Scène, le 31 mai : Clermont-Ferrand, La Coopérative de Mai.

- Tournée - Mama Sissoko, le 26 mai : Festival Senteurs Africaines, St Paul
les 3 Châteaux (26).

- Tournée - Wofa - percussions et danses de Guinée, le 26 mai : Soissons,
les 29 & 30 mai : Théâtre de St. Quentin en Yvelines.

- Tournée - Ye Lassina Coulibaly, le 3 juin : Gap, le 9 juin : Le Mans.

- Tournée - Cheb Mami, le 1 juin à Angouleme, Musiques Metisses, le 3 juin à
Moers (G), Fest Moers Music.

- Tournée - Ba Cissoko Trio, les 1, 2 et 3 juin : Festival Wurzburgh,
Allemagne, le 5 juin :la Maroquinerie, Paris.

- Tournée - Festival de l'eau, 2ème édition, le Burkina Faso, du 19 au 30
mai. Deuxième édition du Festival de l'eau "Rencontres entre musiques
traditionelles et électroniques sur le fleuve Mouhoun" Burkina Faso.
Evénement artistique culturel, le festival aspire à partager et faire
partager la richesse de toutes les formes d'art et de cultures par des
rencontres et des créations pluriculturelles et pluridisciplinaires conçues
le long des berges d'un fleuve et présentées au cours d'une tournée
internationale. La descente du Mouhon s'est déroulée entre le 13 janvier et
le 2 février 2000 réunissant un groupe d'artistes internationaux (4
continents représentés) dont la plupart utilisent les nouvelles
technologies, des artistes Burkinabés qui vivent dans les villages au bord
du fleuve. Le groupe d'artistes nomades auxquels se rajoutent les artistes
burkinabés rencontrés au bord du fleuve Mouhoun font une tournée en Europe.
Les 25, 26 et 27 mai : Résidence au 102, Grenoble. Les 29 et 30 mai : le
Cabaret sauvage, Paris 19. rens. 01 40 03 75 15. www.olats.org/festival-eau


MUSIQUE * MONDE


- Tournée USA - Beù Beù, le 24 mai : au Cornelia Street Cafe, New-York., le
25 mai : au Davis Center, New-York, en première partie du concert d'Hamiett
Bluett., le 31 mai : à la Knitting Factory, New York, dans le cadre du
Festival Vision.

- Allemagne - Africa Festival, Würzburg, du 01 au 04 juin. Le 13 ème
International Afro Music Festival réunira à Würzburg des grands noms de la
musique africaine ainsi que des artistes émergeants. Ce gros festival, qui a
déplacé plus de 100 000 personnes l'an passé proposera un marché artisanal,
de la restauration, des ateliers, un programme spécial enfants, des stages
libres, des expositions et de nombreux groupes de danse et musique de
plusieurs pays d'Afrique. Sont prévus Patrice, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Africando,
Guem, Daara-J, Sara Tavares, Nder & le Setsima Group, Lokua Kanza, Papa
Wemba, Mahotella Queens, Miriam Makeba et beaucoup d'autres.
www.africafestival.org


RAPPEL DES EXPOSITIONS PHOTO EN COURS


Paris :
- Les Dogons par les Dogons, Fnac Montparnasse, du 03 mai au 23 juin. La
découverte de la photographie par sept jeunes villageois dogons. Exposition
proposée par Antonin Potoski. Et du 3 mai au 9 juin : "Guinna Dogond",
photographies d'Agnès Pataux.


Régions :
- 14 - "Faso nord-sud", Honfleur, du 12 au 27 mai. Exposition des
photographies de Lionel Antoni au OFF des Chroniques Nomades de Honfleur 5e
festival de la photographie de voyage et d'aventure. Il présentera à cette
occasion son livre sur le Burkina-Faso "Faso nord-sud" coédité par Ebene
éditions et l'Harmattan.. ebene.edition@libertysurf.fr
- 29 - Faune et la flore de l'Afrique, Oasis-Galerie, Trémor, du 08 avril au
17 juin 2001. Tanzanie, Kenya, Namibie, Zimbabwe et de Afrique du sud.
photos de Gilles Petetin. webmaster@passions-africaines.com -
www.passions-africaines.com

Afrique
- Maroc - Ré Soupault, Galerie Al Manar, Casablanca, du 15 mai au 07 juin.
En collaboration avec l'Institut Goethe, Rabat, présentation au public
casablancais d'une exposition des travaux photographiques de Ré Soupault
(1902-1996). De superbes images réalisées par une photographe découverte
tardivement. Erna Meta Niemeyer, dite Ré Soupault, d'origine allemande,
passée par le Bauhaus, amie de Fernand Léger, de Man Ray, épouse de
Soupault, fixe l'ambiance du Paris de 1936, celui de "la Marseillaise" de
Jean Renoir, de la "Belle Equipe" et du "Jour se lève", de J. Duvivier ;
mais aussi celle du Tunis de l'époque coloniale, où Soupault a été envoyé
pour mettre sur pied une radio contrecarrant la propagande fasciste.
Villes-jardins, mondes secrets.


PLURIDISCIPLINAIRE * PARIS


- Afrique 2001 - art, littérature, musique dans les bibliothèques de la
ville de Paris, du 09 mai au 31 août. Avec cette semaine, Expositions,
jusqu'au 31 mai : Photo, "Impressions d'Afrique", annabel Olivier.
Bibliothèque Couronnes, 20e. "La région Haoussa", photographie de Patrick
Bottequin, jusqu'au 31 mai - Bibliothèque Glacière, 13e. Conte : le 31 mai
à 14h30, Je dis des livres : auteurs africains, lectures d'un chois de
textes d'auteurs africains. Bibliothèque Fessart, 19e.
parisbib@club-internet.fr

- Aulnay-sous-Bois - Festival Transit, Centre social Albatros,
Aulnay-sous-Bois, du 14 mai au 10 juin. Rencontre de deux projets et de deux
équipes pour deux villes mitoyennes et une population de 43 000 habitants,
où cinquante nationalités sont représentées. Des ateliers et des temps forts
visent à favoriser la créativité des habitants et à développer des liens
inter-communautaires et intergénérationnels. Sont également au programme des
moments festifs, musique, danse, théâtre, spectacles de cultures
traditionnelles comme de cultures urbaines.


PLURIDISCIPLINAIRE * REGION


- 13 - "La Mangrove" - festival des arts de la Caraïbe, du Pacifique et de
l'Océan Indien, Marseille, du 15 au 31 mai. Théâtre, danse contemporaine,
musique, cinéma, arts plastiques, photographie et littérature sont au
rendez-vous de cette manifestation.

- 13 - Nuit de l'Afrique, Théâtre Toursky, Marseille, le 02 mai. La nuit de
l'Afrique est devenue au fil du temps le point d'orgue de la rencontre entre
les communautés, les associations d'origine africaine et les marseillais.
L'occasion d'y retrouver le marché africain, la foire artisanale, la
gastronomie africaine, un spectacle pour enfants, des conférences, des
débats, du cinéma. De 14h à l'aube. Concert à 21h : The Queen of Henna
Setuna, chanteuse soudanaise. Dans la cadre du Festival Mai-diterranée du
théâtre Toursky.

- 26 - Les Senteurs africaines, Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, du 24 au 27 mai.
Les Senteurs africaines proposent de nombreuses animations autour du marché
africain : expositions "Le pays dogon", conférence "ce peuple qu'on dit si
mystérieux", théâtre "La Danse du chacal" par AGTB de Ouagadougou et "La
Danse du vautour" par la roupe Sô de Bamako, musique avec Mamadou Sanou, la
troupe Sô, Bendré de Ouagadougou, Saramaya de Bobo Dioulasso. Le 25 à 20h30,
Villa Kadji ; le 26 à 19h30, Mama sissoko ; Egalement une messe africaine le
27 à 10h30 à la cathédrale.

- 83 - Couleurs d'Afrique, Le Pradet, du 02 au 03 juin. L'OJC organise
durant deux journées une manifestation culturelle gratuite aux couleurs de
l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Autour du marché africain se succèderont du cinéma,
librairie, discothèque, du théâtre, des conteurs, de la musique, stages de
percussions, tournoi d'awale, conférences, expositions, pour aller à la
rencontre de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Au programme, exposition "D'un continent
à l'autre" Roseline Gallibourt, du 22 mai au 10 juin, Galerie Cravero. Le
31 mai (18h ou 21h) : cinéma : "Circus Baobab" de Laurent Chevallier,
Tournée d'un cirque en Guinée. Le 1 juin (16h), théâtre "Un jour en Afrique"
Compagnie de l'Atelier. D'après un conte de Baise Cendars, Mis en scène de
Frédéric Badi, Jeune public. Exposition de photos "Les Dogon" (Hall de l'
Espace des Arts). Samedi 2 juin : Conte musical - Troupe Villa Kadji, des
musiciens, danseurs et conteurs pour un voyage dans la tradition et la
légende. Grand Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire. Conte musical, par Lamine Mbengue,
Griot, multi-instrumentistes, auteur, compositeur. Sénégal. Grande Soirée
africaine - Concert - Njaxas & Daouda Faye, chant et percussions africaines
(sabar, djembé, dum.). Sénégal. Kady Diarra et son groupe. 5 musiciens et
chanteurs pour un répertoire traditionnel et des créations originales aux
influences Bwaba. Bobo Dioulasso - Burkina Faso. Le 3 juin : Expo -
Diaporama et entretiens "Les Dogon". Mali. Conte, Lamine Mbengue. Sénégal.
Cinéma - "Keita l'héritage du Griot" de Dani Kouyate (Burkina Faso). Atelier
Djembé de l'OJC dirigé par Daouda et Maf Faye. Conte, Lamine Mbengue.
Sénégal. Ballet - Villa Kadji "Africadance". Côte d'Ivoire - 12 danseurs et
percussionnistes pour une chorégraphie évoquant la tradition (danse Tématé,
masques ou le Zaouly)et laissant une large part, à la création. Tremplin de
percussions (Rencontres.). Concert - Daouda Faye & Njaxas. (Fusion local +
Sénégal) Percussions (sabar, djembé, dum.) et chant. Invité : Lamine Mbengue
(Sénégal). Les bénéfices financeront la prise en charge du séjour organisé
durant l'été 2002 en Afrique de l'Ouest.

- Journées africaines, Centre André Malraux, Antony, du 24 au 26 mai. A
l'initiative de l'Association Camerounaise NDA BOT-Famille. Les journées
Africaines des Hauts de Seine à Antony : rencontres, débats (avec Calixthe
Beyala), culture, théâtre, musique, danse, soirée de gala... Le 25 mai : 14
h : Mendzang (danse folflorique Betis et balafons), 15 h : Table Ronde
"Place de la femme Africaine dans le monde moderne - Approche de ses
problèmes et de leur résolution, famille, couple, éducation des enfants,
travail, insertion sociale..." avec Mme Calixthe Beyala (écrivain, Grand
prix du Roman de l'Académie Française, Présidente, porte parole du Collectif
egalité) : Cocktail Offert-Dédicace des ouvrages de l'écrivain[Image]. Le
26 mai : Soirée de Gala. Au profit des enfants du Sud Cameroun : Réalisation
de la bibliothèque mobile rurale Diner dansant et spectacle. Menu Musical et
ambiance : Bikoutsi - Makossa - Assiko - Ben Skin - Jazz - Salsa - RN'B -
Zouk - Dombolo - Mapouka... plus animation des artistes invités (Utah
Bella...) Tombola. feboue@francenet.fr

- 93 - Centre culturel du Théâtre de l'Air nouveau, Pantin, du 2 mai au 29
juin : Exposition "Racines d'esclaves. Esclavage technologique", les ouvres
de Baala Samba, Guadeloupe. Le 26 mai : Théâtre "Les Enfants de la mémoire",
mise en scène : Luc Saint-Eloy, textes extraits des ouvres d'Aimé Césaire,
Léopold Sédar Senghor et des chansons de Eugène Mona. Le 3 juin : Ciné-club
"Sucre Amer", fiction historique de Christian Lara, guadeloupe, 97.
http://perso.club-internet.fr/theanou


PLURIDISCIPLINAIRE * MONDE


- USA - Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington. Du 7 janvier
2001 au 6 janvier 2002 : "Encounters with the Contemporary". Du 15 avril au
7 oct 01 : "Recent Acquisitions". Du 6 mai 01 au 6 janvier 02 : "Beautiful
bodies : Form and decoration of African Pottery". Programme des rencontres
musicales, débats, projections du Musée : www.si.edu/nmafa

- Belgique - KunstenFESTIVALdesArts, Bruxelles, du 04 au 26 mai. Deux
spectacles africains au programme : Boyzie Cekwana (chorégraphe sud
africain) et William Kentridge (metteur-en-scène sud-africain).
www.kunstenfestivaldesarts.be

- Allemagne - Programmation Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. Du 18 mai
au 29 juillet : The short century : independence and liberation movements in
Africa, 1945-1994. L'exposition présente une cinquantaine d'artistes
africains contemporains. Elle était précédemment présentée à la Stück Villa
de Munich. Le commissaire de l'exposition est Okwui Enwezor (Nigeria/New
York), qui dirigera la prochaine Documenta de Kassel, L'exposition,
considérée comme la plus importante organisée en Allemagne sur ce sujet, est
accompagnée de films, théâtre et musique. La programmation détaillée est
consultable sur les sites : www.hkw.de - www.theshortcentury.com

- Suisse - Afro-Pfingsten Festival, Winterthur, du 28 mai au 04 juin. Un
festival pluridisciplinaire - concerts, films, expos, ateliers, marché -
pour découvrir les créations artistiques africaines. Concerts : 31 mai :
"Legends of africa", Akendengue (Gabon), Sam Mangwana (Congo Kinshasa), Hugh
Masekela (Afrique du Sud). 1 juin : "Women's voices" : Fania (Senegal),
Chaba Fadela (Algerien), Sibongile Khumalo (South Africa). 2 juin : "African
Diamonds" : Awilo Longomba (Congo Kinshasa), Meiway (Côte d'Ivoire),
Africando (Senegal). 3 juin : "Welcome Home" : Ambos Mundos (Cuba), Tiharea
(Madagaskar), Osibisa (Ghana). 4 juin : "Touch the soul" : Saintrick & les
Tchielly (Congo/Senegal), Mamar Kassey (Niger), Lagbaja (Nigeria). Film
Festival : 23 - 30 Mai projections au cinéma "Loge 3" - "DôLè" d'Imunga
Ivanga. Théâtre - Danse : Yelemba (Ivory Coast). Et aussi des musiques de
rues, des lectures, bar tropical, marché artisanal... Le programme détaillé
sur : http://www.afro-pfingsten.ch


PLURIDISCIPLINAIRE * AFRIQUE


- Comores - Komor4 Festival, Alliance Franco-Comorienne, Moroni, du 24 au
27 mai. "Komor4 Festival" est une initiative de l'association Twamay, prévue
pour avoir lieu tous les quatre ans en terre océnano-indienne, dans
l'archipel des îles Comores. Avec trois missions par rapport à la notion de
comoriennité défendue par ses organisateurs. Renforcer les acquis culturels,
en emmenant les artistes du cru à redécouvrir le patrimoine dans une
perspective plus contemporaine. Promouvoir les expressions artistiques
engendrées par cette dynamique dans les différents pays, qui ont contribué à
construire historiquement à l'édification de la culture comorienne, de
Zanzibar au Portugal, en passant par le Yémen et la France ou l'Inde. Dans
l'autre sens, continuer le principe d'échange entre ces différentes contrées
et l'Archipel, en conviant des artistes actuels originaires de ces pays à se
produire aux Comores. Pour la première édition, le festival se veut plus
modeste. Seuls les artistes locaux y seront représentés. Au programme :
musique, théâtre, littérature, arts plastiques, débat d'idées, forum
culturel sur le web, animations dans les écoles, rencontre de professionnels
de la musique. Avec la participation entre autres du plasticien Modali, dont
l'exposition, conçue spécialement pour le festival, sera ensuite présentée
en France. Le Komor4 va se dérouler dans la capitale comorienne du jeudi 24
au dimanche 27 mai prochain, dans les locaux de l'Alliance Franco-Comorienne
de Moroni, partenaire de l'événement. C'est le premier événement du genre
sur l'Archipel, en proie à une crise séparatiste depuis trois ans, qui allie
pluridisciplinarité et esprit d'échange entre les différents acteurs de la
culture sur place. Africultures est partenaire du Komor4 Festival.
twamay@yahoo.fr

- Gabon - Manifestations au CCF St Exupéry de Libreville, du 15 au 26 mai :
exposition, "Les technologies traditionnelles". A l'occasion du séminaire
interdisciplinaire annuel du Laboratoire Universitaire de la Tradition Orale
(LUTO), qui se déroule à l'université Omar Bongo du 14 au 26 mai, une
exposition sur les technologies du Gabon (traditionnelles et alternatives)
est présentée au ccf. L'approche proposée vise à réaliser un recensement
multisectoriel de toutes les potentialités techniques léguées par les
cultures traditionnelles.


THEATRE * PARIS


- "1962" de Mohamed Kacimi, Théâtre du Soleil, du 04 mai au 03 juin. 1962 de
Mohamed Kacimi. Mise en scène Valérie Grail. Une création de la compagnie
Théâtre Italique. Avec Jean-Benoît Terral, Valérie Grail. Chaque
représentation se prolongera dans l'accueil du théâtre au Café de Tipasa, un
cabaret des années 60 entre Marseille et Alger, pour goûter aux saveurs, à
la poésie, et aux musiques de la Méditerranée. Parmi les invités : Teppaz,
Nadia Lakaf, Albaycin, Adama, Beidja Rahal, Ferhat. cie-italique@wanadoo.fr

- "Le Costume", Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, du 28 mars au 26 mai. De
Mothobi Mutloatse, adapté par Barney Simon - Adaptation française :
Marie-Hélène Estienne - Mise en Scène : Peter Brook - Avec : Marianne
Jean-Baptiste, Sotiguui Kouyaté, Marco Prince, Bakary Sangaré. Il y a
longtemps, à l'ouest de Johannesburg, il y avait une ville, une ville
merveilleuse qui s'appelait Sophiatown. Elle n'était pas jolie, elle n'était
pas rose bonbon. - cf la critique d'Africultures sur
www.africultures.com/Articles/pdf/26_91_92.pdf

- "Rue des petites daurades" de Fellag, Théâtre international de langues
françaises, le 25 mai. Printemps-Algérie au Théâtre international de langue
française. Lecture du premier roman de Fellag. Avec Fellag et Hugues
Massignat. Fellag a vécu à différents périodes dans plusieurs quartiers
populaires de Paris. Il y a rencontré des êtres magnifiques. Dans leur
retenue comme dans leur excès. "Rue des petites daurades" est leur histoire.
A 20h30.

- "Le Tiers restant" de Mohamed Zaoui, Théâtre des Songes, du 11 mai au 02
juin. Mise en scène de Laurence Labrouche. Avec : Reda Atmani, Abed Fralhia,
Christophe Salles, Didier Tanguy et Anne Touati. Et les musiciens : Farid
Belkadi (chant et bendir) et Tahar Hani (chant, luth et conception de la
trame musicale de la pièce)/ Une pièce qui raconte le drame algérien à
travers l'histoire de Tayeb "l'errant".

- "Fatma" de M'hamed Benguettaf, Théâtre des 3 bornes, du 08 au 31 mai. Mise
en scène par Didier Moine, avec Salima Kheloufi. www.planet-dz.com/


THEATRE * AFRIQUE


- Côte d'Ivoire - 2ème festival International de Marionnettes pour enfants,
Abidjan, du 14 au 27 mai.


TELEVISION


Vous trouverez, dans le plus grand détail, toutes les émissions concernant l
'Afrique programmées à la télé au jour le jour sur :
www.africultures.com/actualite/television/page_tele.htm


- Le 27 sur Muzzik à 21h : Chants de Femme - Le Mali : Oumou Sangaré.
Tradition mandingue avec Oumou Sangaré, Alima toué, Brehima Diakité, Kamel
N'Goni.



RADIO


L'Afrique à la radio : www.africultures.com/actualite/radio/radio.htm



2)- LES MURMURES DE LA SEMAINE


Les sorties, les rumeurs, les prix, les informations etc.
Pour ne pas surcharger la lettre nous ne donnons pas le détail de l'
information. Vous le trouvez sur :
www.africultures.com/actualite/murmures/lettre_diff.asp


APPELS A CONTRIBUTION


- Fieldwork in Africa : The West African Research Association (WARA).
organise un séminaire interdisciplinaire "Fieldwork in Africa" à Dakar,
Sénégal, les 12 et 15 juin 2002. assist@ucad.sn

- Conférence Littératures africaines : International Conference on African
Literatures. Theme: Versions and subversions. Hosted by the Department of
African Studies. Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany - 1-4 may, 2002.
versions@web.de

- Colloque à Tunis en avril 2002 : Le Sacré et le profane.
http://www.limag.com/Nouveau/Colloques/TunisSacre2002.htm - Source et info :
limag

- Prix Hafkin pour l'usage des TIC : Prix Transparency International
Integrity. L'Association pour la communication progressiste lance un appel
aux candidatures pour les nominations du Prix Hafkin, qui encourage et
reconnaît des exemples exceptionnels d'initiatives africaines pour le
développement en technologies de l'information et de la communication. Date
limite : 31 mai 2001 - info : rap21@wan.asso.fr


ARTS PLASTIQUE


- Galerie associative Anissa à Marseille : Naissance de la Galerie
associative Anissa à Marseille. Créée à l'initiative de Fethy Bourayou c'est
un lieu qui sera dédié à la création contemporaine méditerranéenne.
L'association "Bled culture" qui va gérer le lieu, rassemble, pour le
moment, des artistes algériens dont Denis Martinez, Rachid Nacib, Kamel
Yahiaoui, Kheira Slimani, Karim Sergoua, Belkhourissat Abdeka, Adlane
d'Oran, Chabane Sid Ahmed, Nadia Spahis, Nadia Benbouta, Mokrani Abdelouab,
Slimane Ould Mouhand, Ouadahi Driss, Kamar Idir, Oulab Yazaid, Sedjal
Mustapha et Tarek Mesli. Une exposition des oeuvres de ces artistes est
actuellement en préparation. L'ouverture officielle de la galerie aura lieu
le 22 juin. "El fen Khredj mil El aâfen" : Tel est le credo de la toute
jeune association Bled Culture que vous pouvez contacter au 04 91 50 11 78.


CINEMA


News :

- Cannes : La réalisatrice martiniquaise Euzhan Palcy (Rue Cases nègres,
Siméon, Une saison blanche et sèche) a reçu le prix "Sojourner Truth Award"
le 18 mai décerné par lahitz.com-tv au pavillon sud-africain du festival de
Cannes.

- Cannes : Le film "Fatma" du Tunisien Khaled Ghorbal, a reçu le prix de la
confédération internationale des cinémas d'art et d'essai qui récompense un
long métrage présenté à la Quinzaine des réalisateurs.

- Prix Djibril Diop Mambety : Ce prix institué l'année dernière à
l'initiative des festival Racines noires et Black Movie pour distinguer les
courts métrages dotés d'originalité, d'insolence, de non-conformisme et
d'audace formelle. Le lauréat 2001 est Mohamed Camara pour "Balafola" :
Balla, jeune joueur de balafon, découvre que son beau-père lui a volé son
héritage. A sa façon, très particulière, l'ancêtre du village va arbitrer le
litige.

- Afrique du Sud : Lancement du Club du Film Africain. Film Resource Unit en
collaboration avec MTN Art Institute a lancé une initiative d'un club de
film africain. Ce club, African Film Club, projettera des films et animera
des discussions sur ces derniers. Le thème central du Club du Film Africain
reposera cette année sur la xénophobie. Le court métrage de Zola Maseko The
Foreigner servira d'appui au club et permettra non seulement de lancer le
débat sur les questions de la xénophobie mais permettra par ailleurs de
démontrer comment un club du film idéal fonctionne. screenings@fru.co.za

- Production en Côte d'Ivoire : Créée à Abidjan , Côte d'Ivoire en 1985,
Dialogue Production est une société SARL. De 1985 à 2000, plus de 300 spots
TV (Coca-Cola, Fanta, Omo, Western Union, Ivoiris, Yoplait, Pedigree Pal,
Axa, Peugeot, Bic etc), plus de 100 films institutionnels, plusieurs
téléfilms et documentaires, une série enfantine, (26X7') en 1996 Grand
masque et les Junglos, et des sujets d'actualité (diffusés en Europe) ont
été produits. A la fin de l'année 2000, Dialogue Production a signé un
contrat avec NEI (Groupe Hachette) pour l'adaptation des romans à l'eau de
rose de la collection ADORAS des "Harlequins Africains" à la télévision.
Tourné à Abidjan et dans l'ancienne capitale ivoirienne de Grand Bassam
Cache Cache d'Amour est le premier de la série intitulé Le Pari de l'Amour.
Le prochain film se déroulera entre Abidjan, Dakar et Paris. Le troisième
film sera intitulé Nuit Fatale (Brazzaville -Pretoria). Cache Cache d'Amour
a été sélectionné pour le Fespaco, le Festival de Milan et de Montréal. Par
ailleurs, le film a été diffusé deux fois à la télévision ivoirienne et est
programmé sur la télévision du Sénégal, Mali et Burkina Faso.
info@dialprod.com - dialprod@globeaccess.net

- Festival Sud Africain du film documentaire : Le Festival Sud Africain
International du film Documentaire se tiendra du 21 au 31 juillet au Cap et
du 3 au 9 août à Johannesburg. Lancé en partenariat avec Pro Helvetia
(Maison de l'Art de Suisse), Rencontre1 (Encounters1) du Festival du
Documentaire a projeté en 1999 des films de trois cinéastes suisses et un
large nombre de films sud africains. Lors de l'édition 2000, Encounters 2 a
impliqué les Pays Bas, Holland Film et le British Council. Par ailleurs, etv
a commissionné 3 des films issus des huit candidats du Laboratoire du Film
Documentaire Rencontre. Pour l'année 2001, Perret et Bussman ont proposé de
collaborer avec le Festival International du Documentaire de Suisse,
Visions du Réel. A cet effet, cinq films sud africains ont participé au
Visions du Réel 2001 qui s'est tenu en suisse du 23 au 29 avril 2001. Il est
à noter que c'est la première fois qu'un si grand nombre de films sud
africains participent à un festival international. Il y avait : JG Strijdom
Is Very, Very Dead de Pule Diphare ; The Fight de Eddie Edwards, Lady Was A
Mashoza de Nokuthula Mazibuko, Guguletu Seven de Lindy Wilsonand et My
African Mother de Catherine Winter. molly@bigworld.co.za -
www.bigworld.co.za/encounters

- Festival International du Film d'Amiens : La 21ème édition du festival se
tiendra du 9 au 18 novembre 2001. En compétition officielle 12 long-métrages
et 12 court-métrages, dont le grand Prix se verra récompensé d'une bourse de
50 000 F. Une compétition documentaire pour le Prix Planète est également
prévue. Le Fonds d'aide aux développement du scénario attribue 4 bourses de
50 000 F par un jury international de professionnels.
thierry.lenouvel@libertysurf.fr


Sorties :

- le 26 juin : "Karmen Geï" (Joseph Gaye Ramaka, Sénégal, cf critique dans
Africultures 39 et compte-rendu et interview dans le compte-rendu sur Cannes
2001 sur notre site)

- le 4 juillet : "Hijack Stories" (Oliver Schmitz, Afrique du Sud, cf
critique et interview dans le compte-rendu de Cannes 2001)

- le 11 juillet : "A Room to Rent" (Khalid Al-Haggar, Egypte, cf critique
dans le compte-rendu du Fespaco 2001)

- le 29 août : "Mama Aloko" (Jean Odoutan, Bénin, cf interview bientôt
publié sur notre site). Jean Odoutan annonce par ailleurs la sortie de son
quatrième long-métrage, La Valse des gros derrières, pour mars 2002
(www.45rdlc.com)


HISTOIRE / SOCIETE


- Conférence : Sixième conférence internationale Metropolis. Rooterdam,
26-30 novembre 2001. Le programme Metropolis offre aux décideurs des
gouvernements, aux chercheurs et aux agents non gouvernementaux des
occasions de débattre des moyens d'améliorer les politiques et les
programmes relatifs aux migrations, ainsi que de leurs répercussions dans
les villes et sur la diversité culturelle. Info et inscription à la
conférence sur le site de Metropolis : www.international.metropolis.net .
Source : www.adri.fr

- Manifeste : Manifeste pour la paix et la non-violence en Côte d'Ivoire. Un
Manifeste, qui s'inscrit dans le Mouvement mondial pour la culture de la
paix et de la non-violence, est à signer et à diffuser. Vous pouvez devenir
"Messager du Manifeste UNESCO" : en obtenant plus de 100 signatures pour le
Manifeste, vous recevrez un certificat officiel par e-mail.
http://www.cmda.ci/paix/index.asp


INTERNET


- Les passerelles du développement : un CD-Rom pour l'appropriation des
nouvelles technologies de l'information et de la communication. Ce CD-Rom,
produit par les acteurs de la société civile, réalisé par le réseau Anais,
s'inscrit dans la dynamique de la Rencontre Internationale de Bamako 2000 de
février. Il a pour vocation d'aider les acteurs du développement à
s'approprier les technologies de l'information et de la communication pour
créer leurs propres usages. Il présente 150 applications des technologies de
l'information et de la communication au service du développement, 250
articles, études et documents de référence, 100 associations, réseaux,
bailleurs de fonds et organismes de coordination, des méthodologies, une
logithèque, un lexique et une boîte à liens. Un produit du réseau Anais et
de La Fondation du Devenir. www.anais.org


LITTERATURE / EDITION


News :

- Magazine féminin : "BB de Paris" un nouveau magazine jeune et féminin de
l'univers ethnique. BB de Paris se positionne comme le premier magazine
féminin francophone qui s'adresse aux jeunes femmes "Black.Beur" de 15-30
ans qui revendiquent leur modernité tout en respectant leurs traditions.
Magazine de mode, beauté et santé, il traite aussi des préoccupations de ces
jeunes femmes qui souhaitent affirmer leur singularité tout en s'intégrant
dans nos sociétés modernes. Déjà disponible à la vente en France, au Maroc,
à la Réunion, il arrivera début Juin aux Antilles et partout en Afrique
avant la mi-Juin : au Sénégal, en Côte d'ivoire, au Cameroun, au Gabon avec
un prix de vente de 800 F CFA.

- Nawa El Saadawi : Peu après son passage à Paris, l'écrivaine égyptienne et
défenseuse des droits humains Nawa El Saadawi est devenue, début mai, la
cible d'une campagne acharnée des fondamentalistes. Après avoir accordé un
interview à un hebdomadaire de son pays, le Mufti d'Egypte Fareed Wasel a
déclaré qu'elle s'était "égarée" en s'éloignant des textes sacrés de
l'Islam. Un avocat islamiste a alors entamé, auprès du procureur général,
des poursuites avec la charge d'apostasie et a demandé qu'elle soit séparée
de son mari, par une procédure appelée Hizba. Une campagne de solidarité
s'organise pour demander l'arrêt de cette cabale. Les pétitions sont
envoyées au ministre égyptien de la Justice Mr. Farouk Saif Al Nasr et à
chaque ambassades d'Egypte. Le juge n'a finalement pas retenu de charges
contre elle, déclarant qu'il n'y avais rien rien dans ses articles qui les
justifie. Pour en savoir plus : jcaputi@fau.edu - Source: les Pénélopes -
http://www.penelopes.org


Parutions :

- TaXi : South African art on the move. TaXi est une série de publication
consacrée à l'art sud-africain. Le deuxième numéro porte sur Samson
Mudzunga. Editor Brenda Atkinson - Texts by Kathy Coates and Stephen Hobbs,
80 pages black and white, English/French/Dutch Maud@ifas.org.za -
mickael@ifas.org.za

- "Algérie coloniale. La raison ou l'Etat", Paul Marcus, Atlantica
Editions, mai 01, 148 p., 75 F. A l'heure où les faits qui se sont déroulés
pendant la guerre d'Algérie alimentent l'actualité française, Paul Marcus
présente cette confrontation entre politiques et intellectuels face à ce que
l'on nommait alors les "événements".

- "De briques et de jazz - Le jazz à Toulouse de 1936 à nos jours", Charles
Schaettel, Atlantica Editions, mai 01, 176 p., 190 F. Swing, be-bop, hard
bop and free jazz sur les quais de la Garonne.

- "Langues, xénophobie, xénophilie dans une Europe multiculturelle", sous la
direction de Geneviève Zarate, Centre de documentation pédagogique de
Basse-Normandie, 2001, 219 p. Le parti pris de cet ouvrage est d'examiner,
dans le cadre de la diffusion de l'enseignement ou de l'apprentissage des
langues, les relations qu'entretiennent la xénophilie et la xénophobie. Il
offre ainsi un état des lieux dans nombre de pays européen, mais aussi une
grille de lecture historique et sociale de la complexité des relations qui
se nouent entre identités régionales, nationale et européennes et de la
diversité des situations linguistiques qui résultent des contextes bilingues
ou plurilingues.

- "Une enfance Outre-mer", textes recueillis par Leïla Sebbar, Ed. du Seuil,
Point Virgule, mai 01. Ils sont nés outre-mer, dans ce qui s'appelait
autrefois "les colonies". Venus des cinq continents, ils partagent une même
langue : le français. Seize écrivains nous livrent une nouvelle inédite et
racontent un souvenir, une enfance, un paysage aux couleurs outre-mer. Une
anthologie rassemblant des textes de Hélé Béji (Tunisie), Maïssa Bey
(Algérie), Roland Brival (Martinique), Guy Cabort-Masson (Martinique), Aziz
Chouaki (Algérie), Emmanuel Dongola (Congo), Kossi Efoui (Togo), Patrick
Erouart-Siad (Djibouti).


Publications :

- "Hommes & Migrations", n°1231, mai-juin 2001, Mélanges culturels, 148 p.,
70 F. Comment les jeunes des quartiers, souvent issus de l'immigration,
investissent-ils le champ culturel ? Comment la culture et ses pratiques
participent-elles à la construction identitaire de ces jeunes ? Plusieurs
articles réunis juxtaposent les regards sur quelques disciplines et tentent
de montrer comment évolue la diversité culturelle de ce pays. Egalement au
sommaire un débat : "Pour une histoire critique de la colonisation. Pour un
travail de mémoire". www.adri.fr/hm

- "Discriminations : une nouvelle approche de l'immigration ?" , Savoirs et
formation, n° 51, mars 2001, 40 p. En mars 2000 eut lieu un colloque
européen sur les discriminations, où intervint le directeur du service
Emploi-formation du Fas, Nourredine Boubaker. Son intervention est ici
reprise, étoffée et développée par ses soins pour donner une idée de la
reconnaissance de cette question par la puissance publique. D'autres
articles composent le sommaire. On signalera particulièrement la synthèse de
la recherche-action Discrim, un programme de l'Association pour
l'enseignement et la formation des travailleurs immigrés et de leurs
familles (Aefti) touchant au traitement des discriminations. 16, rue de
Valmy, 93100 Montreuil Tél. : 01 42 87 02 20

- "Discrimination raciale, réflexion faite". Cet outil d'animation
collective est un support interactif de sensibilisation et de formation à la
question de la discrimination, au service des acteurs de terrain. Il permet
une animation-débat à partir de saynètes filmées, projetées sur grand écran,
écrites sur la base de témoignages de cadres d'entreprises et de personnes
en recherche d'emploi. Olympio, 29, rue Lapostol, 92150 Suresnes Tél. : 01
45 06 12 08 - Fax : 01 42 04 01 80 - olympio@easynet.fr


MUSIQUE


News :


- Lulendo : Lulendo est finaliste au concours Musiques du Monde de RFI
(Radio France International). Pour la deuxième fois (déjà finaliste en
1995), l'artiste angolais Lulendo se trouve finaliste de ce concours. Son
album "A qui profite le crime ?" est sorti chez Nola Musique / Buda Musique
/Mélodie le 23 avril 2001.

- Prix RFI Musiques du Monde : Macase, jeune groupe camerounais, est lauréat
du Prix RFI Musiques du Monde. Macase se produira à Madagascar le 17 juin
2001 au Palais de la Culture et des Sports de Tananarive et le 6 novembre à
Paris au Bataclan (concert privé) dans le cadre des concerts RFI Musiques du
Monde 2001. Fondé en 1996, Macase est constitué de sept jeunes camerounais
qui s'expriment en valorisant la diversité du patrimoine culturel de leur
pays : Corry Denguemo, Blick Bassy, et Henry G.Okala (Chant), Roddy M. Ekoa
(Batterie), Ruben Binam (Claviers), Serge Maboma (Basse) et Roger Dubois
(Guitares). Macase avait déjà été récompensé par deux fois dans son pays en
remportant le titre révélation 1999 au Cameroon Awards et en étant désigné
meilleur groupe camerounais par la télévision camerounaise CRTV, en 1999.


Sorties :

- Tyoussi Mad : Sortie de l'album "Live in Paris" de Tyoussi Mad, Oriental
Groove. Le raï de Tyoussi mêle la tradition ancestrale marocaine, la sagesse
populaire du chaâbi, la chanson à texte des citadins du Maghreb, et la
rythmique entraînante des berbères du Moyen-Atlas. Sunset France, Mélodie
distribution.

- MC'S Tape vol. 1 : "MC'S Tape" est une mix tape qui réunit plusieurs
rappeurs de Montreuil (93100), 15 morceaux inédits dont 2 en wolof. Reflet
Prod, distribution : www.mix-tape.com

THEATRE


- Burkina Faso : Afro-Comédie organise la première édition des Ateliers
Francophones Ouagalais pour le développement du jeu d'acteurs du 12 au 22
juin. Les Ateliers Francophones Ouagalais se propose de créer un cadre
annuel de rencontres à Ouagadougou de metteurs en scène et de comédiens en
vue de former des semi-professionnels venus de plusieurs pays de l'Afrique
de l'Ouest. Chaque édition d'Afro-Comédie rend hommage à un illustre
comédien africain à qui un trophée sera remis. Cette première est dédiée à
Sotigui Kouyaté. Au delà de la formation, Afro-comédie souhaite mettre en
place un cadre permanent d'échanges et de suivis, de tisser un réseau et
ainsi de professionnaliser les comédiens, le théâtre et le cinéma africain.
A cet effet, la création d'un site internet est prévu à la suite de cette
première rencontre ; il devrait offrir un registre des comédiens, permettre
le contact entre comédiens et tout professionnel des arts du spectacle,
diffusé un bulletin trimestriel informatif sur les activités des ateliers.
Le projet Afro-comédie est initié par Jovial' productions, une société de
productions audiovisuelles créée en 99 à Ouagadougou par de jeunes artistes,
acteurs, scénaristes et réalisateurs. dglez@liptinfor.bf


5) LE SITE AFRICULTURES DE LA SEMAINE


Un site consacré à l'architecture en Afrique : Africa-Architect.com est le
premier site web spécialisé dans le domaine de l'architecture du continent
africain. Il est une source d'informations sur les différentes
manifestations, activités et news sur le domaine architectural sur le
continent africain. Africa-architect diffuse également les informations
officielles de l'UAA : Union des Architectes d'Afrique. Africa-Architect.com
permet de faciliter le travail des architectes et de toute l'équipe des
concepteurs, en effet la base de données Africa-search contient les
informations relatives aux différentes intervenantes classés par secteur
d'activités et par pays. www.africa-architect.com


6 ) AFRICULTURES N° 39 : Photograph(i)es d'Afrique

Un dossier coordonné par Erika Nimis en partenariat avec les Aubenades de la
Photographie 2001.

Photographes ambulants et de studios, reporters et photographes d'art
contemporains : l'état des lieux largement illustré de la photographie en
Afrique devient plaidoyer pour un regard endogène.

Introduction
par Erika Nimis

Lomé : le blues des photographes ambulants
par Guy Hersant

Photographes de presse au Bénin
par Monique Phoba

Nigeria : le géant de la photographie
par Erika Nimis

La Galerie Chab à Bamako : une nouvelle antenne pour la mouvance photo
Entretien avec Chab Touré
Propos recueillis par Alexandre Mensah

Les ateliers sténopé d'Oscura au Mali
par Elisabeth Towns

Le studio photographique comme laboratoire d'expérimentation sociale
par Jean-François Werner

Koudou, le faux-tographe
par Ananias Leki, photographe ivoirien

Pour changer quelque chose, il faut être installé dans quelque chose
Entretien avec Simon Njami
Propos recueillis par Héric Libong

Je suis obligé d'être touche-à-tout
Entretien avec Erick Ahounou, photographe béninois
propos recueillis par Olivier Barlet

Rebonds

La photographie noire, un non-genre ?
le cas africain-américain
Christine Tully-Sitchet

Cahier

Musique
Une musique thérapeutique
entretien avec Toups Bebey
propos recueillis par Samy Nja Kwa

Le Disque du mois : El Hadj N'diaye

Nouveautés du disque

Théâtre

Toujours ce duel entre les forts et les faibles !
Entretien avec Nono Bakwa
propos recueillis à Kinshasa par Marie-Louise Mumbu Bibish

Théâtre, créolité et francophonie
Entretien avec José Pliya
Propos recueillis par Sylvie Chalaye

Théâtre et fraternité au Togo : un festival d'avenir
Daniel Komla Ayida, directeur du festival
Propos recueillis par Sylvie Chalaye

Cinéma

Karmen Geï
Alexandre Mensah

Arts plastiques

Centrafrique, drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre.
Virginie Andriamirado

Littérature / edition

Du droit de perdre l'espoir
Entretien avec Wole Soyinka
propos recueillis par Boniface Mongo-Mboussa et Tanella Boni. traduction :
Allyson McKay et Alexandre Mensah

La Folie et la mort, de Ken Bugul
Taina Tervonen

Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges de Mélesville et Roger de Beauvoir
Présentation et étude de Sylvie Chalaye
Alexandre Mensah

Correspondance

Du courage d'être burkinabè
De Ouagadougou, Jacques Guégané

Mort tragique de Moses Molelekwa, l'étoile montante du jazz sud-africain
De Johannesburg, Anne Khady Sé

Forum internet : échanges en liberté


AFRICULTURES juin 2001
Editions L'Harmattan, Paris, 128 pages, 60 FF
Et sur www.africultures.com
ISBN 2-7475-0817-X


7) PETITES ANNONCES GRATUITES


Pour répondre à la demande et élargir les contacts possibles, nous
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correspondent maintenant à l'espace "PROPOSER" dans la nouvelle page
d'accueil du site. Elles seront bientôt complétées par un espace
"RECHERCHER" où les réponses selon lisibles pour que tout le monde en
profite (renseignements, contacts, bons plans) et par un espace "PRESENTER"
où les associations et projets culturels, de solidarité, de jumelage etc
pourront s'auto-présenter et lier des contacts. Les forums correspondent à
l'espace "DISCUTER".
www.africultures.com/pratique/annonces/annonces_fr.htm

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l'Harmattan (10 numéros par an, ne paraît pas en juillet-août).
La frilosité des libraires pour l'Afrique, pour les revues en général et
pour une revue mensuelle en particulier font que Africultures reste
difficile à trouver en librairie. Par contre elle peut être commandée
partout, y compris sur les librairies sur internet.
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Pour pallier aux faiblesses de la diffusion et mieux toucher nos lecteurs à
l'étranger, NOUS PUBLIONS TOUTE LA REVUE SUR INTERNET : l'abonnement est de
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Tous les articles sont ainsi lisibles en ligne, téléchargeables,
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encyclopédie documentaire et critique des expressions culturelles africaines
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Acrobate Reader, qui restaure la mise en page exacte de la revue.
Comme c'est un peu lourd, notamment pour les faibles bandes passantes
africaines, nous préparons la publication intégrale de la revue en html.
C'est beaucoup de travail mais ce sera chose faite d'ici la fin de l'année.


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Lettre d'information 22/2001
semaine du 25.05.01 au 03.06.01


Bonjour à tous,

Pour recevoir la lettre sans bug, entrez votre adresse e-mail sur la page d'
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pas encore au courant ! Aidez-nous à la faire connaître en en parlant ou en
la transférant à vos amis !

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On trouvera sur la page d'accueil de www.africultures.com :

- un article du cinéaste congolais David-Pierre Fila intitulé "Cannes 2001
ou l'Afrique des ténèbres",

- une interview du cinéastes sénégalais Joseph Gaye Ramaka sur son film
"Karmen Geï" montré en séance spéciale à la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs,

- une interview du cinéaste iranien Abbas Kiarostami sur son film "ABC
Africa" sélectionné hors compétition.

- un reportage africulturel quotidien sur le festival.

Les interviews des réalisateurs de la plupart des films africains du Fespaco
et de Cannes sont (et seront après fin de la transcription et de la mise en
ligne) publiées sur les pages Fespaco et Cannes du site.

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1) l'AGENDA DE LA SEMAINE :


Nous rappelons que, pour ne pas surcharger cette lettre, nous ne publions
que les nouveautés.
Pour avoir la totalité de l'agenda, rendez-vous sur :
www.africultures.com/actualite/agenda/agenda_fr.asp

Les détails des programmations ainsi que les adresses, contacts et horaires
sont sur : www.africultures.com/actualite/agenda/lettre_diff.asp


ARTS PLASTIQUES * PARIS


- Le Mois de l'Estampe, Couvent des Cordeliers, du 01 au 30 juin. En fil
rouge du Mois de l'Estampe à Paris, une "exposition-initiation" se déroulera
du 1er au 28 juin 2001 au Couvent des Cordeliers. Cette exposition donnera
également l'occasion de découvrir le Festival d'Assilah (Maroc).
www.officieldesarts.com/moisdelestampe

- Festival Batofar cherche Vienne, Quai François Mauriac , du 01 au 10 juin.
Ce festival propose des rencontres avec des artistes viennois qui vivent et
travaillent à Vienne. Deux de ces artistes ont choisi de travailler sur le
rapport de l'Occident à l'Afrique. Le travail de Ines Doujak traite du
racisme de la société autrichienne en particulier et de la société
occidentale en général envers les Noirs. (le 9 juin). Florian Pumhösl lui,
travaille plus particulièrement sur l'architecture moderniste des pays dits
"en voie de développement". (le 3 juin).

- Linda Bougherara, Taninna, du 22 mai au 07 juin. www.planet-dz.com/


ARTS PLASTIQUES * REGIONS


- 25 - Jean-Baptiste Audat-Touré, Bibliothèque municipale d'Audincourt, du
29 mai au 24 juin. L'exposition se nomme : "Ma petite ONG".


ARTS PLASTIQUES * MONDE


- Espagne - Afriques : l´artiste et la ville, Centre de Culture
Contemporaine de Barcelone (CCCB), du 29 mai au 15 sept. Le but de
l´exposition est de montrer l´extraordinaire vitalité de l´art contemporain
africain et d´analyser comment cette vitalité est liée au processus
d´urbanisation du continent. L´exposition montre les ouvrages de plus de 20
artistes africains, en provenance de Dakar, Abidjan, Harare, Lagos,
Johannesburg, Cape Town, Paris et Londres. De 1.800 m², l´exposition est une
des principales activités de la première Triennale de Barcelone (Barcelona
Art Report), et sera accompagnée de débats et d´autres manifestations
culturelles jusqu´à mi-septembre. Artistes : Prologue, El Anatsui, Godfried
Donkor, Berry Bickle. Dakar : Viyé Diba, Amadou Kan-Si, Ousmane Dago Ndiaye.
Paris : Patrice Felix Tchicaya. Abidjan : Anapa, Ananias Leki. Lagos :
Dilomprizulike, Akinbode Akinbiyi. Londres : Sokari Douglas Camp, Eileen
Perrier. Harare : David Brazier, Luis Basto, Calvin Dondo. Johannesburg :
Penelope Siopis, Santu Mofokeng. Cape Town : Willie Bester, Zwelethu
Mthethwa, Jane Alexander. Epilogue : Moshekwa Langa, Bodys I. Kingelez,
Samuel Fosso. http://www.cccb.org - jcarrera@cccb.org



ARTS PLASTIQUES * RAPPEL DES EXPOSITIONS EN COURS


Paris :
- Expositions des sculptures de l'artiste guinéen Oppo, Galerie
Allaire-Aigret, du 03 mai au 30 juin. Egalement, un film sur l'artiste
"Portrait d'artiste - Oppo" d'Elsie Haas sera projeté le 7 juin à 18h.
- Exposition "Arts d'Afrique", Musée Dapper, jusqu'au 30 juin. Cette
exposition inaugure le nouvel espace du musée.
- Julien Sinzogan, Galerie Agbé & Gbalicam, du 27 avril au 29 mai. Julien
Cossi Sinzogan (Bénin).
- Ousmane Sow, Musée Dapper, du 26 avril au 30 juin. Les trois premiers
bronzes d'Ousmane Sow exposés au Musée Dapper. www.ousmanesow.com
- Nicholas et Anderson Mukomberanwa, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, du 04
mai au 15 juin. Deux générations de sculpteurs du Zimbabwe. www.art-e.net
- Mohamed Khadda, Centre culturel algérien, du 16 mai au 08 juin. Le 16 mai
: Commémoration du 10ème anniversaire de la disparition de Mohamed Khadda -
vernissage 19h. Exposition de peintures, aquarelles et gravures de Mohamed
Khadda. www.cca-paris.com
- Claude Makelela, Espace Rives inédites, du 15 mai au 14 juin. Claude
Makelela est peintre, originaire du sud-est du Congo ; autodidacte, c'est
dans l'artisanat des villages qu'elle a appris de nombreuses techniques de
création. Elle a choisi une expression abstraite d'où surgissent des
personnages et des signes symboliques : elle peint ses émotions, un monde
qui évoque la nostalgie, un parcours intérieur à la recherche d'un passé.

Régions :
- 18 - "Émergences des Écritures", Sancerre, du 28 avril au 31 mai,
peintures récentes d'Askett, peintre et sculpteur ivoirien.
- 49 - Abdoulaye Konaté, Amahigueré Dolo et Ismaël Diabaté, Grand Théâtre
d'Angers, du 19 avril au 27 mai. La ville d'Angers en partenariat avec le
ministère de la culture du Mali présente une exposition de trois artistes
maliens d'expression contemporaine : Abdoulaye Konaté, installations,
peintures, Amahigueré Dolo, sculptures et Ismaël Diabaté, peintures.
- 92 - André Maire - Dessins d'Afrique et d'Asie, Musée des années 30,
Boulogne - Billancourt, du 01 avril au 04 août. Une soixantaine de grands
formats retracent les itinéraires en Afrique et en Asie d'André Maire, grand
peintre voyageur des années 30.


Afrique :

- Côte d'Ivoire - Foire Internationale Africaines des Arts Plastiques,
Abidjan, du 09 au 26 mai. Pour sa seconde édition, la FIAAC prend de
l'ampleur et acquiert une dimension internationale en présentant douze
peintres et deux photographes d'Afrique du Sud, du Nigéria, du Mali, du
Ghana, du Burkina Faso, du Sénégal et de Côte d'Ivoire. La foire 01 sera
l'occasion d'exposition des ouvres destinées à la vente, d'animations
pédagogiques ainsi que de créations. Les manifestations se dérouleront
essentiellement au centre culturel français et à l'Hôtel Ivoire.


Monde :
- Belgique - Exit Congo Museum, Tervuren, jusqu'au 24 juin. Une exposition
où dialoguent ethnographie et art contemporain.
- Autriche - Peintres du Congo 1990 - 2000, Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienne,
du 01 fév. au 01 juil. 2001. www.ethno-museum.at
- USA - Uganda's International Art Renaissance, The Art Room, San Francisco,
du 01 mai au 31 mars 2002. East Africa's visual history is redefined by
international expansion of Uganda's postwar art renaissance. Leading artists
of this movement offer renewed perspectives for their growing global
audience in the 21st century. Featured artists include James Kitamirike, Dan
Sekanwagi, David Kibuuka, Bruno Sserunkuuma, Fred Makubuya, and Derek
Kaggwa. Exhibited works scheduled to change periodically during exhibition.
www.theartroom-sf.com
- Suisse - 5000 ans de figures humaines - cent regards sur les collections
Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 02 avril au 15 oct.
- Allemagne - De Douala à Berlin, 2yK Galerie, Berlin, du 03 mai au 03 juin.
Avec Cercle Kaspiki, Blaise Bang, Salifou Lindou, Jules Wokam, Hervé Yamguen
et Hervé Youmbi .


CINEMA * PARIS


- Il était une fois Les Mille et Une Nuits, Institut du Monde Arabe, du 07
avril au 10 juin. Dans le cadre de Ciné-IMA, l'Institut du Monde Arabe
présentera tous les week-end du 7 avril au 10 juin 2001, Il était une fois
Les Mille et Une Nuits, programmation d'une quarantaine de films sur les
multiples adaptations cinématographiques des célèbres contes des Mille et
Une Nuits. www.imarabe.org

- Les mercredis du film ethnographique, Musée de l'Homme, le 30 mai.
Projections-débats autour du thème "l'Autre et le Sacré", animés par Jean
Rouch et les auteurs des documents présentés. "La femme volée" (chez les
Wadaabe, Cameroun, 1977), Néna Baratier, 13', "La malédiction des plumes"
(France, 1989), Marc Thomas, 29', "Le chemin des Indiens morts"
(Colombie/Venezuela, 1983), Jean Arlaud et Michel Perrin, extraits.
cfe@mnhm.fr

- Les films de la Quinzaine des réalisateurs de Cannes projetés à Paris,
Forum des images, du 26 au 29 mai. On peut ainsi voir Bintou (Fanta Régina
Nacro) et Fatma (Khaled Ghorbal) le 26 ainsi que Made in the USA (Solveig
Anspach et Cindy Babski) le 27.


CINEMA * REGIONS


- 16 - Les Toiles d'Afrique, Angoulême, les 25 et 26 mai. Pour la troisième
année consécutive, Ciné-Passion 16 propose "Les toiles d'Afrique". La
vocation de ce festival est de faire sortir de leur marginalité des
cinématographies mal diffusées et de donner à voir des films créatifs qui ne
sont pas des documentaires misérabilistes nous entretenant des plaies
douloureuses du continent africain. Voici 12 longs et courts métrages, des
ouvres singulières et fortes, sélectionnés, pour la plupart, au festival
panafricain du cinéma qui s'est tenu en février dernier à Ouagadougou, au
Burkina Faso. Détails des films sur le site.

- 67 - Cinéma noir et blanc : impressions d'Afrique, Maison de l'Image,
Strasbourg, du 30 mai au 06 juin. En Alsace, des associations se mobilisent
pour continuer le dialogue "nord-sud", interroger la place de la
francophonie, promouvoir la vitalité du patrimoine culturel africain. Avec
deux d'entre elles, "Afric'art Rythm" et "AFACS", la Coopérative Régionale
du Cinéma Culturel et Vidéo Les Beaux Jours commencent une série de séances
où seront débattues autour de fictions, de documentaires, de films
d'archives diverses problématiques où l'art du cinéma sera en jeu. Les deux
premières projections sont l'occasion de comprendre le temps du colonialisme
et la période d'indépendance qui a marqué les pays d'Afrique francophone au
début des années 1960. Le 30 mai, 20h, "Tanekas et Hommes bambous", Mission
Fourme au Dahomey. André Martin, 1950, 20 mn, noir et blanc. "La noire de",
Ousmane Sembene, Sénégal, 1966, 65 mn, 16 mm, noir et blanc. Le 6 juin, 20h,
"Barrage sur le Niger", Roger Verdier et André Gillet., s.d., 20 mn, NB. "Le
jour où la Guinée a dit non", Valery Gaillard, France, 1998, 52 mn, vidéo,
couleur.

- 93 - "Little Sénégal" de Rachid Bouchareb, cinéma l'Ecran de St Denis le
29 mai. Avec la présence de Rachid Bouchareb. 20h30.

- Tournée - Ciné-contes, avec Racines noires, du 21 au 29 mai : 11
représentations en Charente.


CINEMA * AFRIQUE


- Afrique du Sud - Soweto Film Festival, Soweto, du 23 au 26 mai.
thelma@iafrica.com

- Cameroun, Gabon et Centrafrique - Festival Ecrans noirs, Yaoundé et
Douala, Bangui et Libreville, du 02 au 20 juin. Le Festival Ecrans noirs
animé par Bassek Ba Kobhio, qui présente des films africains en Afrique
centrale se déroulera du 2 au 10 juin à Yaoundé et Douala et du 11 au 20
juin à Bangui et Libreville. ta@iccnet.cm

- Nigeria - Forum sur la production video et Cinéma du Nigeria et du Ghana,
Lagos, du 31 mai au 02 juin. Programme dettaillé sur le site.
david.hivet@diplomatie.gouv.fr



DANSE * REGIONS


- Tournée - Yelemba, la troupe ivoirienne Yelemba est en tournée de mai en
juillet, le 25 mai : Angers (49) - Festival Tous en scènes (Création Akeikoi
from Connexion), le 26 mai : Poligny (39) - Le Moulin de Brainans et les 28
et 29 mai : Winterthur (Suisse) - Afro-Pfingsten Festival, le 1 juin :
Blois (41) - Le Chatod'O et les 2 et 3 juin : Blois (41) - Master class
percussions et danse. www.yelemba.com

- 69 - Ballet Timini, Salle Paul Garçon, Lyon 1er, le 30 mai. Spectacle de
danses et de percussions africaines. Mise en scène de Mamadou Diallo danseur
chorégraphe du Sénégal, avec Mamadou Diallo, Yao Eby, les danseuses de
Daradji et des musiciens sénégalais et burkinabés (percussionnistes, joueurs
de Balafon et de Kora). Spectacle à 21h00. http://www.daradji.fr.fm


DANSE * AFRIQUE


- Sénégal - Kaay Fecc - Viens Danser, Dakar, du 31 mai au 04 juin. Ce
festival regroupera des troupes du Sénégal : Compagnie de la 5e dimension,
Artea Dance Compagnie, Jallore Danse Théâtre de Saint-Louis, Ballet Sinomew,
Compagnie Kakat'art, Troupe Takku Liggey, ballet La Linguere. Egalement la
compagnie Jant Bi d'Allemagne, la compagnie Kongo Ba Teria du Burkina Faso,
le chorégraphe Bud Blumenthal de Belgique, des compagnies du cameroun, Salia
de la compagnie Salia ni seydou. Des séances de formations seront organisées
en régie, en direction des jeunes, etc.


HISTOIRE / SOCIETE * PARIS


- Vanves - Rencontres des associations franco-algériennes, le 02 juin.
L'"Association Franco-Algérienne pour les échanges culturels et économiques"
en partenariat avec l'association LATIFA "Lien Aerien Transport
International France-Algérie" proposent une rencontre pour tous les
représentants des associations dans le but de créer un "collectif" pour une
future coordination nationale des associations d'origine Algérienne.
asso_franco_algerienne@caramail.com


HISTOIRE / SOCIETE * REGION


- 67 - 5 colloques de l'AEFECO : L'Europe et la Francophonie, les
francophonies et l'Europe, Faculté des Lettres de l'Université Marc Bloch,
Strasbourg, du 21 au 26 mai.


HISTOIRE / SOCIETE * MONDE


- Belgique - Le Noir du Blanc, Images des Noirs dans la culture populaire
occidentale, Rue Haute 139, Bruxelles, du 20 avril au 27 mai. "Le Noir du
Blanc" présente une version de la grande exposition créée à Amsterdam au
Tropenmuseum en décembre 1989. Douze ans plus tard, cette exposition n'a
rien perdu de son actualité. Elle nous montre la naissance, la vie, la mort
ou la survie des images des Noirs dans les sociétés du Nord. Les médias les
plus divers véhiculent des préjugés, obsessions et stéréotypes qui se sont
ancrés dans nos cultures et nos consciences, souvent depuis l'enfance et à
notre insu. http://www.internationaalhuis.be/htmlfr/index.html

- Angleterre - Congrès mondial du Conseil International d'Etudes
Francophones, Portland, du 26 mai au 02 juin.
http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/cief

- Suisse - La Reine de Saba - Bilqîs - Mâkedâ : une légende noire et dorée,
Musée d'ethnographie, Genève, du 18 mai au 28 juin. Il était une fois une
reine noire qui rendit visite au roi Salomon ... , Les fouilles
archéologiques de l'ancienne Arabie du Sud, les textes sacrés des trois
cultures monothéistes, les chroniqueurs royaux d'Éthiopie, d'Orient et
d'Occident, artistes et poètes de tous temps ont nourri la légende de la
reine de Saba. Elle anima également les visions d'émancipation noire aux
USA. Cette exposition révélera les multiples visages de cette figure
féminine universelle.

- Espagne - Le Maghreb entre passé et avenir. Savoir et action, Cordoue, du
30 mai au 02 juin. Colloque organisé par l'Institut pour les Etudes
Transrégionales sur le Moyen-Orient, l'Afrique du Nord et l'Asie Centrale.
transreg@wws.princeton.edu - http://www.irmcmaghreb.org/actu/index.htm

- Québec - Études Africaines, Québec, du 27 au 31 mai. la journée du 28 sera
consacrée au thème suivant : Deuil du Passé contre l'Oubli : Expériences
Belges de Dialogue Belgo-Congolais.
http://www.cobelco.org/Agenda/agendafs.htm


LITTERATURE * PARIS


- Ambassade du Burkina Faso, le 26 mai de 11h à 16 h : Journée littéraire
"Littérature africaine et développement".

- Kateb Yacine, un intellectuel dans la tourmente algérienne, université
Paris 13, le 28 mai. Journée d'études à l'université Paris 13.

- Rencontre avec Wassini Laredj, Centre culturel algérien, le 30 mai.
Rencontre littéraire autour du livre de Wassini Laredj "Fleurs d'amendiers"
(Ed. Sindbad - Actes Sud 01) avec la participation de Sid Ahmed Agoumi,
Zined Laredj et Nouredine Saadi. www.cca-paris.com

- Les transports au service de l'économie et des sociétés africaines, IIAP,
le 30 mai. Cette deuxième rencontre portera sur "L'enjeu des transports dans
les processus de régionalisation". enda.cade@globenet.org


LITTERATURE * REGION


- Poitou-Charentes - Littératures Métisses, festival itinérant en
Poitou-Charentes, du 28 mai au 04 juin. Organisée en partenariat avec l'
association "Musiques Métisses" d'Angoulême, cette manifestation a pour
objectif de présenter au public des écrivains qui, par leurs itinéraires d'
errances ou d'exil, conjuguent dans la destinée vagabonde de leurs livres et
dans leurs écritures enrichies à la source de multiples apports, un
métissage généreux, attentif aux bruissements du monde. La manifestation
débutera par une table ronde autour de la notion de métissage littéraire et
culturel le lundi 28 mai à La Rochelle. Du mardi 29 au jeudi 31 mai, les
écrivains, par groupe de deux ou trois, seront en tournée dans plusieurs
villes de la région et rencontreront leur public en soirée. Le vendredi 1er
juin, la caravane Littératures Métisses arrêtera définitivement ses pas sur
le site de Musiques métisses. Durant tout le week-end, sous le chapiteau des
littératures, de 15 à 20 heures, les écrivains participeront à des débats,
tables rondes ou se livreront à des interviews ou présentations. Le Village
du Festival Musiques Métisses clôturera cette manifestation avec l'espace
"Littératures Métisses" qui accueillera les 2, 3 et 4 juin 2001, dans le
même esprit, les écrivains itinérants.Auteurs invités: Véronique Tadjo (Côte
d'Ivoire), Denis Hirson (Afrique du sud), Nimrod (Tchad).
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/office.du.livre/Pages/LM01.html

- 35 - Festival Etonnants voyageurs, Saint-Malo, du 31 mai au 04 juin.
Depuis ses débuts, Le festival Etonnants voyageurs a fait le choix d'une
littérature du monde, sans frontières. Ainsi Saint-Malo rassemblent des
écrivains du monde entier et s'ouvre aux littératures du Sud. Parmi les
auteurs du Serpent à Plumes sont invités : Patrick Boman : polars/voyages
(nouveau polar en juin 2001), Velibor Colic : invité " Etonnants voyageurs
Sarajevo " en 2000, Trevor Ferguson : " Cap au nord", Canada invité
d'honneur, Theo Hakola : pour son premier roman mai 2001 + diffusion
documentaire "Hakola song", Dany Laferrière : coup de coeur du festival.

- 59 - Café littéraire avec Raharimanana, Café le Salséro, Lille, le 25 mai.
Parlons ensemble d'Afrique, sur le thème de "Littérature et Mémoire".
Raharimanana est le co-auteur de l'article "Pour une Afrique désirable". Ses
nouvelles ont déjà servi à évoquer Madagascar et ailleurs. Cette fois
Raharimanana s'aide du roman pour visiter la mémoire de son ïle avec "Nour,
1947" paru aux éditions Le Serpent à Plumes. Avec Yves Mba, conteur et avec
la participation musicale de "Melle Clotilde"


LITTERATURE * AFRIQUE


- Maroc - Dictionnaire sur les personnages, mythes et figures dans les
littératures francophones du Maghreb, Tétouan, du 25 au 26 ami. Dans le
cadre de la coopération entre l'Université Abdelmalek Essaâdi de Tétouan
(Maroc) et l'Université Stendhal Grenoble 3, la Faculté des Lettres de
Tétouan organise conjointement avec le Centre de Recherches et d'Etudes
Francophones et le Centre de Recherches sur l'Imaginaire (Université de
Grenoble) des journées d'Etudes portant sur l'élaboration d'un Dictionnaire
sur les personnages, mythes et figures dans les littératures francophones du
Maghreb.

- Afrique du Sud - International Festival of Poets, Durban, du 28 mai au 02
juin. Pendant le festival de six jours plus de 25 poètes d'approximativement
16 pays se produiront au théâtre d'Elizabeth Sneddon. D'autres activités
comprennent des présentations de poètes amateurs, les conférences et les
ateliers pour éducateurs et étudiants, la musique et la poésie, les concours
de poésie, la poésie en prison, la poésie avec des enfants des rues, et dans
les écoles. Le programme des activités, des biographies de participants, etc
sont disponibles à www.und.ac.za/und/carts/poetry2001



MODE * PARIS


- Vincennes - Festival "Black is Black" de la beauté noire, du 26 au 28 mai.
Le salon réunit les exposants de plusieurs régions et pays venus présenter
les nouveautés et les créations en matière de produits, de services liés à
l'univers de la cosmétique, de la coiffure, de la mode, de la beauté
afro-caribéenne. Stylistes, créateurs et artistes s'y côtoieront.


MUSIQUE * PARIS


- Le Divan du Monde - le 25 mai : Soirée rouge, Différents styles musicaux
se croiseront au cours de cette soirée : House, Hip Hop, Ragga, la seule
condition à remplir pour accéder à cette nuit thématique : porter du Rouge.
Le 26 mai : Soirée orientale. Le 30 mai : Senor Holmes (reggae acoustique).
Le 1er juin : Mamady Keita et son groupe Sewa Kan, Percussions. Le 1er juin
: Pure soul Funk Party. Le 2 juin : Moozaïk (Funk, acid-jazz, soul, dub,
down tempo, drum'n'bass...). Le 3 juin : L'Armada du zouk.

- A Vincennes (94), le 26 mai : Salif Keita.

- Au Glaz'art, le 25 mai : Tala, musique du monde, celtique, berbère et
orientales mêlées aux sonorités du jazz moderne, le 29 mai : Mr Salek - hip
hop soul français, le 30 mai : Inconegro - hip hop et acid jazz de la scène
américaine.

- Au Théâtre de la ville, du 26 au 28 mai : Susana Baca (Pérou). Elle est
l'héritière des esclaves africains. Collectage, enseignement,
interprétation, Susana s'emploie à réhabiliter et pérenniser ce patrimoine.
Elle que l'on nomme la "diva du Pérou noir" se situe au confluant de trois
cultures : africaine, andine et espagnole. Sa musique marie guitare
espagnole, polyrythmies africaines et instruments andins.

- Au Satellit Café, le 31 mai : Soirée africaine. Un voyage au cour de
l'Afrique avec de grands musiciens et la complicité de Pape Pathé Dieye.
Avec Lulendo, Diogal Sakho, Djely Moussa Conde, Geoffray Oryema, Wasis Diop.
En début de soirée un défilé de la collection été/automne 01 du créateur et
styliste Ivoirien Mamadou. www.satellit-cafe.com

- A Montreuil, le 26 mai : All-in-one Sound System - De l'eau à Wendou-Boki.
L'association Dental Bamtaré Toro organise une soirée reggae ragga au profit
du village Wendou-Boki du Sénégal. Avec DJ's Fata et Riko du Soul stéréo
International, le duo raggamuffin-reggae Saï Saï, le sound system Reality
International et le groupe reggae, ragga rap VIB du Sénégal. L'association
sénégalaise Dental Bamtaré Toro (Union pour le développement du Fouta Toro),
créée en 1987, consacre toutes ses énergies au développement de seize
villages de la communauté rurale de Guedé, située à 50 Km du fleuve Sénégal.
L'association est à l'origine d'un projet de forage d'un puit qui permettra
à la communauté de Wendou Boki d'avoir son propre point d'approvisionnement
en eau. dental.bamtare.toro@libertysurf.fr

- Tournée - Alioune K., le 27 Mai : Show case au Festival de Bordeaux (Scène
Fnac) à 17h, le 29 Mai : Bebe Antilles - Boulogne, le 2 Juin : Show case à
Fnac Avignon à 16h.

- A la Chapelle des Lombards, du 29 au 31 mai : Jean-Cristophe Maillard.
Rencontre entre le jazz et la musique traditionnelle Guadeloupe.

- Au Musée Dapper, les 29 et 31 mai, 20h30 : D'Gary (Madagascar).

- Les Transrythmiques - Les 3ème Rencontres africaines de percussions,
danses et musiques de fusion., du 30 mai au 05 juin. Au son du balafon et du
Guimbri, au rythme du djembé et la Derbuka, Penc-Mi vous invite à
re-découvrir, 5 jours durant, dans 5 lieux différents, le monde merveilleux
des percussions et des danses d'Afrique et de la Diaspora. Pour la
troisième édition de ce festival, Les Transrythmiques vous entraînent à une
traversée de Paris en Rythme, du Batofar au Divan du monde, en passant par
la Guinguette Pirate, la Flèche d'or et la Maroquinerie. Mercredi 30 Mai :
Mohamed Bangoura + Kady Diarra + Dj Awal. Au Batofar. Vendredi 1 juin :
Mamady Keïta & Sexa Kan, au Divan du Monde. Samedi 2 juin : Gaâda Diwane de
Béchar, à la Flèche d'or café. Dimanche 3 juin : Jo Kaïat à la Guinguette
Pirate.


MUSIQUE * REGIONS


- 13 - Au Balthazar, Marseille, Le 25 mai : Foxafunk - Funk, le 31 mai :
6PROSKRIM - hip-hop.

- 13 - Au Docks des Sud, Marseille, Le 2 juin : La nuit du Cap Vert.

- 16 - 26ème Festival Musiques Métisses, Angoulême, du 31 mai au 04 juin.
Théâtre - Hip Hop : le 31 mai : Accrorap & Quilombo. Mandingue : Du 1er juin
au 4 juin : Neba Solo (Mali), Momo Wandel (Guinée), Gangbe Brass Band
(Bénin), N'Dai N'Dai (Centrafrique), Tambours du BurundiI (Burundi), Lekgoa
(Afrique du Sud), Kwela Tebza (Afrique du Sud), Marranbenta Mabulu
(Mozambique), Turtle Shell Band (Belize), Don diego (France) . . . Scène
accoustique : Cordes du Monde : guitare, valiha, ngoni, kora . . . Du 1er
juin au 4 juin : Djelimady Tounkara (Mali), Ballaké Sissokho (Mali), D'Gary
(Madagascar), Rajery (Madagascar), Tao Ravao (France/Madagascar), Papa Noël
& Adan Pedroso (R.D. Congo & Cuba). . . Ile de Bourgines : Du 1er juin au 3
juin : Circus Baobab (Guinée). Grand Chapiteau : le 1er juin : Tambours de
Brazza(R.D. Congo), Positive black Soul (Sénégal), Cheb Mami et
invités(Algérie). Le 2 juin - afrique Centrale : Faadah Kawtal (Cameroun),
Pierre Akendengue (Gabon), Lagbadja (Nigéria). Le 3 juin - Afrique du Sud
: Phuzekhemesi & Itombi, Soul Brothers, Mahotella Queens & invités. Le 4
juin - Latino-caraïbes : Toto la Monposina (Colombie), Africando (Sénégal),
Kassav (Martinique/Guadeloupe). www.musiques-metisses.com

- 26 - La Cigale, Nyons, le 26 mai : Cry Freedom Family, ragga groove,
textes en créole, arabe et français, rythme afro, le 2 juin : Saramaya,
Burkina Faso, 4 percussionistes et une chanteuse.

- 33 - Les concerts de l'association Musiques de nuit, Bordeaux, le 29 mai :
Tremplin reggae pour la sélection de la 1ère partie du Bordeaux Reggae
Festival n°3.

- 45 - A L'Astrolabe, Orléans, le 25 mai : Gnawa Diffusion.

- 47 - Au Florida, Agen, le 1 juin : Gnawa Diffusion (ragga, gnawa).

- Tournée - Tempo Forte, les 25 et 26 mai : El Habana Café, Toulouse (31).

- Tournée - Césaria Evora, le 30 mai : Saint Etienne (42) Palais des
spectacles.

- Tournée - Boukakes, le 25 Mai : Perpignan (66), le 26 Mai : Vauvert (30),
le 2 Juin : Vauvert (30).

- Tournée - Les Lascars contre le sida, le 1 juin : Montluçon, le 2 juin :
Clermont-Ferrand.

- Tournée - Djoloff, le 25 mai : Toulon (83). Zénith, le 29 juin : Bagnolet
(93) L'Echangeur.

- Tournée - Les Wailers, le 20 mai : Cap d'Agde, le 25 mai : Vernouillet, la
Scène, le 31 mai : Clermont-Ferrand, La Coopérative de Mai.

- Tournée - Mama Sissoko, le 26 mai : Festival Senteurs Africaines, St Paul
les 3 Châteaux (26).

- Tournée - Wofa - percussions et danses de Guinée, le 26 mai : Soissons,
les 29 & 30 mai : Théâtre de St. Quentin en Yvelines.

- Tournée - Ye Lassina Coulibaly, le 3 juin : Gap, le 9 juin : Le Mans.

- Tournée - Cheb Mami, le 1 juin à Angouleme, Musiques Metisses, le 3 juin à
Moers (G), Fest Moers Music.

- Tournée - Ba Cissoko Trio, les 1, 2 et 3 juin : Festival Wurzburgh,
Allemagne, le 5 juin :la Maroquinerie, Paris.

- Tournée - Festival de l'eau, 2ème édition, le Burkina Faso, du 19 au 30
mai. Deuxième édition du Festival de l'eau "Rencontres entre musiques
traditionelles et électroniques sur le fleuve Mouhoun" Burkina Faso.
Evénement artistique culturel, le festival aspire à partager et faire
partager la richesse de toutes les formes d'art et de cultures par des
rencontres et des créations pluriculturelles et pluridisciplinaires conçues
le long des berges d'un fleuve et présentées au cours d'une tournée
internationale. La descente du Mouhon s'est déroulée entre le 13 janvier et
le 2 février 2000 réunissant un groupe d'artistes internationaux (4
continents représentés) dont la plupart utilisent les nouvelles
technologies, des artistes Burkinabés qui vivent dans les villages au bord
du fleuve. Le groupe d'artistes nomades auxquels se rajoutent les artistes
burkinabés rencontrés au bord du fleuve Mouhoun font une tournée en Europe.
Les 25, 26 et 27 mai : Résidence au 102, Grenoble. Les 29 et 30 mai : le
Cabaret sauvage, Paris 19. rens. 01 40 03 75 15. www.olats.org/festival-eau


MUSIQUE * MONDE


- Tournée USA - Beù Beù, le 24 mai : au Cornelia Street Cafe, New-York., le
25 mai : au Davis Center, New-York, en première partie du concert d'Hamiett
Bluett., le 31 mai : à la Knitting Factory, New York, dans le cadre du
Festival Vision.

- Allemagne - Africa Festival, Würzburg, du 01 au 04 juin. Le 13 ème
International Afro Music Festival réunira à Würzburg des grands noms de la
musique africaine ainsi que des artistes émergeants. Ce gros festival, qui a
déplacé plus de 100 000 personnes l'an passé proposera un marché artisanal,
de la restauration, des ateliers, un programme spécial enfants, des stages
libres, des expositions et de nombreux groupes de danse et musique de
plusieurs pays d'Afrique. Sont prévus Patrice, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Africando,
Guem, Daara-J, Sara Tavares, Nder & le Setsima Group, Lokua Kanza, Papa
Wemba, Mahotella Queens, Miriam Makeba et beaucoup d'autres.
www.africafestival.org


RAPPEL DES EXPOSITIONS PHOTO EN COURS


Paris :
- Les Dogons par les Dogons, Fnac Montparnasse, du 03 mai au 23 juin. La
découverte de la photographie par sept jeunes villageois dogons. Exposition
proposée par Antonin Potoski. Et du 3 mai au 9 juin : "Guinna Dogond",
photographies d'Agnès Pataux.


Régions :
- 14 - "Faso nord-sud", Honfleur, du 12 au 27 mai. Exposition des
photographies de Lionel Antoni au OFF des Chroniques Nomades de Honfleur 5e
festival de la photographie de voyage et d'aventure. Il présentera à cette
occasion son livre sur le Burkina-Faso "Faso nord-sud" coédité par Ebene
éditions et l'Harmattan.. ebene.edition@libertysurf.fr
- 29 - Faune et la flore de l'Afrique, Oasis-Galerie, Trémor, du 08 avril au
17 juin 2001. Tanzanie, Kenya, Namibie, Zimbabwe et de Afrique du sud.
photos de Gilles Petetin. webmaster@passions-africaines.com -
www.passions-africaines.com

Afrique
- Maroc - Ré Soupault, Galerie Al Manar, Casablanca, du 15 mai au 07 juin.
En collaboration avec l'Institut Goethe, Rabat, présentation au public
casablancais d'une exposition des travaux photographiques de Ré Soupault
(1902-1996). De superbes images réalisées par une photographe découverte
tardivement. Erna Meta Niemeyer, dite Ré Soupault, d'origine allemande,
passée par le Bauhaus, amie de Fernand Léger, de Man Ray, épouse de
Soupault, fixe l'ambiance du Paris de 1936, celui de "la Marseillaise" de
Jean Renoir, de la "Belle Equipe" et du "Jour se lève", de J. Duvivier ;
mais aussi celle du Tunis de l'époque coloniale, où Soupault a été envoyé
pour mettre sur pied une radio contrecarrant la propagande fasciste.
Villes-jardins, mondes secrets.


PLURIDISCIPLINAIRE * PARIS


- Afrique 2001 - art, littérature, musique dans les bibliothèques de la
ville de Paris, du 09 mai au 31 août. Avec cette semaine, Expositions,
jusqu'au 31 mai : Photo, "Impressions d'Afrique", annabel Olivier.
Bibliothèque Couronnes, 20e. "La région Haoussa", photographie de Patrick
Bottequin, jusqu'au 31 mai - Bibliothèque Glacière, 13e. Conte : le 31 mai
à 14h30, Je dis des livres : auteurs africains, lectures d'un chois de
textes d'auteurs africains. Bibliothèque Fessart, 19e.
parisbib@club-internet.fr

- Aulnay-sous-Bois - Festival Transit, Centre social Albatros,
Aulnay-sous-Bois, du 14 mai au 10 juin. Rencontre de deux projets et de deux
équipes pour deux villes mitoyennes et une population de 43 000 habitants,
où cinquante nationalités sont représentées. Des ateliers et des temps forts
visent à favoriser la créativité des habitants et à développer des liens
inter-communautaires et intergénérationnels. Sont également au programme des
moments festifs, musique, danse, théâtre, spectacles de cultures
traditionnelles comme de cultures urbaines.


PLURIDISCIPLINAIRE * REGION


- 13 - "La Mangrove" - festival des arts de la Caraïbe, du Pacifique et de
l'Océan Indien, Marseille, du 15 au 31 mai. Théâtre, danse contemporaine,
musique, cinéma, arts plastiques, photographie et littérature sont au
rendez-vous de cette manifestation.

- 13 - Nuit de l'Afrique, Théâtre Toursky, Marseille, le 02 mai. La nuit de
l'Afrique est devenue au fil du temps le point d'orgue de la rencontre entre
les communautés, les associations d'origine africaine et les marseillais.
L'occasion d'y retrouver le marché africain, la foire artisanale, la
gastronomie africaine, un spectacle pour enfants, des conférences, des
débats, du cinéma. De 14h à l'aube. Concert à 21h : The Queen of Henna
Setuna, chanteuse soudanaise. Dans la cadre du Festival Mai-diterranée du
théâtre Toursky.

- 26 - Les Senteurs africaines, Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, du 24 au 27 mai.
Les Senteurs africaines proposent de nombreuses animations autour du marché
africain : expositions "Le pays dogon", conférence "ce peuple qu'on dit si
mystérieux", théâtre "La Danse du chacal" par AGTB de Ouagadougou et "La
Danse du vautour" par la roupe Sô de Bamako, musique avec Mamadou Sanou, la
troupe Sô, Bendré de Ouagadougou, Saramaya de Bobo Dioulasso. Le 25 à 20h30,
Villa Kadji ; le 26 à 19h30, Mama sissoko ; Egalement une messe africaine le
27 à 10h30 à la cathédrale.

- 83 - Couleurs d'Afrique, Le Pradet, du 02 au 03 juin. L'OJC organise
durant deux journées une manifestation culturelle gratuite aux couleurs de
l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Autour du marché africain se succèderont du cinéma,
librairie, discothèque, du théâtre, des conteurs, de la musique, stages de
percussions, tournoi d'awale, conférences, expositions, pour aller à la
rencontre de l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Au programme, exposition "D'un continent
à l'autre" Roseline Gallibourt, du 22 mai au 10 juin, Galerie Cravero. Le
31 mai (18h ou 21h) : cinéma : "Circus Baobab" de Laurent Chevallier,
Tournée d'un cirque en Guinée. Le 1 juin (16h), théâtre "Un jour en Afrique"
Compagnie de l'Atelier. D'après un conte de Baise Cendars, Mis en scène de
Frédéric Badi, Jeune public. Exposition de photos "Les Dogon" (Hall de l'
Espace des Arts). Samedi 2 juin : Conte musical - Troupe Villa Kadji, des
musiciens, danseurs et conteurs pour un voyage dans la tradition et la
légende. Grand Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire. Conte musical, par Lamine Mbengue,
Griot, multi-instrumentistes, auteur, compositeur. Sénégal. Grande Soirée
africaine - Concert - Njaxas & Daouda Faye, chant et percussions africaines
(sabar, djembé, dum.). Sénégal. Kady Diarra et son groupe. 5 musiciens et
chanteurs pour un répertoire traditionnel et des créations originales aux
influences Bwaba. Bobo Dioulasso - Burkina Faso. Le 3 juin : Expo -
Diaporama et entretiens "Les Dogon". Mali. Conte, Lamine Mbengue. Sénégal.
Cinéma - "Keita l'héritage du Griot" de Dani Kouyate (Burkina Faso). Atelier
Djembé de l'OJC dirigé par Daouda et Maf Faye. Conte, Lamine Mbengue.
Sénégal. Ballet - Villa Kadji "Africadance". Côte d'Ivoire - 12 danseurs et
percussionnistes pour une chorégraphie évoquant la tradition (danse Tématé,
masques ou le Zaouly)et laissant une large part, à la création. Tremplin de
percussions (Rencontres.). Concert - Daouda Faye & Njaxas. (Fusion local +
Sénégal) Percussions (sabar, djembé, dum.) et chant. Invité : Lamine Mbengue
(Sénégal). Les bénéfices financeront la prise en charge du séjour organisé
durant l'été 2002 en Afrique de l'Ouest.

- Journées africaines, Centre André Malraux, Antony, du 24 au 26 mai. A
l'initiative de l'Association Camerounaise NDA BOT-Famille. Les journées
Africaines des Hauts de Seine à Antony : rencontres, débats (avec Calixthe
Beyala), culture, théâtre, musique, danse, soirée de gala... Le 25 mai : 14
h : Mendzang (danse folflorique Betis et balafons), 15 h : Table Ronde
"Place de la femme Africaine dans le monde moderne - Approche de ses
problèmes et de leur résolution, famille, couple, éducation des enfants,
travail, insertion sociale..." avec Mme Calixthe Beyala (écrivain, Grand
prix du Roman de l'Académie Française, Présidente, porte parole du Collectif
egalité) : Cocktail Offert-Dédicace des ouvrages de l'écrivain[Image]. Le
26 mai : Soirée de Gala. Au profit des enfants du Sud Cameroun : Réalisation
de la bibliothèque mobile rurale Diner dansant et spectacle. Menu Musical et
ambiance : Bikoutsi - Makossa - Assiko - Ben Skin - Jazz - Salsa - RN'B -
Zouk - Dombolo - Mapouka... plus animation des artistes invités (Utah
Bella...) Tombola. feboue@francenet.fr

- 93 - Centre culturel du Théâtre de l'Air nouveau, Pantin, du 2 mai au 29
juin : Exposition "Racines d'esclaves. Esclavage technologique", les ouvres
de Baala Samba, Guadeloupe. Le 26 mai : Théâtre "Les Enfants de la mémoire",
mise en scène : Luc Saint-Eloy, textes extraits des ouvres d'Aimé Césaire,
Léopold Sédar Senghor et des chansons de Eugène Mona. Le 3 juin : Ciné-club
"Sucre Amer", fiction historique de Christian Lara, guadeloupe, 97.
http://perso.club-internet.fr/theanou


PLURIDISCIPLINAIRE * MONDE


- USA - Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington. Du 7 janvier
2001 au 6 janvier 2002 : "Encounters with the Contemporary". Du 15 avril au
7 oct 01 : "Recent Acquisitions". Du 6 mai 01 au 6 janvier 02 : "Beautiful
bodies : Form and decoration of African Pottery". Programme des rencontres
musicales, débats, projections du Musée : www.si.edu/nmafa

- Belgique - KunstenFESTIVALdesArts, Bruxelles, du 04 au 26 mai. Deux
spectacles africains au programme : Boyzie Cekwana (chorégraphe sud
africain) et William Kentridge (metteur-en-scène sud-africain).
www.kunstenfestivaldesarts.be

- Allemagne - Programmation Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. Du 18 mai
au 29 juillet : The short century : independence and liberation movements in
Africa, 1945-1994. L'exposition présente une cinquantaine d'artistes
africains contemporains. Elle était précédemment présentée à la Stück Villa
de Munich. Le commissaire de l'exposition est Okwui Enwezor (Nigeria/New
York), qui dirigera la prochaine Documenta de Kassel, L'exposition,
considérée comme la plus importante organisée en Allemagne sur ce sujet, est
accompagnée de films, théâtre et musique. La programmation détaillée est
consultable sur les sites : www.hkw.de - www.theshortcentury.com

- Suisse - Afro-Pfingsten Festival, Winterthur, du 28 mai au 04 juin. Un
festival pluridisciplinaire - concerts, films, expos, ateliers, marché -
pour découvrir les créations artistiques africaines. Concerts : 31 mai :
"Legends of africa", Akendengue (Gabon), Sam Mangwana (Congo Kinshasa), Hugh
Masekela (Afrique du Sud). 1 juin : "Women's voices" : Fania (Senegal),
Chaba Fadela (Algerien), Sibongile Khumalo (South Africa). 2 juin : "African
Diamonds" : Awilo Longomba (Congo Kinshasa), Meiway (Côte d'Ivoire),
Africando (Senegal). 3 juin : "Welcome Home" : Ambos Mundos (Cuba), Tiharea
(Madagaskar), Osibisa (Ghana). 4 juin : "Touch the soul" : Saintrick & les
Tchielly (Congo/Senegal), Mamar Kassey (Niger), Lagbaja (Nigeria). Film
Festival : 23 - 30 Mai projections au cinéma "Loge 3" - "DôLè" d'Imunga
Ivanga. Théâtre - Danse : Yelemba (Ivory Coast). Et aussi des musiques de
rues, des lectures, bar tropical, marché artisanal... Le programme détaillé
sur : http://www.afro-pfingsten.ch


PLURIDISCIPLINAIRE * AFRIQUE


- Comores - Komor4 Festival, Alliance Franco-Comorienne, Moroni, du 24 au
27 mai. "Komor4 Festival" est une initiative de l'association Twamay, prévue
pour avoir lieu tous les quatre ans en terre océnano-indienne, dans
l'archipel des îles Comores. Avec trois missions par rapport à la notion de
comoriennité défendue par ses organisateurs. Renforcer les acquis culturels,
en emmenant les artistes du cru à redécouvrir le patrimoine dans une
perspective plus contemporaine. Promouvoir les expressions artistiques
engendrées par cette dynamique dans les différents pays, qui ont contribué à
construire historiquement à l'édification de la culture comorienne, de
Zanzibar au Portugal, en passant par le Yémen et la France ou l'Inde. Dans
l'autre sens, continuer le principe d'échange entre ces différentes contrées
et l'Archipel, en conviant des artistes actuels originaires de ces pays à se
produire aux Comores. Pour la première édition, le festival se veut plus
modeste. Seuls les artistes locaux y seront représentés. Au programme :
musique, théâtre, littérature, arts plastiques, débat d'idées, forum
culturel sur le web, animations dans les écoles, rencontre de professionnels
de la musique. Avec la participation entre autres du plasticien Modali, dont
l'exposition, conçue spécialement pour le festival, sera ensuite présentée
en France. Le Komor4 va se dérouler dans la capitale comorienne du jeudi 24
au dimanche 27 mai prochain, dans les locaux de l'Alliance Franco-Comorienne
de Moroni, partenaire de l'événement. C'est le premier événement du genre
sur l'Archipel, en proie à une crise séparatiste depuis trois ans, qui allie
pluridisciplinarité et esprit d'échange entre les différents acteurs de la
culture sur place. Africultures est partenaire du Komor4 Festival.
twamay@yahoo.fr

- Gabon - Manifestations au CCF St Exupéry de Libreville, du 15 au 26 mai :
exposition, "Les technologies traditionnelles". A l'occasion du séminaire
interdisciplinaire annuel du Laboratoire Universitaire de la Tradition Orale
(LUTO), qui se déroule à l'université Omar Bongo du 14 au 26 mai, une
exposition sur les technologies du Gabon (traditionnelles et alternatives)
est présentée au ccf. L'approche proposée vise à réaliser un recensement
multisectoriel de toutes les potentialités techniques léguées par les
cultures traditionnelles.


THEATRE * PARIS


- "1962" de Mohamed Kacimi, Théâtre du Soleil, du 04 mai au 03 juin. 1962 de
Mohamed Kacimi. Mise en scène Valérie Grail. Une création de la compagnie
Théâtre Italique. Avec Jean-Benoît Terral, Valérie Grail. Chaque
représentation se prolongera dans l'accueil du théâtre au Café de Tipasa, un
cabaret des années 60 entre Marseille et Alger, pour goûter aux saveurs, à
la poésie, et aux musiques de la Méditerranée. Parmi les invités : Teppaz,
Nadia Lakaf, Albaycin, Adama, Beidja Rahal, Ferhat. cie-italique@wanadoo.fr

- "Le Costume", Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, du 28 mars au 26 mai. De
Mothobi Mutloatse, adapté par Barney Simon - Adaptation française :
Marie-Hélène Estienne - Mise en Scène : Peter Brook - Avec : Marianne
Jean-Baptiste, Sotiguui Kouyaté, Marco Prince, Bakary Sangaré. Il y a
longtemps, à l'ouest de Johannesburg, il y avait une ville, une ville
merveilleuse qui s'appelait Sophiatown. Elle n'était pas jolie, elle n'était
pas rose bonbon. - cf la critique d'Africultures sur
www.africultures.com/Articles/pdf/26_91_92.pdf

- "Rue des petites daurades" de Fellag, Théâtre international de langues
françaises, le 25 mai. Printemps-Algérie au Théâtre international de langue
française. Lecture du premier roman de Fellag. Avec Fellag et Hugues
Massignat. Fellag a vécu à différents périodes dans plusieurs quartiers
populaires de Paris. Il y a rencontré des êtres magnifiques. Dans leur
retenue comme dans leur excès. "Rue des petites daurades" est leur histoire.
A 20h30.

- "Le Tiers restant" de Mohamed Zaoui, Théâtre des Songes, du 11 mai au 02
juin. Mise en scène de Laurence Labrouche. Avec : Reda Atmani, Abed Fralhia,
Christophe Salles, Didier Tanguy et Anne Touati. Et les musiciens : Farid
Belkadi (chant et bendir) et Tahar Hani (chant, luth et conception de la
trame musicale de la pièce)/ Une pièce qui raconte le drame algérien à
travers l'histoire de Tayeb "l'errant".

- "Fatma" de M'hamed Benguettaf, Théâtre des 3 bornes, du 08 au 31 mai. Mise
en scène par Didier Moine, avec Salima Kheloufi. www.planet-dz.com/


THEATRE * AFRIQUE


- Côte d'Ivoire - 2ème festival International de Marionnettes pour enfants,
Abidjan, du 14 au 27 mai.


TELEVISION


Vous trouverez, dans le plus grand détail, toutes les émissions concernant l
'Afrique programmées à la télé au jour le jour sur :
www.africultures.com/actualite/television/page_tele.htm


- Le 27 sur Muzzik à 21h : Chants de Femme - Le Mali : Oumou Sangaré.
Tradition mandingue avec Oumou Sangaré, Alima toué, Brehima Diakité, Kamel
N'Goni.



RADIO


L'Afrique à la radio : www.africultures.com/actualite/radio/radio.htm



2)- LES MURMURES DE LA SEMAINE


Les sorties, les rumeurs, les prix, les informations etc.
Pour ne pas surcharger la lettre nous ne donnons pas le détail de l'
information. Vous le trouvez sur :
www.africultures.com/actualite/murmures/lettre_diff.asp


APPELS A CONTRIBUTION


- Fieldwork in Africa : The West African Research Association (WARA).
organise un séminaire interdisciplinaire "Fieldwork in Africa" à Dakar,
Sénégal, les 12 et 15 juin 2002. assist@ucad.sn

- Conférence Littératures africaines : International Conference on African
Literatures. Theme: Versions and subversions. Hosted by the Department of
African Studies. Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany - 1-4 may, 2002.
versions@web.de

- Colloque à Tunis en avril 2002 : Le Sacré et le profane.
http://www.limag.com/Nouveau/Colloques/TunisSacre2002.htm - Source et info :
limag

- Prix Hafkin pour l'usage des TIC : Prix Transparency International
Integrity. L'Association pour la communication progressiste lance un appel
aux candidatures pour les nominations du Prix Hafkin, qui encourage et
reconnaît des exemples exceptionnels d'initiatives africaines pour le
développement en technologies de l'information et de la communication. Date
limite : 31 mai 2001 - info : rap21@wan.asso.fr


ARTS PLASTIQUE


- Galerie associative Anissa à Marseille : Naissance de la Galerie
associative Anissa à Marseille. Créée à l'initiative de Fethy Bourayou c'est
un lieu qui sera dédié à la création contemporaine méditerranéenne.
L'association "Bled culture" qui va gérer le lieu, rassemble, pour le
moment, des artistes algériens dont Denis Martinez, Rachid Nacib, Kamel
Yahiaoui, Kheira Slimani, Karim Sergoua, Belkhourissat Abdeka, Adlane
d'Oran, Chabane Sid Ahmed, Nadia Spahis, Nadia Benbouta, Mokrani Abdelouab,
Slimane Ould Mouhand, Ouadahi Driss, Kamar Idir, Oulab Yazaid, Sedjal
Mustapha et Tarek Mesli. Une exposition des oeuvres de ces artistes est
actuellement en préparation. L'ouverture officielle de la galerie aura lieu
le 22 juin. "El fen Khredj mil El aâfen" : Tel est le credo de la toute
jeune association Bled Culture que vous pouvez contacter au 04 91 50 11 78.


CINEMA


News :

- Cannes : La réalisatrice martiniquaise Euzhan Palcy (Rue Cases nègres,
Siméon, Une saison blanche et sèche) a reçu le prix "Sojourner Truth Award"
le 18 mai décerné par lahitz.com-tv au pavillon sud-africain du festival de
Cannes.

- Cannes : Le film "Fatma" du Tunisien Khaled Ghorbal, a reçu le prix de la
confédération internationale des cinémas d'art et d'essai qui récompense un
long métrage présenté à la Quinzaine des réalisateurs.

- Prix Djibril Diop Mambety : Ce prix institué l'année dernière à
l'initiative des festival Racines noires et Black Movie pour distinguer les
courts métrages dotés d'originalité, d'insolence, de non-conformisme et
d'audace formelle. Le lauréat 2001 est Mohamed Camara pour "Balafola" :
Balla, jeune joueur de balafon, découvre que son beau-père lui a volé son
héritage. A sa façon, très particulière, l'ancêtre du village va arbitrer le
litige.

- Afrique du Sud : Lancement du Club du Film Africain. Film Resource Unit en
collaboration avec MTN Art Institute a lancé une initiative d'un club de
film africain. Ce club, African Film Club, projettera des films et animera
des discussions sur ces derniers. Le thème central du Club du Film Africain
reposera cette année sur la xénophobie. Le court métrage de Zola Maseko The
Foreigner servira d'appui au club et permettra non seulement de lancer le
débat sur les questions de la xénophobie mais permettra par ailleurs de
démontrer comment un club du film idéal fonctionne. screenings@fru.co.za

- Production en Côte d'Ivoire : Créée à Abidjan , Côte d'Ivoire en 1985,
Dialogue Production est une société SARL. De 1985 à 2000, plus de 300 spots
TV (Coca-Cola, Fanta, Omo, Western Union, Ivoiris, Yoplait, Pedigree Pal,
Axa, Peugeot, Bic etc), plus de 100 films institutionnels, plusieurs
téléfilms et documentaires, une série enfantine, (26X7') en 1996 Grand
masque et les Junglos, et des sujets d'actualité (diffusés en Europe) ont
été produits. A la fin de l'année 2000, Dialogue Production a signé un
contrat avec NEI (Groupe Hachette) pour l'adaptation des romans à l'eau de
rose de la collection ADORAS des "Harlequins Africains" à la télévision.
Tourné à Abidjan et dans l'ancienne capitale ivoirienne de Grand Bassam
Cache Cache d'Amour est le premier de la série intitulé Le Pari de l'Amour.
Le prochain film se déroulera entre Abidjan, Dakar et Paris. Le troisième
film sera intitulé Nuit Fatale (Brazzaville -Pretoria). Cache Cache d'Amour
a été sélectionné pour le Fespaco, le Festival de Milan et de Montréal. Par
ailleurs, le film a été diffusé deux fois à la télévision ivoirienne et est
programmé sur la télévision du Sénégal, Mali et Burkina Faso.
info@dialprod.com - dialprod@globeaccess.net

- Festival Sud Africain du film documentaire : Le Festival Sud Africain
International du film Documentaire se tiendra du 21 au 31 juillet au Cap et
du 3 au 9 août à Johannesburg. Lancé en partenariat avec Pro Helvetia
(Maison de l'Art de Suisse), Rencontre1 (Encounters1) du Festival du
Documentaire a projeté en 1999 des films de trois cinéastes suisses et un
large nombre de films sud africains. Lors de l'édition 2000, Encounters 2 a
impliqué les Pays Bas, Holland Film et le British Council. Par ailleurs, etv
a commissionné 3 des films issus des huit candidats du Laboratoire du Film
Documentaire Rencontre. Pour l'année 2001, Perret et Bussman ont proposé de
collaborer avec le Festival International du Documentaire de Suisse,
Visions du Réel. A cet effet, cinq films sud africains ont participé au
Visions du Réel 2001 qui s'est tenu en suisse du 23 au 29 avril 2001. Il est
à noter que c'est la première fois qu'un si grand nombre de films sud
africains participent à un festival international. Il y avait : JG Strijdom
Is Very, Very Dead de Pule Diphare ; The Fight de Eddie Edwards, Lady Was A
Mashoza de Nokuthula Mazibuko, Guguletu Seven de Lindy Wilsonand et My
African Mother de Catherine Winter. molly@bigworld.co.za -
www.bigworld.co.za/encounters

- Festival International du Film d'Amiens : La 21ème édition du festival se
tiendra du 9 au 18 novembre 2001. En compétition officielle 12 long-métrages
et 12 court-métrages, dont le grand Prix se verra récompensé d'une bourse de
50 000 F. Une compétition documentaire pour le Prix Planète est également
prévue. Le Fonds d'aide aux développement du scénario attribue 4 bourses de
50 000 F par un jury international de professionnels.
thierry.lenouvel@libertysurf.fr


Sorties :

- le 26 juin : "Karmen Geï" (Joseph Gaye Ramaka, Sénégal, cf critique dans
Africultures 39 et compte-rendu et interview dans le compte-rendu sur Cannes
2001 sur notre site)

- le 4 juillet : "Hijack Stories" (Oliver Schmitz, Afrique du Sud, cf
critique et interview dans le compte-rendu de Cannes 2001)

- le 11 juillet : "A Room to Rent" (Khalid Al-Haggar, Egypte, cf critique
dans le compte-rendu du Fespaco 2001)

- le 29 août : "Mama Aloko" (Jean Odoutan, Bénin, cf interview bientôt
publié sur notre site). Jean Odoutan annonce par ailleurs la sortie de son
quatrième long-métrage, La Valse des gros derrières, pour mars 2002
(www.45rdlc.com)


HISTOIRE / SOCIETE


- Conférence : Sixième conférence internationale Metropolis. Rooterdam,
26-30 novembre 2001. Le programme Metropolis offre aux décideurs des
gouvernements, aux chercheurs et aux agents non gouvernementaux des
occasions de débattre des moyens d'améliorer les politiques et les
programmes relatifs aux migrations, ainsi que de leurs répercussions dans
les villes et sur la diversité culturelle. Info et inscription à la
conférence sur le site de Metropolis : www.international.metropolis.net .
Source : www.adri.fr

- Manifeste : Manifeste pour la paix et la non-violence en Côte d'Ivoire. Un
Manifeste, qui s'inscrit dans le Mouvement mondial pour la culture de la
paix et de la non-violence, est à signer et à diffuser. Vous pouvez devenir
"Messager du Manifeste UNESCO" : en obtenant plus de 100 signatures pour le
Manifeste, vous recevrez un certificat officiel par e-mail.
http://www.cmda.ci/paix/index.asp


INTERNET


- Les passerelles du développement : un CD-Rom pour l'appropriation des
nouvelles technologies de l'information et de la communication. Ce CD-Rom,
produit par les acteurs de la société civile, réalisé par le réseau Anais,
s'inscrit dans la dynamique de la Rencontre Internationale de Bamako 2000 de
février. Il a pour vocation d'aider les acteurs du développement à
s'approprier les technologies de l'information et de la communication pour
créer leurs propres usages. Il présente 150 applications des technologies de
l'information et de la communication au service du développement, 250
articles, études et documents de référence, 100 associations, réseaux,
bailleurs de fonds et organismes de coordination, des méthodologies, une
logithèque, un lexique et une boîte à liens. Un produit du réseau Anais et
de La Fondation du Devenir. www.anais.org


LITTERATURE / EDITION


News :

- Magazine féminin : "BB de Paris" un nouveau magazine jeune et féminin de
l'univers ethnique. BB de Paris se positionne comme le premier magazine
féminin francophone qui s'adresse aux jeunes femmes "Black.Beur" de 15-30
ans qui revendiquent leur modernité tout en respectant leurs traditions.
Magazine de mode, beauté et santé, il traite aussi des préoccupations de ces
jeunes femmes qui souhaitent affirmer leur singularité tout en s'intégrant
dans nos sociétés modernes. Déjà disponible à la vente en France, au Maroc,
à la Réunion, il arrivera début Juin aux Antilles et partout en Afrique
avant la mi-Juin : au Sénégal, en Côte d'ivoire, au Cameroun, au Gabon avec
un prix de vente de 800 F CFA.

- Nawa El Saadawi : Peu après son passage à Paris, l'écrivaine égyptienne et
défenseuse des droits humains Nawa El Saadawi est devenue, début mai, la
cible d'une campagne acharnée des fondamentalistes. Après avoir accordé un
interview à un hebdomadaire de son pays, le Mufti d'Egypte Fareed Wasel a
déclaré qu'elle s'était "égarée" en s'éloignant des textes sacrés de
l'Islam. Un avocat islamiste a alors entamé, auprès du procureur général,
des poursuites avec la charge d'apostasie et a demandé qu'elle soit séparée
de son mari, par une procédure appelée Hizba. Une campagne de solidarité
s'organise pour demander l'arrêt de cette cabale. Les pétitions sont
envoyées au ministre égyptien de la Justice Mr. Farouk Saif Al Nasr et à
chaque ambassades d'Egypte. Le juge n'a finalement pas retenu de charges
contre elle, déclarant qu'il n'y avais rien rien dans ses articles qui les
justifie. Pour en savoir plus : jcaputi@fau.edu - Source: les Pénélopes -
http://www.penelopes.org


Parutions :

- TaXi : South African art on the move. TaXi est une série de publication
consacrée à l'art sud-africain. Le deuxième numéro porte sur Samson
Mudzunga. Editor Brenda Atkinson - Texts by Kathy Coates and Stephen Hobbs,
80 pages black and white, English/French/Dutch Maud@ifas.org.za -
mickael@ifas.org.za

- "Algérie coloniale. La raison ou l'Etat", Paul Marcus, Atlantica
Editions, mai 01, 148 p., 75 F. A l'heure où les faits qui se sont déroulés
pendant la guerre d'Algérie alimentent l'actualité française, Paul Marcus
présente cette confrontation entre politiques et intellectuels face à ce que
l'on nommait alors les "événements".

- "De briques et de jazz - Le jazz à Toulouse de 1936 à nos jours", Charles
Schaettel, Atlantica Editions, mai 01, 176 p., 190 F. Swing, be-bop, hard
bop and free jazz sur les quais de la Garonne.

- "Langues, xénophobie, xénophilie dans une Europe multiculturelle", sous la
direction de Geneviève Zarate, Centre de documentation pédagogique de
Basse-Normandie, 2001, 219 p. Le parti pris de cet ouvrage est d'examiner,
dans le cadre de la diffusion de l'enseignement ou de l'apprentissage des
langues, les relations qu'entretiennent la xénophilie et la xénophobie. Il
offre ainsi un état des lieux dans nombre de pays européen, mais aussi une
grille de lecture historique et sociale de la complexité des relations qui
se nouent entre identités régionales, nationale et européennes et de la
diversité des situations linguistiques qui résultent des contextes bilingues
ou plurilingues.

- "Une enfance Outre-mer", textes recueillis par Leïla Sebbar, Ed. du Seuil,
Point Virgule, mai 01. Ils sont nés outre-mer, dans ce qui s'appelait
autrefois "les colonies". Venus des cinq continents, ils partagent une même
langue : le français. Seize écrivains nous livrent une nouvelle inédite et
racontent un souvenir, une enfance, un paysage aux couleurs outre-mer. Une
anthologie rassemblant des textes de Hélé Béji (Tunisie), Maïssa Bey
(Algérie), Roland Brival (Martinique), Guy Cabort-Masson (Martinique), Aziz
Chouaki (Algérie), Emmanuel Dongola (Congo), Kossi Efoui (Togo), Patrick
Erouart-Siad (Djibouti).


Publications :

- "Hommes & Migrations", n°1231, mai-juin 2001, Mélanges culturels, 148 p.,
70 F. Comment les jeunes des quartiers, souvent issus de l'immigration,
investissent-ils le champ culturel ? Comment la culture et ses pratiques
participent-elles à la construction identitaire de ces jeunes ? Plusieurs
articles réunis juxtaposent les regards sur quelques disciplines et tentent
de montrer comment évolue la diversité culturelle de ce pays. Egalement au
sommaire un débat : "Pour une histoire critique de la colonisation. Pour un
travail de mémoire". www.adri.fr/hm

- "Discriminations : une nouvelle approche de l'immigration ?" , Savoirs et
formation, n° 51, mars 2001, 40 p. En mars 2000 eut lieu un colloque
européen sur les discriminations, où intervint le directeur du service
Emploi-formation du Fas, Nourredine Boubaker. Son intervention est ici
reprise, étoffée et développée par ses soins pour donner une idée de la
reconnaissance de cette question par la puissance publique. D'autres
articles composent le sommaire. On signalera particulièrement la synthèse de
la recherche-action Discrim, un programme de l'Association pour
l'enseignement et la formation des travailleurs immigrés et de leurs
familles (Aefti) touchant au traitement des discriminations. 16, rue de
Valmy, 93100 Montreuil Tél. : 01 42 87 02 20

- "Discrimination raciale, réflexion faite". Cet outil d'animation
collective est un support interactif de sensibilisation et de formation à la
question de la discrimination, au service des acteurs de terrain. Il permet
une animation-débat à partir de saynètes filmées, projetées sur grand écran,
écrites sur la base de témoignages de cadres d'entreprises et de personnes
en recherche d'emploi. Olympio, 29, rue Lapostol, 92150 Suresnes Tél. : 01
45 06 12 08 - Fax : 01 42 04 01 80 - olympio@easynet.fr


MUSIQUE


News :


- Lulendo : Lulendo est finaliste au concours Musiques du Monde de RFI
(Radio France International). Pour la deuxième fois (déjà finaliste en
1995), l'artiste angolais Lulendo se trouve finaliste de ce concours. Son
album "A qui profite le crime ?" est sorti chez Nola Musique / Buda Musique
/Mélodie le 23 avril 2001.

- Prix RFI Musiques du Monde : Macase, jeune groupe camerounais, est lauréat
du Prix RFI Musiques du Monde. Macase se produira à Madagascar le 17 juin
2001 au Palais de la Culture et des Sports de Tananarive et le 6 novembre à
Paris au Bataclan (concert privé) dans le cadre des concerts RFI Musiques du
Monde 2001. Fondé en 1996, Macase est constitué de sept jeunes camerounais
qui s'expriment en valorisant la diversité du patrimoine culturel de leur
pays : Corry Denguemo, Blick Bassy, et Henry G.Okala (Chant), Roddy M. Ekoa
(Batterie), Ruben Binam (Claviers), Serge Maboma (Basse) et Roger Dubois
(Guitares). Macase avait déjà été récompensé par deux fois dans son pays en
remportant le titre révélation 1999 au Cameroon Awards et en étant désigné
meilleur groupe camerounais par la télévision camerounaise CRTV, en 1999.


Sorties :

- Tyoussi Mad : Sortie de l'album "Live in Paris" de Tyoussi Mad, Oriental
Groove. Le raï de Tyoussi mêle la tradition ancestrale marocaine, la sagesse
populaire du chaâbi, la chanson à texte des citadins du Maghreb, et la
rythmique entraînante des berbères du Moyen-Atlas. Sunset France, Mélodie
distribution.

- MC'S Tape vol. 1 : "MC'S Tape" est une mix tape qui réunit plusieurs
rappeurs de Montreuil (93100), 15 morceaux inédits dont 2 en wolof. Reflet
Prod, distribution : www.mix-tape.com

THEATRE


- Burkina Faso : Afro-Comédie organise la première édition des Ateliers
Francophones Ouagalais pour le développement du jeu d'acteurs du 12 au 22
juin. Les Ateliers Francophones Ouagalais se propose de créer un cadre
annuel de rencontres à Ouagadougou de metteurs en scène et de comédiens en
vue de former des semi-professionnels venus de plusieurs pays de l'Afrique
de l'Ouest. Chaque édition d'Afro-Comédie rend hommage à un illustre
comédien africain à qui un trophée sera remis. Cette première est dédiée à
Sotigui Kouyaté. Au delà de la formation, Afro-comédie souhaite mettre en
place un cadre permanent d'échanges et de suivis, de tisser un réseau et
ainsi de professionnaliser les comédiens, le théâtre et le cinéma africain.
A cet effet, la création d'un site internet est prévu à la suite de cette
première rencontre ; il devrait offrir un registre des comédiens, permettre
le contact entre comédiens et tout professionnel des arts du spectacle,
diffusé un bulletin trimestriel informatif sur les activités des ateliers.
Le projet Afro-comédie est initié par Jovial' productions, une société de
productions audiovisuelles créée en 99 à Ouagadougou par de jeunes artistes,
acteurs, scénaristes et réalisateurs. dglez@liptinfor.bf


5) LE SITE AFRICULTURES DE LA SEMAINE


Un site consacré à l'architecture en Afrique : Africa-Architect.com est le
premier site web spécialisé dans le domaine de l'architecture du continent
africain. Il est une source d'informations sur les différentes
manifestations, activités et news sur le domaine architectural sur le
continent africain. Africa-architect diffuse également les informations
officielles de l'UAA : Union des Architectes d'Afrique. Africa-Architect.com
permet de faciliter le travail des architectes et de toute l'équipe des
concepteurs, en effet la base de données Africa-search contient les
informations relatives aux différentes intervenantes classés par secteur
d'activités et par pays. www.africa-architect.com


6 ) AFRICULTURES N° 39 : Photograph(i)es d'Afrique

Un dossier coordonné par Erika Nimis en partenariat avec les Aubenades de la
Photographie 2001.

Photographes ambulants et de studios, reporters et photographes d'art
contemporains : l'état des lieux largement illustré de la photographie en
Afrique devient plaidoyer pour un regard endogène.

Introduction
par Erika Nimis

Lomé : le blues des photographes ambulants
par Guy Hersant

Photographes de presse au Bénin
par Monique Phoba

Nigeria : le géant de la photographie
par Erika Nimis

La Galerie Chab à Bamako : une nouvelle antenne pour la mouvance photo
Entretien avec Chab Touré
Propos recueillis par Alexandre Mensah

Les ateliers sténopé d'Oscura au Mali
par Elisabeth Towns

Le studio photographique comme laboratoire d'expérimentation sociale
par Jean-François Werner

Koudou, le faux-tographe
par Ananias Leki, photographe ivoirien

Pour changer quelque chose, il faut être installé dans quelque chose
Entretien avec Simon Njami
Propos recueillis par Héric Libong

Je suis obligé d'être touche-à-tout
Entretien avec Erick Ahounou, photographe béninois
propos recueillis par Olivier Barlet

Rebonds

La photographie noire, un non-genre ?
le cas africain-américain
Christine Tully-Sitchet

Cahier

Musique
Une musique thérapeutique
entretien avec Toups Bebey
propos recueillis par Samy Nja Kwa

Le Disque du mois : El Hadj N'diaye

Nouveautés du disque

Théâtre

Toujours ce duel entre les forts et les faibles !
Entretien avec Nono Bakwa
propos recueillis à Kinshasa par Marie-Louise Mumbu Bibish

Théâtre, créolité et francophonie
Entretien avec José Pliya
Propos recueillis par Sylvie Chalaye

Théâtre et fraternité au Togo : un festival d'avenir
Daniel Komla Ayida, directeur du festival
Propos recueillis par Sylvie Chalaye

Cinéma

Karmen Geï
Alexandre Mensah

Arts plastiques

Centrafrique, drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre.
Virginie Andriamirado

Littérature / edition

Du droit de perdre l'espoir
Entretien avec Wole Soyinka
propos recueillis par Boniface Mongo-Mboussa et Tanella Boni. traduction :
Allyson McKay et Alexandre Mensah

La Folie et la mort, de Ken Bugul
Taina Tervonen

Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges de Mélesville et Roger de Beauvoir
Présentation et étude de Sylvie Chalaye
Alexandre Mensah

Correspondance

Du courage d'être burkinabè
De Ouagadougou, Jacques Guégané

Mort tragique de Moses Molelekwa, l'étoile montante du jazz sud-africain
De Johannesburg, Anne Khady Sé

Forum internet : échanges en liberté


AFRICULTURES juin 2001
Editions L'Harmattan, Paris, 128 pages, 60 FF
Et sur www.africultures.com
ISBN 2-7475-0817-X


7) PETITES ANNONCES GRATUITES


Pour répondre à la demande et élargir les contacts possibles, nous
développons l'ESPACE INTERACTIF sur le site. Les petites annonces
correspondent maintenant à l'espace "PROPOSER" dans la nouvelle page
d'accueil du site. Elles seront bientôt complétées par un espace
"RECHERCHER" où les réponses selon lisibles pour que tout le monde en
profite (renseignements, contacts, bons plans) et par un espace "PRESENTER"
où les associations et projets culturels, de solidarité, de jumelage etc
pourront s'auto-présenter et lier des contacts. Les forums correspondent à
l'espace "DISCUTER".
www.africultures.com/pratique/annonces/annonces_fr.htm

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8) ABONNEMENTS A AFRICULTURES

Africultures est une revue largement illustrée de 128 pages par mois
diffusée au prix de 60 FF (9,15 Euros) en librairies par les éditions
l'Harmattan (10 numéros par an, ne paraît pas en juillet-août).
La frilosité des libraires pour l'Afrique, pour les revues en général et
pour une revue mensuelle en particulier font que Africultures reste
difficile à trouver en librairie. Par contre elle peut être commandée
partout, y compris sur les librairies sur internet.
L'abonnement reste la meilleure solution : 400 F France, 500 F étranger, 600
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Pour pallier aux faiblesses de la diffusion et mieux toucher nos lecteurs à
l'étranger, NOUS PUBLIONS TOUTE LA REVUE SUR INTERNET : l'abonnement est de
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imprimables. Des moteurs de recherche efficaces par thèmes et par auteur
permettent de considérer la revue comme une référence, une véritable
encyclopédie documentaire et critique des expressions culturelles africaines
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les cahiers critiques jusqu'à septembre 2000 y sont publiés en PDF, ce qui
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Acrobate Reader, qui restaure la mise en page exacte de la revue.
Comme c'est un peu lourd, notamment pour les faibles bandes passantes
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Outcome Measurement in Nonprofit Organizations: Current Practices and Recommendations

2001-05-28

http://www.independentsector.org/programs/research/outcomes.pdf.

Faced with changing economic conditions and more competition, nonprofit organizations are increasingly being pressed to measure and report their outcomes to funders and other constituents. At the same time, service organizations are becoming aware of the need to create feedback loops involving constituents as a way of improving their services. How nonprofits measure the impact of their work is the subject of "Outcome Measurement in Nonprofit Organizations: Current Practices and Recommendations," a new report from Independent Sector and the Urban Institute.

Restructuring and Resistance - Diverse Voices of Struggle in Western Europe

2001-05-28

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/books/1190

Restructuring and Resistance charts some of the rapid changes in social, political and economic relations which have been occurring in western European society, and the new conflicts which are emerging at the heart of these changes. The particular focus is the last twenty years of the European Unification process. The book is the voices of many different people directly involved in diverse grassroots struggles and processes of social change from across (mainly) western Europe. 77 chapters from 15 countries chart the breakdown in social consensus which has marked western Europe in the post Second World War years, and the emergence of new challenges to the current social order which this breakdown is giving rise to. Analyses of restructuring processes and accounts of resistance are intertwined with each other, showing that they are inseparable from each other. As well as having a wide diversity of stories, the book is also illustrated, with a wide range of cartoons, photos, and propaganda materials.
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NEW BOOK:

Restructuring and Resistance - Diverse Voices of Struggle in Western Europe

Summary of book:

Restructuring and Resistance charts some of the rapid changes in social, political and economic relations which have been occurring in western European society, and the new conflicts which are emerging at the heart of these changes. The particular focus is the last twenty years of the European Unification process. The book is the voices of many different people directly involved in diverse grassroots struggles and processes of social change from across (mainly) western Europe. 77 chapters from 15 countries chart the breakdown in social consensus which has marked western Europe in the post Second World War years, and the emergence of new challenges to the current social order which this breakdown is giving rise to. Analyses of restructuring processes and accounts of resistance are intertwined with each other, showing that they are inseparable from each other. As well as having a wide diversity of stories, the book is also illustrated, with a wide range of cartoons, photos, and !
propaganda materials.

Context of book:

In the last twenty years, the processes of European integration and globalisation have accelerated dramatically, creating a European landscape which was completely unimaginable a short time ago. As well as the Single Currency being well on its way and a large expansion to the East, there is even a new military force being developed, the European Rapid Reaction Force. We are well on the road to a superpower Europe. All these processes have provoked very major changes at all levels of society, from farming, to transport, immigration, to electoral politics.Despite the rosy image of international friendship and cooperation, and inevitability that most main line media paints these processes in, these processes are in fact deeply contested. Many new and exciting forms of political resistance are emerging. These are increasingly based in direct action, autonomy, and internationalism. The last few years have shown an exciting convergence of different people in different struggles and !
different places, coming together to reject the directions in which European societies are currently moving. In addition to this, all the major international financial institutions, such as the World Trade Organisation, International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, are facing unprecedented protests, and a major crisis of legitimacy. Capitalism itself, as a social system, is being fundamentally called into question once again. These changes are opening up exciting new possibilities for radical change, both within the area of the European Union, and more generally at a global level.

Specific themes of book:

The main themes discussed in the book are:

- An overview of the historical development of the European Union, up until its current phase involving the Single Currency and expansion to the east. The focus is on changing social relations, rather than on institutions, and on the European Union as the prime expression of capitalist development in Europe.

- In recent years the broad social consensus which western European political systems have been based on is breaking down, and this is resulting in two distinct strands of resistance-internationalist, emancipatory strategies on the one hand, and on the other a resurgence of far right politics, at all different levels, from racist street violence, to electoral successes. This poses a stark challenge for people to take an active role in collectively shaping their futures, rather than adopting a passive approach, which is likely to lead to very authoritarian and ugly scenarios.

- The contradiction between the idea of free movement of goods within the EU, and the efforts to create suitable infrastructure for this (transport networks, communication networks etc), and the heavily restricted movement for people, in relation to immigration cotnrols and Fortress Europe. Both these areas have provoked some very important and dynamic new forms of struggle in recent years.

- The destruction of the countryside and peasant based agriculture, and the parallel rapid urbanisation processes, sparked by European agricultural policy, which is taking place in a global context shaped by the WTO.

- Work and privatisation struggles-ranging from factory work, to domestic work, to homework, educational work, and other areas of service provision. Emphasis on autonomous workers's struggles, and the crisis of trade unionism.

- Case studies of periphery Europe-Spain and Ireland.

- EU expansion to the east and the effects on border controls and agriculture.

- Ecological conflicts provoked by the current model of development which is at the heart of European integration.

- The changing role of nation states-from welfare to repression. By exploring the changes affecting different aspects of state behaviour, this section attacks the myth of many "antiglobalisation" activists that globalisation is weakening nation states. Nation states are in effect becoming a globally coordinated police force to protect the global economy and those interests which benefit from it. Restructuring of the main international military body, NATO, is increasingly laying the groundwork for a global military police force.

- Recent efforts at globalising resistance, and protesting major international organisations, such as the World Bank, World Trade Organisation and the World Economic Forum, which have thrown these institutions into an unprecedented crisis of legitimacy, and opened up very important new spaces from which to challenge the domination of capital over people and the environment.

- Possible convergence processes between different struggles, exploring reasons why radical movements often reproduce power structures they are criticising (particularly around gender and race), and exploring the continued relevance of revolution and autonomy as processes for radical social change in western Europe. What prospects are the rapidly intensifying processes of international communication and coordination, which have been developing in recent resistance efforts, able to offer in terms of creating emancipatory social alternatives which go beyond the nation state?

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Fighting takes its toll in Liberia

2001-05-28

http://allafrica.com/stories/200105240233.html

Children fleeing fighting in Liberia's Lofa County and separated from their families are vulnerable to attacks by rebel and government forces while girls and women are being raped, Save the Children UK reported on Wednesday.
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Children fleeing fighting in Liberia's Lofa County and separated from their families are vulnerable to attacks by rebel and government forces while girls and women are being raped, Save the Children UK reported on Wednesday.

Responding to the situation, the NGO has staff monitoring numbers and details of separated families at the points of reception. "We have also had child protection teams on the ground to assist with children who have been separated," it reported.

The children are among thousands of adults who are being trucked from the northeast corner of Bong County - adjacent to Lofa - across the St Paul River to safer sites. The operation is being undertaken by Save the Children, the Liberian government's relief agency and other NGOs.

SCF said that as soon as a proper site was identified for people being moved deeper into Bong, it and other agencies would begin delivering material aid to camp inmates and host communities. "For Save the Children this will focus on children, and young people, particularly pregnant teenagers, young mothers and youth at risk of recruitment in the conflict areas," the NGO reported.

Save is already providing similar help to people in Cape Mount County by placing vulnerable children in families.

Final Battle for Botswana Democratic Party Women

2001-05-28

http://allafrica.com/stories/200105250285.html

The race for the leadership of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Women's Wing has gathered momentum as the elections' date draws near. BDP women are scheduled to elect their leaders in Shoshong this weekend at the end of their national congress.

Sikazwe Condemns Use of Women As Tools in Politics

2001-05-28

http://allafrica.com/stories/200105250229.html

Women for Change executive director Emily Sikazwe has condemned the practice by politicians to use women as mere tools in politics. Speaking during yesterday's national Development Review Forum at Lusaka's Intercontinental Hotel, Sikazwe said women had continued to be marginalised even though they played a major role in putting politicians into power.

Women, HIV/AIDS, and the Declaration of Commitment

2001-05-28

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/wgender/1237

The Global Alliance for Women's Health submits new proposals for the revised draft Declaration of Commitment on HIV /AIDS. If you or your organization would like to sign on to these proposals please contact us by e-mail.
The Global Alliance for Women's Health submits the following propos-
als concerning women and HIV/ AIDS in the revised draft Declaration
of Commitment on HIV /AIDS:

The DECLARATION OF COMMITMENT ON HIV/AIDS would be greatly strength-
ened by citing explicitly Article 12 of the CONVENTION ON THE
ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMATION AGAINST WOMEN (CEDAW)

* in the pre-ambular section with text from the article
* and by incorporating equality language in at least the section,
"Care Support and Treatment."

Care, support and treatment are fundamental elements of an effective
response and should be available [equally] to men and women [in con-
formity with CEDAW, Article 12].

States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate dis-
crimination against women in the field of health care in order to en-
sure, on a basis of equality of men and women, access to health care
services.

CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMATION AGAINST
WOMEN (CEDAW), Article 12.1

If you or your organization would like to sign on to these proposals
please contact us by e-mail:
mailto:gawh @igc.apc.org
or
Fax +1-212-286-9561

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Zimbabwe gets tough on HIV positive rapists

2001-05-28

http://allafrica.com/stories/200105250035.html

Zimbabwe has passed a new law which imposes jail sentences of up to 20 years on anyone who knowingly passes on the HIV virus to another person. Under the Sexual Offences Act, women raped and infected with HIV as a result will be given health assistance by the state and the children born as a result of the assault will also be supported.

Final Communiqué

29th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human Rights

2001-05-28

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/rights/1202

At the invitation of the Great Socialist Peoples' Arab Libyan Jamahiriya, the African Commission on Human and Peoples&#8217; Rights held, under the Chairmanship of Professor Emmanuel V. O. Dankwa, its 29th Ordinary Session from 23rd April to 7th May 2001 in Tripoli, Libya.
Final Communiqué of the 29th Ordinary Session
The African Commission on
Human and Peoples&#8217; Rights

23rd April &#8211; 7th May 2001, Tripoli,
Great Socialist Peoples&#8217; Arab Libyan Jamahiriya



1. At the invitation of the Great Socialist Peoples' Arab Libyan Jamahiriya, the African Commission on Human and Peoples&#8217; Rights held, under the Chairmanship of Professor Emmanuel V. O. Dankwa, its 29th Ordinary Session from 23rd April to 7th May 2001 in Tripoli, Libya.

2. The following Members participated in the Session:

Chairman, Emmanuel V.O. Dankwa;
Vice Chairman, Kamel Rezag-Bara;
Commissioner Ibrahim Ali Badawi El Sheikh;
Commissioner Hatem Ben-Salem;
Commissioner Andrew Raganayi Chigovera;
Commissioner Vera Mlangazuwa Chirwa;
Commissioner Jainaba Johm;
Commissioner Isaac Nguema;
Commissioner Julienne Ondziel-Gnelenga;
Commissioner Nyameko Barney Pityana.

3. The Session was officially opened by His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Abdellah El Harrare, Secretary General for Legal and Human Rights Affairs of the Secretariat of the Peoples' General Congress of the Great Socialist Peoples' Arab Libyan Jamahiriya.

After welcoming the participants, Dr. El Harrare recalled the suffering of the Libyan People as a result of the international embargo still in place in Great Socialist Peoples' Arab Libyan Jamahiriya.


He questioned the impartiality of the International Criminal Court because of the strong influence that representatives of the permanent Members of the Security Council have on it and reminded the African Commission and the participants of their duty to call for the institution of a neutral and upright international criminal system, capable of rendering justice equitably.

Recalling the slave trade, colonization and racial segregation, he urged the NGOs and the Commission to actively participate at the United Nations World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and related Intolerance, scheduled to take place from 31st August to 7th September 2001 in Durban, South Africa and support the claim for reparation of damages that Africa incurred.

4. Mr. Joseph Joof, Attorney General and Secretary of State for Justice of the Republic of the Gambia speaking on behalf of State Parties to the African Charter on Human and Peoples&#8217; Rights present at the Session and Mr. Mohamed Genedy on behalf of the Non Governmental Organizations granted observer status with the Commission, also delivered speeches.

5. The Commission heard statements from representatives of the following States: Algeria, Tunisia, Eritrea, Burkina Faso, Federal Republic of Ethiopia, South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Egypt, Mauritania, Congo Brazzaville, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Burundi, Sudan, Rwanda, Cameroon, Mali, Saharan Arab Democratic Republic and, Senegal, Togo, Benin, Rwanda, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Niger and Côte d'Ivoire.

6. NGOs expressed their concern about the human and peoples&#8217; rights situation in many African States, particularly in the Great Lakes region (Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo), Guinea, Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Cameroon, Mauritania, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Congo (Brazzaville), Liberia, Sudan, Chad, Togo, Libya and Côte d'Ivoire.

The NGOs noted the recurrence of armed conflicts, extra judiciary, summary or arbitrary executions, forced disappearances, arbitrary detentions, denial of justice, detention in inhuman conditions, cases of torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, obstacles to freedom of expression, harassment of human rights defenders, vulnerability of refugees and asylum seekers and violations that vulnerable groups in society suffer including women, children, the elderly and people with disabilities.

Representatives of some Member States responded to the statements by NGOs on the human rights situation in their countries.

7. The African Commission noted, with satisfaction the withdrawal of the suit brought against South Africa by the pharmaceutical companies on generic medicines for the treatment of HIV/AIDS.

The Commission considers HIV/AIDS pandemic as a serious threat to the human rights of Africans. It underscored the difficulties that HIV/AIDS patients face in accessing treatment as a major obstacle to exercise their right to health as provided for by the African Charter on Human and Peoples&#8217; Rights.


8. Members of the Commission presented their inter-sessional activity reports. The Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention in Africa, Dr. Vera Mlangazuwa Chirwa and the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa, Mrs. Julienne Ondziel-Gnelenga, also presented their reports.

9. The African Commission established a Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities comprising Vice-Chairman Kamel Rezag Bara, Commissioner Andrew R. Chigovera and three experts.

A workshop was also held, during the Session, on Wednesday 27th April 2001, on the situation of indigenous peoples in Africa. The workshop made recommendations towards the improvement of the human rights situation of indigenous populations/communities.

10. The African Commission took note of the ratification of the African Union Treaty by thirty-eight (38) OAU Member States and its coming into force in the near future. It has decided to initiate discussions on the African Charter on Human and Peoples&#8217; Rights and the African Union. The objective of this, is to reflect on the status of the African Commission under the African Union.

11. The National Human Rights Institution of Chad &#8211; La Commission Nationale des Droits de l&#8217;Homme du Tchad, was granted affiliate status with the African Commission.

12. The African Commission granted observer status to the following NGOs:

ü L'Oeil d'Aujourd'hui;
ü CI-AF Benin;
ü Survival International;
ü Centre for Democracy and Development;
ü Centre Afrika Obota;
ü Association Nigerienne pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme;
ü Rights Defenders Association);
ü Que Choisir Bénin;
ü CADDHOM absl;
ü Human Rights Institute of South Africa; and
ü Académie Africaine de Théorie du Droit.

13. In accordance with Article 62 of the Charter, the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) presented its Initial Report whilst Namibia, Ghana and Algeria presented their first Periodic Reports. The Commission adopted concluding observations on the above mentioned reports, which will be transmitted to the respective countries.

14. Within the framework of its promotional activities, the Commission reiterated its decision to organize seminars on the following themes:
· Contemporary Forms of slavery;
· Right to Education and Development;
· Freedom of Movement and Right to Asylum in Africa;
· Rights of people with disabilities;
· Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Africa;
· Prevention of Torture; and
· Refugees and internally displaced persons in Africa.

15. The African Commission paid tribute to Professor Isaac Nguema, who has been a Member of the African Commission since its inauguration in November 1987, by conferring upon him the unique title of &#8220;Chairman Emeritus of the African Commission on Human and Peoples&#8217; Rights&#8221; for his sterling advocacy for human rights throughout the Continent. Commissioner Nguema also served as a Chairman of the Commission for three (3) terms (6 years).

16. The African Commission examined twenty one (21) Communications and took decisions on seizure, admissibility and merits of some of them.

17. The Commission adopted resolutions on:

ü The immediate, lifting of sanctions imposed on Libya;
ü The African Charter on Human and Peoples&#8217; Rights and the African Union;
ü HIV/AIDS Pandemic &#8211; Threat against Human Rights and Humanity;
ü The recent violence in the Kabylia region in Algeria;
ü The situation of human rights defenders in Tunisia; and
ü Freedom of Expression;

18. The African Commission noted with pleasure the large attendance at its 29th ordinary session with representatives from 29 State Parties, 6 National Human Rights Institutions and 65 African and International NGOs, bringing it to a total of 230 participants.
This is a clear indication of the increasing attention accorded to the Commission&#8217;s efforts in human rights promotion and protection in Africa.

19. The African Commission expressed its sincere and profound gratitude to the Leader and People of the Great Socialist Peoples' Arab Libyan Jamahiriya for the warm welcome and hospitality accorded to it and which contributed to the success of the deliberations. The Commission thus adopted a vote of thanks and gratitude to the Great Socialist Peoples' Arab Libyan Jamahiriya.

20. The 30th ordinary session is scheduled to be held from 13th &#8211; 27th October 2001 in Banjul, The Gambia.

21. The 29th ordinary session was closed on 7th May 2001 by Dr. Mohamed Abdellah El Harrare, Secretary General for Legal and Human Rights Affairs of the Secretariat of the Peoples' General Congress of the Great Socialist Peoples' Arab Libyan Jamahiriya.

22. The Chairman of the Commission held a Press Conference after the Closing Ceremony.




Done in Tripoli, The Great Socialist Peoples&#8217;
Arab Libyan Jamahiriya on 7th May 2001

Chad opposition held after Deby victory

2001-05-28

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1356000/1356169.stm

Chad's six unsuccessful presidential candidates were all picked up for questioning by police on Monday and then released an hour later. The six men were meeting just hours after it was announced that Chad's incumbent President Idriss Deby had won an outright majority in the first round of voting, making a second round unnecessary. The six opposition candidates had issued a joint statement last Thursday alleging fraud in the 20 May poll, but foreign observers said the vote appeared to be fair.

Congo: Swedish Hostage Appeals for Negotiated Release

Warns Against Use of Force

2001-05-28

http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/congo/

One of twenty-six hostages captured by Mai-Mai militia in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) begged for international help in a taped message heard by Human Rights Watch today. Bjoern Rugsten, a truck supplier for DARA-Forest, a Thai-Ugandan logging company, was visiting the compound of the enterprise near the town of Mangina, when he was abducted on May 15, along with a Kenyan and twenty-four Thai nationals.


(New York, May 24, 2001) Negotiations for release of the hostages broke down when the Mai-Mai,
a militia opposed to foreign
occupation of the DRC, insisted on the
pullback of soldiers from the occupying Ugandan army and from
the local Ugandan ally, the Front for the Liberation of Congo (FLC).
Both these armies have
reportedly sent reinforcements to the area, apparently to ready an
attack to try to free the hostages. When Mai-Mai learned of the arrival
of the reinforcements, they promptly moved the hostages to a new
location.

On a taped message played by telephone to Human Rights Watch, Rugsten
appealed to all the concerned parties and to the international
community, "Please don't consider the use of force as an option to free
us. This will put our lives in danger."

Commenting on the Mai-Mai demand that foreign forces withdraw from the
Congo, the hostage said, "I'm sure that the governments that are present
in the Congo are mature, and I'd ask them also to rethink what they are
doing there."

The Mai-Mai are demanding that representatives of the United Nations
Organization Mission in the Congo (MONUC) and of one or more embassies
in the region observe the negotiations. Among the nations whose
representatives would make acceptable observers, the Mai-Mai
named the United States, France, Belgium, Sudan, Libya, Zimbabwe, and
Angola. Zimbabwe and Angola are allied with the government of Congo, now
at war with Uganda and the FLC.

"Local clergy who have tried to arrange the release of the hostages fear
that any attempt to free them by force may endanger their lives," said
Suliman Baldo, Senior Researcher for the Africa Division of Human Rights
Watch. Baldo, who recently completed a mission to the area, also said,
"Civilians in the area fear also that Ugandan and FLC soldiers may take
reprisals on them because they are thought to support the Mai-Mai."

Baldo appealed to the Mai-Mai and to the occupying Ugandan forces and
their local allies of the Front for the Liberation of Congo to show
restraint so as to avoid endangering the lives of the hostages and
jeopardizing the security of the local population.

A Mai-Mai spokesman referred to a recent report by a U.N. panel of
experts that condemned the illicit exploitation of Congolese resources
by Uganda and Rwanda, which have occupied the eastern Congo since
1998. The report cited the DARA operation as an example of
such exploitation.

In the past the Ugandan forces and their local allies have tried to win
over Mai-Mai into their ranks, but in other cases they have fought
against them.

Human Rights Watch documented extra-judicial execution of wounded
Mai-Mai combatants by Ugandan soldiers in August 2000 and reprisal
killings of civilians thought to support the Mai-Mai by Ugandan soldiers
and Congolese rebels in late 2000. These incidents took place in the
same region where the hostages are currently held.

For more information on the conflict in Eastern Congo, please see the
March 2001 Human Rights Watch report Uganda in Eastern DRC: Fuelling
Political and Ethnic Strife at http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/drc/

For more information on the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo,
please see Congo: A Continuing Human Rights Disaster (HRW Campaign Page,
last updated May 24, 2001) at http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/congo/

Egypt: Human rights defender sentenced to seven years imprisonment in unfair trial

2001-05-28

http://www.web.amnesty.org/web/news.nsf/WebAll/E08D42623400156480256A5300652BE7?OpenDocument

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today that the sentencing of human rights defender Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim to seven years' imprisonment is "alarming". The Supreme State Security Court sentenced Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Director of the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies in Cairo, and 27 co-defendants to between one and seven year prison terms. Charges included accepting foreign funds without authorization, disseminating false information harmful to Egypt's interest and embezzlement.

ERITREA: Ten years of freedom celebrated

2001-05-28

http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/eritrea/20010528.phtml

On 24 May, Eritreans celebrated 10 years of independence from Ethiopian rule. In an address to the nation, Presidents Isayas Afewerki stressed the need to reduce the size of the army, swollen after the two year border conflict with Ethiopia in 1998, the pro-government Visafric news agency said. The demobilisation of enlisted soldiers and their reintegration into civilian society would reduce government expenditure on the military and generate economic growth, Isayas said.

ETHIOPIA: Still Starving in Silence?

Famine and Censorship Revisited

2001-05-28

http://www.article19.org/docimages/1034.htm

To mark the tenth anniversary of the coming to power of the ruling Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), ARTICLE 19 today publishes a report exploring what progress has been made towards eliminating the
censorship dimensions of famine in Ethiopia over the past decade. Andrew Puddephatt, Executive Director of ARTICLE 19, said: "The apparent return of famine to Ethiopia in 1999-2000 suggests that, despite the progress that has been made since 1991 by the ruling EPRDF in strengthening freedom of expression, including access to information, much more remains to be done. If, as Nobel prize winning economist Amartya Sen argues, poverty and famine are forms of 'unfreedom', then it makes it literally a matter of life and death that those who govern Ethiopia push forward urgently with the process of deepening and consolidating respect for fundamental human rights and democratic principles."

KENYA: Powell presses Moi to embrace reforms

2001-05-28

http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/kenya/20010528a.phtml

US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday urged Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi to step aside next year, when his term of office finishes under the constitution, and to let a new president be elected, the 'New York Times' reported. President Moi sidestepped direct questions as to whether he would stand again, saying that the destiny of Kenya was in the hands of the people themselves.

Lesotho IEC announces election registration

2001-05-28

http://www.eisa.org.za/

On 14 March 2001, Lesotho's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) announced the country's long awaited general elections will be held in 2002. The IEC chairman, Hon. Leshele Thoahlane announced that eligible voters would be able to register to vote between 13 August and 9 September 2001 at 1300 registration centres across the country. The final voters' list is expected to be completed by the end of January 2002. Thoahlane has declared that at least five months were needed before the registration period to allow for the purchase and dissemination of voter manuals, training materials and registration equipment and, moreover, to conduct a country-wide voter education campaign.

Mozambique: Six Charged for Cardoso Killing

2001-05-28

http://allafrica.com/stories/200105240268.html

The Mozambican public prosecuting authorities on Tuesday charged six people for the assassination of Carlos Cardoso, the editor of the independent newssheet, Metical. The six, who include businessman Ayob Abdul Satar and former bank manager Vicente Ramaya, were arrested following a six-month investigation.

Nigeria awaits democracy dividend

2001-05-28

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1357000/1357256.stm

The people of Nigeria should be celebrating the second anniversary of the restoration of civilian rule, but as the BBC reports, few are in partying mood.

RWANDA: Former MP sentenced to death

2001-05-28

http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/glfp.phtml

A former MP is among 10 people sentenced to death in a ruling on genocide by a court in the northwestern town of Gisenyi, Rwandan radio reported on Saturday. It said Wellars Banzi, who was an MP under the former regime and an ex-chairman of the Mouvement republicain national pour le developpement (MRND), was among 54 people on trial for genocide. Twenty three others were sentenced to life imprisonment. He was found guilty of "inciting ethnic division" through articles he wrote for the extremist 'Kangura' newspaper.

SOMALIA: IRIN Interview with Muhammad Ibrahim Egal, President of Somaliland

2001-05-28

http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/somalia/20010528.phtml

Somalis in the self-declared state of Somaliland, northwestern Somalia, will be asked on 31 May to vote on a new constitution which includes an article on territorial independence. Somaliland independence was unilaterally declared in May 1991, but has never received international recognition. The declaration followed the collapse of Muhammad Siyad Barre's military dictatorship, which had pursued brutal policies in the north during the civil war of the 1980s. During a recent visit to the capital, Hargeysa, IRIN spoke to Somaliland President Muhammad Ibrahim Egal about independence, and the issue of past atrocities. A number of sites discovered in 1997 were identified by an international forensic team as having characteristics of mass graves, but no further investigation followed.

South Africa Abandons Soft Stance On Zimbabwe

2001-05-28

http://allafrica.com/stories/200105240188.html

South Africa yesterday for the first time publicly criticised the illegal occupation of white-owned farms by self-styled veterans of Zimbabwe's 1970s independence war and their attacks on private companies and foreign aid organisations ostensibly on behalf of discontented workers. In the clearest sign yet of a shift by Pretoria from its policy of quiet diplomacy on Harare, Jeremiah Ndou, South Africa's High Commissioner to Zimbabwe, said in a statement that his country strongly condemned the current wave of company invasions.

Zimbabwe Parliamentary Election Challenges Newsletter

Overview for May 14th &#8211; May 18th

2001-05-28

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/rights/1195

Judge Ziyambi finished hearing the Chiredzi South election challenge last Friday, reserving her judgment for a later date. She is due to open the petition for Marondera East on Tuesday, May 22. Hearings continued last week in the Makoni West trial involving Minister of Defense Moven Mahachi. The respondent&#8217;s witnesses presented evidence to Judge Paddington Garwe that MDC supporters had assaulted them in the run-up to the 2000 parliamentary elections. Judge James Devittie, who ruled for the opposition MDC in three of four cases before him, has announced his resignation.
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum &#8211; May 21, 2001, v. 12




In a letter written to President Mugabe that was made public on March 8, Judge Devittie stated, &#8216;I find myself unable to justify my continued stay on the bench.&#8217; Devittie denied reports that he had been offered a job overseas but the independent media has speculated that he has stepped down due to threats stemming from his nullification of three ZANU (PF) seats in Parliament. Devittie&#8217;s resignation will take effect 30 November but he will take leave on 31 July. The High Court announced that he would not be permitted to hear any more election challenges. No judge has yet been assigned to take over his cases.

Background

Last June, parliamentary elections were held in Zimbabwe in an atmosphere of fear and violence. The elections marked the first time a strong opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), challenged the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union &#8211; Patriotic Front (ZANU (PF)) in the political arena. The MDC won 57 out of 120 contested seats but the price was high as pre-election violence erupted in the form of extra-judicial killings, beatings, property damage and intimidation around the country.

International observers and commentators including Amnesty International, the Commonwealth, the US-based National Democratic Institute and the European Union all released reports citing evidence that the elections were not free and fair. In fact, Zimbabwe&#8217;s own Electoral Commission proclaimed the elections the bloodiest since the end of white minority rule in 1980.

Both political parties blame the other for incitement of violence. However, the MDC has brought legal challenges to the High Court of Zimbabwe in 39 constituencies in an effort to overturn election results in those areas. They are alleging that the violence perpetrated by ZANU (PF) agents, with the knowledge or active participation of the ZANU (PF) candidate at the time, unfairly affected the outcome of the vote thereby violating the Electoral Act of Zimbabwe. The cases have thus far involved numerous allegations of violence being perpetuated by veterans of Zimbabwe&#8217;s war of liberation. Factions of these veterans are widely regarded to be militant and very close to ZANU (PF). War veterans are seen to be responsible for numerous acts of violence perpetrated against white commercial farmers in the past year in protest of what is perceived to be white domination of the industry. The vast majority of the electoral violence was perpetrated against members or perceived members of the MDC. They are asking that all elections in these 39 constituencies be re-run to achieve accurate results. If any member of parliament is found guilty of election misconduct in these proceedings, that member will be ineligible to run for public office for five years and a bi-election will be called in that constituency to determine a new sitting member.

In addition to allegations of violence, many protest the government&#8217;s changes to the Electoral Act immediately preceding the election. The Electoral Act allows for the president to make changes to the electoral system. He did so in the following ways: 1) Changes in the postal ballot system were made on June 7, ahead of the voting dates of the 24th & 25th June, to make it more difficult for Zimbabweans abroad to cast their ballots, 2) The Electoral Supervisory Commission had its power to accredit observers and monitors revoked and placed in the hands of the Registrar General, 3) Sitting dates for the Nomination Courts were deferred from May 29 to June 3, 4) The Electoral Act&#8217;s 21-day provision between nomination and polling was shortened to 20 days, and 5) Voter registration was extended from 16 April to 12 June. (All information regarding changes to the Electoral Act is courtesy of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Forum&#8217;s report, &#8216;Human Rights and Zimbabwe&#8217;s June 2000 Election&#8217;)

The Amani Trust, a Zimbabwean NGO advocating for victims of organized violence and torture, will produce a weekly report for the international community on the progress of these trials. This report will focus on cases of gross human rights violations and electoral abuses within constituencies that have cases before the High Court.

Election results courtesy Zimbabwe Election Support Network &#8216;Report on the 2000 Parliamentary Elections: Zimbabwe&#8217;

Description of Events in Each Constituency

Chiredzi South

Mr. Patrick Tsumele, MDC MP candidate
Vs.
Mr. Aaron Baloyi, ZANU (PF) MP

Results: Voter Population: 46,879 Votes Cast: 18,819 Spoilt Ballots: 0
Baloyi: 6,414
Tsumele: 11,611

Assaults

· S. Mbiza, the MDC campaign manager for Patrick Tsumele, and colleagues Patrick Tsumele, Ishmael Takuwa, James Hlungwe and two others were assaulted at Chilonga Business Centre on June 8, 2000. The men remained in their car while Mbiza went into a store to buy food. Upon leaving the shops Mbiza found the car doors open and war veterans (including Mbiza&#8217;s cousin, Benjamin) taking and destroying the MDC pamphlets that were being distributed around the shops. The war veterans ordered Mbiza and his colleagues to remove their MDC t-shirts or risk getting the car torched. Tsumele ordered everyone to remove their t-shirts in order to save the vehicle.
After approaching his cousin in an attempt to diffuse the situation, Mbiza was attacked. War veterans held him by the neck and choked him as others forcibly removed his t-shirt. As he tried to release the grip around his neck, Mbiza was hit on the back of the head with an empty bottle. He was dragged into a bottle store where his cousin, Benjamin assaulted him with a whip. He was then taken out of the shop and ordered to lie on his stomach in front of the public. At this time, his colleagues drove away to prevent the war veterans from destroying the vehicle. While lying on the ground, Mbiza was slashed five times with a whip and kicked in the face until a war veteran came to stop the assault. Mbiza was taken back into the shop where he was told that he would be stabbed and killed because his colleagues had returned with weapons. The war veterans told Mbiza that they were to receive firearms soon from ZANU (PF), which they would use to murder him and his children. After being forced to chant a ZANU (PF) slogan, Mbiza was released. He received medical treatment as a result of the injuries he sustained in the attack.

· On June 12th, S. Mbiza and Jabulani, the organizing secretary for the MDC, were stoned as they rode on a motorbike. They managed to capture one of their assailants whose name is &#8216;Aaron&#8217;. According to court testimony, John Kayala, a ZANU (PF) supporter, struck Jabulani with a chain. However, when he tried to attack Jabulani again, Aaron was pushed at him causing both Aaron and Kayala to fall to the ground. At this point, Mbiza and Jabulani managed to escape and hide behind some trees, only to watch Kayala and others destroy their motorbike. After the bike had been destroyed, the assailants ran back to Mr. Baloyi&#8217;s home, where they were allegedly staying.

· S. Mbiza was stoned as he and Jabulani drove past the post office, about a week after the motorbike incident. Mbiza tried to identify the assailants by illuminating the vehicle lights toward the side of the road but was unsuccessful.

· John, an MDC organizing secretary, was approached by CIO members Chiyangwa, Chale, and Mutisi and ordered to enter their vehicle. John was abducted, assaulted and detained in a cell for five days at Chikombedzi Police Station. In an interrogation led by Sergeant Verengera, John was unable to reveal the whereabouts of MDC candidate Patrick Tsumele and was assaulted with meter-long sticks and a chain while his hands and legs were bound. When the officer-in-charge arrived, John was untied and returned to his cell. John was taken to the Magistrate&#8217;s Court in Masvingo where he was denied bail and remanded to prison for four more days. He was finally granted bail and released a day before voting was to begin.

· On June 15, 2000, MDC supporters allegedly disrupted a ZANU (PF) meeting in the Chiredzi South constituency by stoning those who were participating in the gathering.

· On June 16, 2000, Maria, a housemaid for ZANU (PF) MP, Aaron Baloyi, was struck on the head with a rock after MDC supporters surrounded the home and began attacking it with stones. As she ran from the kitchen into the dining room, she was struck on her chest. The MDC supporters damaged the house, smashed the windows and damaged the car. The assailants ran away when the ZRP arrived and Baloyi took Maria to the hospital for treatment. Because she feared another attack, Maria resigned from the Baloyi household.

· Liza, a non-partisan villager, was assaulted on the morning of June 16, 2000. On her way to the grinding mill she saw a group of people moving towards Baloyi&#8217;s home, which she heard was being attacked. As she saw the same group of people running away from the house, Liza also tried to run but was hit on the back of the head with an empty bottle. She had to go to the hospital for treatment.

· Morris Chishonge, a war veteran who works at Chikombedzi Hospital, alleged that MDC supporters stoned ZANU (PF) supporters at a ZANU (PF) meeting on June 15, 2000. They then barred anyone but MDC supporters from receiving treatment at the hospital and threw a tear gas canister at ZANU (PF) supporters who were waiting outside.
On June 16, Chishonge was stoned as he rode his bicycle to work. He abandoned his bike, and as he ran away he was struck with a stone on the back of the head. Chishonge sustained a wound that later needed three stitches.

Threats and Intimidation

· S. Mbiza testified that he was arrested and detained for no reason on June 16, 2000 by Sergeant Verengera and a member of the CIO. After being interrogated about the whereabouts of Patrick Tsumele, Mbiza was driven by members of the CIO, including one called Chiyangwa, to Tsumele&#8217;s home and ordered him to open the door. Tsumele was nowhere to be found. Mbiza was detained further, taken to the Magistrates Court and granted bail of $1000.

· Sergeant Verengera summoned John, the branch-organizing secretary for the MDC, in June. John was asked why he had not yet registered to vote. He was ordered to remove his MDC t-shirt and forced to register. John was told that support for the MDC was wrong and was shown Verengera&#8217;s pistol. Verengera then ordered John to participate in ZANU (PF) meetings from then on.

Property Damage

· ZANU (PF) MP Aaron Baloyi estimated the damage caused by an MDC attack on his home on June 16th to be about $60,000. About $72,000 is needed for repairs on his vehicle, also damaged in the attack.

ZANU (PF) Response

Aaron Baloyi told the High Court that he was not aware that war veterans were assaulting MDC members. He only knew that war veterans were spearheading land redistribution by occupying white-owned farms. Baloyi said that he should not be held accountable for the actions of ZANU (PF) youth who may or may not have been violent in the pre-election period because he never gave them any orders as such. He denied that he was housing, feeding and sponsoring violent-minded ZANU (PF) youth. Instead, he accused the MDC of staging a violent campaign in June and pointed to the damage to his home and car as a clear example of this. Baloyi refuted the MDC allegation of widespread violence, claiming that violence was imported by &#8220;foreigners&#8221; and only occurred between June 12 and June 16, 2000. He denied removing MDC posters. However, if it was true, he stated that he was against the idea of overturning an election over the removal of a few posters.


Makoni West
Mr. Elisha Remus Makuwaza, MDC candidate
Vs.
Mr. Moven Enock Mahachi, ZANU (PF) MP and Minister of Defense

Results: Voter population: 42625 Votes Cast: 20641 Spoilt Ballots: 362
Mahachi: 11138
Makuwaza: 7356

Assaults
· Mrs. Chinamasa, a witness for the respondent, told the Court that MDC supporters beat her at her home on April 16, 2000. She sustained injuries to her wrist, back shoulder, waist and lower lip. At the time of the attack she was also pregnant and claims that her child now has difficulty hearing as a result of her assault. The assailants also took her ZANU (PF) card and said that they came to tell everyone to &#8216;change&#8217;. She mentioned Charles Tamba as one of her assailants. In cross examination she refuted claims by the petitioner&#8217;s attorney that Tamba could not have beaten her because he was severely beaten himself by ZANU-PF supporters on April 12, 2000. Mrs. Chinamasa testified that she told Minister Mahachi about the event but was referred to the ZRP.
· A female witness testified that MDC activists also beat her on April 16, 2000. She identified some of her assailants as &#8216;Douglas&#8217; and Charles Tamba. The assailants apparently entered her home and then uttered both an MDC slogan and a ZANU (PF) slogan. She did not respond either time. According to her testimony she argued with her assailants for about 20 minutes and was then dragged, slapped and kicked. She estimated that about 35 people were in this group. She further testified that she was repeatedly thrown to the ground while her attackers chanted MDC slogans and said they came to get a human head. The petitioner&#8217;s attorney again argued that Tamba was seriously beaten by ZANU (PF) activists four days earlier and could not have taken part in the attack. The witness&#8217; homestead is next to Mrs. Chinamasa&#8217;s home and the two met after the incident.
· Witness John (last name not available at press time), the local ZANU (PF) chairperson, testified that he was returning home from a fishing trip when he was approached by MDC youths. The group was wearing MDC t-shirts and carrying knobkerries. Not knowing who he was, the group asked directions to the house of the ZANU (PF) chairperson. John pointed to his own house but walked to a neighbor&#8217;s for safety. When his assailant&#8217;s realized who he was they chased him into a homestead and threw rocks at the house, telling him to come outside. John was then forced outside, punched and hit with wire. He thought Charles Tamba was one of his assailants but he couldn&#8217;t be sure. Judge Garwe allowed the witness to remove his shirt to show the Court several small scars he had from the incident.
· Witness Writing Chimegia testified that MDC supporters also assaulted him on April 16, 2000. A group of about 30 men wearing MDC t-shirts chased him into his house and called for him to come out before they threw stones. The assailants forced open the door and dragged Mr. Chimegia outside. The witness testified that he was then punched, kicked and beaten with firewood until unconscious. The witness removed his shirt to show the Court his scars from the beating.


Status of Cases
Makoni East has been suspended indefinitely but is likely to begin after Makoni West finishes. Judge Garwe is hearing witnesses for the respondent in Makoni West this week. Judge Ziyambi is currently hearing Marondera East. The High Court has not as yet announced who will take over for Judge Devittie who is ceasing his involvement in the election petitions ahead of his resignation.


Constituency Case Status Ruling Appeal
Buhera North Tsvangirai vs. Manyonda Completed MDC To Supreme Court
Chinhoyi Matamisa vs. Chinyangwa Completed ZANU (PF) To Supreme Court
Chiredzi North Mare vs. Chauke Completed Pending
Chiredzi South Tsumele vs. Baloyi Completed Pending
Gutu North Musoni vs. Muzenda Withdrawn - -
Hurungwe East Chadya vs. Marumahoko Completed MDC To Supreme Court
Kariba Sigobole vs. Mackenzie Withdrawn - -
Makoni East Mudzengerere vs. Chipanga In Progress
Makoni West Makuwaza vs. Mahachi In Progress
Masvingo South Rioga vs. Zvobgo Withdrawn - -
Mutoko South Muzira vs. Muchena Completed MDC To Supreme Court
Shurugwi Matibenga vs. Nhema Completed ZANU (PF)
Zaka West Musimiki vs. Chindanya Withdrawn - -
Zvishavane Maruzani vs. Mbalekwa Completed ZANU (PF) To Supreme Court

Sources: Witness statements, medical reports and court testimony.

*Election results courtesy Zimbabwe Election Support Network &#8216;Report on the 2000 Parliamentary Elections: Zimbabwe&#8217;


Prepared by the Amani Trust. Founded in 1993, Amani Trust is a Zimbabwe human rights non-governmental organization whose mission is to offer rehabilitation to survivors of organized violence and torture and their families. It also aims to make the nation aware of the consequences of organized violence and torture, and to work towards the prevention of future organized violence and torture. Amani Trust is also a member of the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum, a coordinating body and coalition of nine Zimbabwean human rights organizations, which works to provide legal assistance to political violence victims.
Address: 1 Raleigh Street, Harare, Zimbabwe
Email: amani@echo.icon.co.zw
Telephone: 792222

ZIMBABWE: Amnesty International blasts government over human rights

2001-05-28

http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/sa/countrystories/zimbabwe/20010523.phtml

An Amnesty International (AI) research team has found widespread evidence of politically-motivated murder, torture, rape and violence. Tor-Hugne Olsen, head of the team, told IRIN on Wednesday that after spending a week in the country, they had established that such acts were "commonplace" and that the government was doing nothing to stop them.

Zimbabwe: Mugabe faces coup plot

2001-05-28

http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,2763,497964,00.html

Senior army officers in Zimbabwe have secretly warned the South African government that they may launch a coup against Robert Mugabe if the growing political and economic crisis results in riots. Pretoria has strongly advised against any move to overthrow the Zimbabwean president by force but has been made aware of the circumstances in which it may be attempted.

Zimbabwe: Second Mugabe minister dies in a car crash

2001-05-28

http://www.guardian.co.uk/zimbabwe/article/0,2763,497590,00.html

Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe's government has been thrown into disarray by the death of the defence minister, Moven Mahachi, the second cabinet minister to die in a car accident in the past month. Mr Mahachi, 53, was killed late Saturday afternoon in a car accident in Zimbabwe's eastern mountain district of Nyanga. He had been one of Mr Mugabe's longest serving and most trusted allies. In 1975 he helped Mr Mugabe escape Rhodesian authorities by sneaking across the eastern border to Mozambique.

Fighting in Senegal's Casamance Province Drives Thousands to Gambia: UN Agency

2001-05-28

http://allafrica.com/stories/200105230512.html

More than 2,200 people have fled to Gambia in the past few days following an upsurge of fighting in the neighbouring Senegalese province of Casamance, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said in a statement issued today in Geneva. The first group of refugees reportedly crossed into southern Gambia on 18 May.

GUINEA: Evacuation of Parrot's Beak almost completed

2001-05-28

http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/wa/countrystories/guinea/20010525.phtml

The evacuation of tens of thousands of refugees from the Parrot's Beak in southern Guinea is nearing completion, UNHCR spokesman Kris Janowski said on Friday. He said about 2,000 refugees remaining in small groups in camps and villages inside the Beak, an insecure area wedged into Sierra Leone, would be transferred over the next two days to the Katkama transit camp to the north.

Increased illegal immigration to Maun

2001-05-28

http://allafrica.com/stories/200105250283.html

With the continued influx of illegal immigrants into Maun, local authorities have launched a major move counter the situation. Maun District Commissioner Michael Maforaga dispatched trucks to fetch 14 more refugees from Shakawe, so they could be locked up in jail cells before facing repatriation. But a member of Women Against Rape (WAR) said Maun suffers from a more serious problem than is seen on the surface.

KENYA: JRS laments "official blindness" to IDPs

2001-05-28

http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/kenya/20010528b.phtml

Research funded by the Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS) has found that 90 percent of respondents displaced by tribal land clashes feared to return home due to ongoing hostility, the Catholic NGO reported on Friday. Land clashes directly linked to the 1992 and 1997 multi-party elections in Kenya had prompted JRS to commission research to assess the situation of those displaced by the clashes and to identify warning signs that portended violence, it said.

TANZANIA: Radio Kwizera targets refugee children

2001-05-28

http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/tanzania/20010528.phtml

The JRS-backed Radio Kwizera has donated 50 solar powered free-play radio sets to schools in the refugee camps of Ngara and Biharamulo districts of Tanzania, the Catholic NGO Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS) reported on Friday. Forty six of the radios would be used by primary schools in the camps of Lukole, Lumasi and Kitali to monitor education programmes produced and broadcast by Radio Kwizera, it said.

ZIMBABWE: Crisis unlikely to lead to mass exodus

2001-05-28

http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/sa/countrystories/zimbabwe/20010525.phtml

Although Zimbabwe is likely to face serious food shortages this year, the situation is not likely to lead to the predicted flood of refugees entering neighbouring countries, observers and civic organisations told IRIN on Friday. "Those with skills are leaving, but this is not a new phenomena," a foreign economic analyst told IRIN from Harare. Estimates suggest about 400,000 Zimbabweans have left in recent years, mainly for South Africa, Botswana, Britain and North America.

Global civil society demands that governments turn words into action to curb corruption

2001-05-28

http://www.transparency.org

It is time for the talking to stop and the action against corruption to begin. This is the central message that civil society organisations from across the world will deliver when they place a set of key demands before the more than 100 governments gathering at the Second Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity in The Hague, The Netherlands from May 28-31, 2001.


Civil Society challenges governments in Open Letter to Global Forum II

25 May 2001 --- The demands are as follows:

q Acknowledge the catastrophic effects that corruption is having on our societies and on our planet.
q Take immediate and effective measures to curb corruption in all its forms.
q Co-operate to return to the countries of origin the monies that corrupt leaders have looted from their treasuries.
q Put in place systems of mutual legal co-operation and enforcement that will ensure that there is no hiding place for the proceeds of corruption, and that there is no country where the corrupt can enjoy the profits of their crimes without fear of extradition and punishment.

Governments will come together in order to confirm their commitment to fight corruption and to discuss new strategies to curb corruption. It is expected that Ministers will adopt a Final Declaration, containing a number of ideas related to a future legal UN instrument against corruption, to the monitoring of the effectiveness of national anti-corruption strategies, and to best practices.

The demands of civil society organisations have been formulated in an Open Letter (attached), drawn up by the Dutch development organisation Hivos, the anti-corruption organisation Transparency International, and a number of Southern anti-corruption organisations. The letter has been signed by more than 200 civil society organisations from across the globe, including Human Rights Watch, Oxfam, the International Federation of Journalists, the International Commission of Jurists, the National Platform of Indigenous Peoples and Peasants of Guatemala (CONIC), and the Women&#8217;s Platform of Bolivia and the Indonesian Federation of Peasant Unions (see www.hivos.nl) The letter will be formally presented to the host of the conference, the Dutch Minister of Justice, Mr Korthals, by Frances Akello, a grassroots anti-corruption campaigner in Soroti District, Uganda. The presentation will take place during the plenary session of Government Ministers on Thursday, May 31. (A list of signatories is available at http://www.hivos.nl)


For further information, please contact:

Eric Baars, Head of the Communication Department, Hivos,
Tel: +31-(0)70-3765500, +31-(0)6-20415036
Chris Collier, Senior Policy Officer, Human Rights, Hivos,
Tel: +31-(0)70-3765605, +31-(0)6-21238957
Jeff Lovitt, Head of Public Relations, Transparency International,
Tel: +49 162 419 6454, E-mail: press@transparency.org



Note to editors: Hivos has invited four African anti-corruption activists to participate in Global Forum II. They are John Makumbe, Chairman of Transparency International-Zimbabwe, Kivutha Kibwana, Chairman of the Centre of Law and Research International (Kenya), Augustine Muserero, Co-ordinator of the Uganda Debt Network (Uganda), and Frances Akello, Coordinator of the Osulel Rural Action Group, (Uganda).

On the afternoon of Wednesday, May 30, during the Forum&#8217;s &#8220;parallel programme&#8221; they will describe the nature and extent of corruption in their societies, its consequences. They will also assess the role of their governments and the international community with respect to efforts to end corruption. The session will hear testimony on the effects of corruption at the community level, citizens' efforts to organise to combat it, and the results achieved. During the same session, Jeremy Pope, Executive Director of Transparency International, will highlight the need for the recovery of embezzled state funds and discuss mechanisms required to effect this.








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Open Letter from Civil Society Organisations to the Second Global Forum on Fighting Corruption


Government Representatives and other distinguished participants,

We, as representatives drawn from a wide range of global civil society, welcome the establishment of the Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and its determination to develop effective principles and practices to prevent or combat corruption around the world. We have witnessed a number of positive developments since the first Forum was held two years ago. But in many parts of our world today, corruption is actually on the increase.

The consequences of worsening corruption for our societies and for our planet are dramatic. Corruption is a major factor underlying human rights violations of every description - economic and social no less than political and civil. Corruption creates political instability and conflict. It denies governments their legitimacy and people the protection the Rule of Law should provide. Corruption impacts daily on the lives of millions by eroding medical services, education systems, the honesty of the police and the provision and efficiency of public services in general. It foments the destruction of the environment and it causes avoidable death and destruction during natural disasters. In short, corruption exacerbates poverty and inequality, it discourages economic investment and development, and thus it attacks every value we global citizens share.

We make a special plea to all those countries whose institutions harbour the ill-gotten gains of public officials who have looted their countries and impoverished their peoples. We ask all countries to co-operate to secure the return of the looted wealth of those countries that have suffered most grievously from the consequences of corruption, particularly in Africa. But we also ask for systems of mutual legal co-operation and enforcement to be put in place that will ensure that there is no hiding place for the proceeds of corruption, and no country where the corrupt can enjoy the profits of their crimes without fear of extradition and punishment.

We further challenge governments represented at the Global Forum, both individually and collectively, to publicly commit themselves to undertake actions that we as civil society regard as crucial, namely actions that will:
· Ensure that corruption is legally defined and criminalised, and that independent institutions and effective procedures are in place to investigate and prosecute corrupt acts &#8211; whether committed at home or abroad;
· Uphold and strengthen the Rule of Law, the impartiality of police forces and the independence of the judiciary;
· Ensure that immunity and privilege do not prevent corrupt public servants and politicians from being held accountable under the criminal law;
· Ensure transparency in all aspects of national and international official activity, including legally guaranteed rights of citizens to access to information;
· Guarantee and respect the freedom of opinion and expression;
· Empower their citizens and encourage the participation of civil society in all aspects of public life;
· Protect our democratic institutions from the risk of abuse by requiring political parties to make full and complete disclosure of their sources of funding;
· Ensure full transparency in aid flows and international financial assistance so that citizens can hold their governments to account; and
· Create an open and fair environment in which private sector activities can take place untainted by corruption and function in ways that bring benefits to all.

We look forward, in particular, to the early conclusion of a United Nations Convention against corruption, and look to governments to play an active part in achieving and implementing a landmark international instrument that will significantly increase mutual co-operation in the development of criminal law and the harmonisation of corruption offences to the benefit of the great mass of humankind.

In closing, we ask the governments here assembled to acknowledge the catastrophic effects that corruption is having on our societies and on our planet, and we urge governments to demonstrate their political will not by words alone, but by taking immediate and effective measures to curb corruption in all its forms. We look forward to the assessment of your efforts that will take place when civil society organisations gather at the 10th International Anti-Corruption Conference in Prague on 7-11 October, 2001.

South Africa: A Bizarre Legal Precedent

2001-05-28

http://allafrica.com/stories/200105240252.html

At first glance, the public hearings on the arms deal, due to start in Pretoria next week, appear to be a good thing. The government will be bringing into the open one of the most damaging sagas since 1994. And the public will be given an opportunity to judge for themselves why " and how improperly " R50-billion was spent on a sophisticated defence package. Unfortunately, if one probes a little further, the hearings have few redeeming features. Instead they appear to be the result of anything from sloppy legal thinking to a sinister exercise to sabotage the main criminal investigation.

South Africa: Inquiry begins into £4bn Pretoria arms deal

2001-05-28

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,497440,00.html

South African investigators begin public hearings today into alleged corruption by senior politicians in the hugely controversial purchase of £4bn worth of weapons from European manufacturers. But scepticism about the effectiveness of the public protector's investigation - one of three by government agencies looking into the accusations of corruption - has grown as the African National Congress has sought to use its overwhelming majority in parliament to limit the political damage.

Stunned? Not Likely

2001-05-28

http://allafrica.com/stories/200105240288.html

"Corruption report stuns cricket world," announced one website this week. Remove cricket from that headline, and you might be closer to the truth. Because for those in the game who have followed developments closely since Cronjegate " and have greeted each new revelation with less shock and horror than the last " there is precious little that is new in Sir Paul Condon's report. Stunned? We passed that stage ages ago.

21st Century Will Transform World Population

2001-05-28

http://www.prb.org/press/transform.html

It is now clear that the 21st century will feature a major transformation in world population. Population growth in the industrialized (or "more developed") countries has essentially stopped. Demographic growth has now shifted almost entirely to the less developed countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

A Word on Africa

2001-05-28

http://www.solidarityvoice.org/Africa.htm

Today, Africa is characterised by problems of poverty, underdevelopment, war, illiteracy, famine and diseases. It has however come to the limelight that the task of solving these problems has to a large extent been left to the governments and other institutions, leaving untapped a big contribution that would have come from the civil society. SAI believes therefore that unless the civil society in Africa is given the opportunity to engage in the peace building process, nation building, development and governance, the Africa continent will always remain a step behind, caught in the web of conflict and underdevelopment.

ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT ECONOMY IS MAKING THE WORLD SICK

2001-05-28

http://www.worldwatch.org/alerts/010524.html

We're eating more meat, drinking more coffee, popping more pills, driving further and getting fatter. Around the world we are consuming more than ever before: but more than one billion people still don't have access to safe water; natural disasters are taking a worsening toll; and we have yet to vanquish some of the world's biggest killers-diarrhea, malaria and AIDS-reports a new publication by the Worldwatch Institute, Vital Signs 2001: The Trends That are Shaping Our Future.

Chad Receives Debt Relief Under HIPC Initiative

2001-05-28

http://www.worldbank.org/developmentnews/

The World Bank and the IMF announced on Wednesday that they have agreed to support a comprehensive debt reduction package for Chad&#8212;one of the poorest countries on earthunder the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative.

DIOUF: WIDESPREAD HUNGER A STAIN ON WORLD'S CONSCIENCE

2001-05-28

http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/OIS/PRESS_NE/PRESSENG/2001/pren0132.htm

Addressing the contract between society and agriculture at the World Agricultural Forum in St. Louis, Dr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), called on Sunday (20 May) for increased efforts towards ensuring all people regular access to safe and nutritious food. "Unless efforts are stepped up by national governments, international bodies and organizations of the civil society, widespread hunger - a stain on the world's conscience and a constraint to security, stability and economic growth - will remain with us in the decades to come," warned Dr. Diouf.

FREEING THE PLANET FROM HUNGER IS WITHIN REACH

2001-05-28

http://www.fao.org/

Dr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), today called on world leaders "to give full-fledged priority to food security in national policies." Addressing a Summit meeting of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Dr. Diouf said, "Freeing the planet from hunger is a formidable historical challenge, particularly for Africa's Heads of State. But, I am convinced that this objective is within our reach."
Dr. Diouf said Africa has success stories in combating hunger.
"Five of its countries are among the thirteen that have made the most
progress in this respect," he said. However, he added that Africa also has
the highest concentration of undernourished people in the world, accounting
for 28 percent of the continent's population. Dr. Diouf said the key
factors contributing to the high percentage of hunger include political
instability, inappropriate economic policies and strategies, weak regional
cooperation and limited economic integration.

"The prevailing food situation in the COMESA countries, and in
Africa as a whole, is a source of serious concern among policy makers,
development partners and civil society," warned Dr. Diouf.

During the November 1996 World Food Summit, 186 countries pledged to
reduce by half the number of underenourished people in the world by 2015.
Dr. Diouf said some progress has been achieved, as the total number of
hungry persons decreased by 8 million per year between 1992 and 1997. But
he added, "this is largely insufficient, given that an annual reduction of
20 million would be necessary if the Summit goal is to be achieved."

Dr. Diouf announced that FAO will convene the "World Food Summit:
five years later" in Rome from 5 to 9 November 2001. He invited the leaders
attending COMESA to be present in person at what he called a major political
and economic event. Dr. Diouf said only Heads of State and Government "are
able to ensure that the most fundamental of human rights - the right to food
- becomes a reality for the citizens of COMESA, Africa and the world."

The Summit will concentrate on two essential aspects: political
commitment at the highest national and international level, and the
mobilisation of multilateral, bilateral and local resources for the
effective implementation of the World Food Summit Plan of Action, Dr. Diouf
said.

In an effort to help low-income food-deficit countries realise the 1996
Summit goal, FAO's Special Programme for Food Security has taken concrete
action at the level of the rural poor to help them produce their own food.
The Programme is now being implemented in 62 countries, of which 37 are in
Africa and 13 are part of COMESA, said Dr. Diouf. He added that the
programme is under formulation in another eight COMESA countries. This
programme is helping to improve water management, intensify cropping while
diversifying production through small-scale livestock rearing, artisanal
fisheries and aquaculture. It is also addressing socio-economic constraints
to agricultural development. In the different countries involved, the
programme is supported by a critical mass of field experts and technicians
supplied under South-South Cooperation. Dr. Diouf paid tribute to Egypt for
demonstrating its solidarity by taking part in this cooperation effort.

Staying on a positive note, the FAO Director-General noted that at
the beginning of the 1970s, India with a population of 400 million people
used to consume 50 percent of all world food assistance. "Today, with a
population of about one billion, it is a net exporter of cereals.
Similarly, over the last six years, Vietnam, formerly an importer of rice,
has become the second largest exporter of this commodity in the world."

Dr. Diouf said FAO knew how these countries have achieved these
results, and had taken part in the programmes and projects that had proven
to be so outstandingly successful. He offered the UN food agency's
assistance to help COMESA member states create an enabling environment to
foster trade in agricultural products among member states and to make the
cornerstone of food security a solid foundation on which to build a
prosperous Africa.

"No state can be truly sovereign and earn respect if it has to ask
other countries to give it food to feed its people," warned Dr. Diouf.

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RAF IN 2/2

Governing Our Cities: will people power work?

2001-05-28

http://www.comminit.com/Materials/sld-1899.html

In the last 40 years urban populations have increased five-fold and over the next 30 years 90 per cent of population growth will be in urban areas. As the special session of the UN assembly meets in New York on June 6 - 8 2001 to review progress since 1996, Panos is publishing a new report, Governing Our Cities: will people power work? assessing whether post-Istanbul urban strategies are succeeding. It concludes that although many nations are trying to take new approaches to the way they manage cities, they are doomed to fail unless governments work in tandem with other groups in society, and particularly the urban poor.

IMF’s Four steps to Damnation

2001-05-28

http://www.jubileeplus.org/analysis/articles/IMF_Four_steps_Damnation.htm

It was like a scene out of Le Carré: the brilliant agent comes in from the cold and, in hours of debriefing, empties his memory of horrors committed in the name of an ideology gone rotten. But this was a far bigger catch than some used-up Cold War spy. The former apparatchik was Joseph Stiglitz, ex-chief economist of the World Bank. The new world economic order was his theory come to life. He was in Washington for the big confab of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. But instead of chairing meetings of ministers and central bankers, he was outside the police cordons. The World Bank fired Stiglitz two years ago. He was not allowed a quiet retirement: he was excommunicated purely for expressing mild dissent from globalisation World Bank-style.

Jeffords Declares Independence, Stymies Bush Agenda

2001-05-28

http://ens-news.com/ens/may2001/2001L-05-24-06.html

As expected, Senator Jim Jeffords announced this morning he is leaving the Republican party and will align himself with the Senate's Democratic caucus. The move, which Jeffords delayed to permit smooth Senate passage of the massive Bush tax cut, swings power over Senate committees and the schedule of Senate legislation to the Democratic Party.

TANZANIA MOVING TOWARDS EXTENSIVE DEBT RELIEF UNDER HIPC

2001-05-28

http://www.worldbank.org/developmentnews

The IMF has commended Tanzania for continued impressive economic performance, saying it may soon qualify for extensive debt relief under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative, AFP reports. Jürgen Reitmaier, leader of an IMF team on a two-week mission to Tanzania, said on Friday that most of the benchmarks set under the Fund's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) have been met.

ZIMBABWE: White farmers offer government one million hectares

2001-05-28

http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/sa/countrystories/zimbabwe/20010524.phtml

White farmers and private financial backers have offered to give the government a million hectares of farmland to resettle landless blacks, the scheme's coordinator, Malcolm Vowles, told IRIN on Thursday. "This is a genuine attempt to break the impasse over land in this country," Vowles said. Zimbabwe's mainly white Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) has been deadlocked in negotiations with the government over the confiscation and violent occupation by black militants of hundreds of white-owned farms.

Access to affordable medicines dominates GlaxoSmithKline AGM

2001-05-28

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/cutthecost/news4.html

Oxfam campaigners notched up another notable success at the annual general meeting of GlaxoSmithKline. Shareholders arriving at the meeting at the Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre in London yesterday, 21 May, were greeted by protesters under a banner proclaiming "Take Leadership". Dressed in white lab coats, the campaigners from Oxfam campaigners handed out prescription bags with a medicine packet containing a leaflet calling for GSK to take the lead within the pharmaceutical industry to make essential medicines cheaper for poor countries.

Bush Nominates Abortion-Rights Opponent to Head Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration

2001-05-28

http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=4770

The White House decided last week to nominate U.N. Vatican representative John Klink to head the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, overruling Secretary of State Colin Powell's choice for the position, the New York Times reports. The selection "marks the second time the White House has taken an antiabortion stance in the area of foreign policy and international population efforts" (referring to President Bush's executive order to ban U.S. funding of international organizations that use their own funds to provide or promote abortion), and is a "setback" for Powell, who, unlike Klink, supports abortion rights.

Equal Opportunity Research on HIV/AIDS for poor countries?

2001-05-28

http://citation.thread.free.fr/survey/africanhivresearch.php3

Should all HIV/AIDS research become centralised in Western competence centres? You may cast your vote (anonymously).

Global campaign to eradicate malaria

Roll Back Malaria has achieved a high profile but little real action

2001-05-28

http://www.bmj.com/content/vol322/issue7296/#EDITORIALS

Three years have passed since the launch of Roll Back Malaria, the global campaign to halve the burden of malaria by 2010, and one year since its high profile African summit in Abuja. The campaign has had two major successes. Firstly, it has built an impressive partnership of the United Nations and development agencies, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, governments, the private sector, researchers, and non-governmental organisations. Secondly, it has raised the visibility of this neglected diseaseone that causes at least 3000 deaths a day and that slows economic growth by 1.3% per year in endemic areas.1 But it has not yet produced a major impact where it matters mostat the ground level in the world's poorest countries.

Global Directory of Health Information Resource Centres

2001-05-28

http://www.iwsp.org

This is the first edition of the largest global listing of health information resource centres, with data pertaining to about 1,000 centres. The focus is on their missions and objectives, with particular reference to their attitudes to technology, and their capabilities and requirements. You may consult or download the entire Directory at the site, or just pick out letters of the alphabet to select countries that are of interest.

Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report - Thu, 24 May 2001

2001-05-28

http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_repro.cfm#4548

In Mali, Powell Pledges Administration's Support for Africa; AIDS Activist Nkosi Johnson's Foster Mother Answers Public's Questions on BBC.
In Mali, Powell Pledges Administration's Support for Africa

In Mali yesterday, Secretary of State Colin Powell said that the $200
million contribution to the global AIDS fund recently pledged by
President Bush is "evidence that the Bush administration won't skimp
when it comes to fighting AIDS" and reassured observers that Africa
remains a "priority" for the new administration, the Wall Street
Journal reports. The visit to Mali is the first stop on a tour that
will take Powell, one of the administration's "most vocal supporters"
of Africa, to the "AIDS hot spots" of South Africa, Kenya and Uganda.
Powell's trip gives the administration "plausible claim to world
leadership" on HIV/AIDS because it highlights "how quickly" the ad-
ministration is "significantly boosting spending on the crisis," the
Journal reports. Powell called the initial contribution to the fund a
"very, very creditable start," adding that the United States does not
have "anything to apologize about" (Phillips, Wall Street Journal,
5/24). The United States is "giving so much more to this problem than
any other country or group of countries that we should be very proud
of what we have done and be energized to do even more," Powell told
reporters aboard his plane en route to Mali (Barber, Washington
Times, 5/24). Powell answered critics who say the U.S. contribution
is "paltry" considering the country's "vast wealth" by stating that
the funds are meant as "seed money" and that more will follow (Jeter,
Washington Post, 5/24). Speaking to a crowd of "several hundred" peo-
ple gathered outside a joint Mali/NIH-sponsored malaria research cen-
ter, Powell said that the U.S. government was prepared to "do even
more" to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the continent (Strobel,
Knight Ridder/Philadelphia Inquirer, 5/24). The president, he added,
has "made a commitment to do everything the United States can do to
solve the problem of communicable diseases" (AP/Baltimore Sun, 5/24).
Powell, who has said he feels an "emotional connection" with Africa,
said he does not see the AIDS epidemic "as a black problem and as a
black man looking at a black problem, but as a secretary of state of
the United States looking at a human problem" (Nichols, USA Today,
5/24). Several people involved in crafting the contribution to the
global fund said Powell "push[ed]" for a "substantial" amount of
money during two "top-level" White House meetings, which resulted in
the announcement of the contribution. However, Betty King, a senior
U.S. representative at the United Nations, urged caution with regard
to projected spending on HIV/AIDS. "We have difficulties with refer-
ences to 'massively increased resources.' While we expect to continue
to increase our support, we see the [U.N. General Assembly special
session on HIV/AIDS] as an opportunity for other donor governments
and partners in the nongovernmental and private sectors to increase
their commitments as well," she said.

Keeping Africa on the Priority List

Powell's trip has gone some way toward assuaging fears that Africa
"wouldn't get as much attention as it did during the Clinton years,"
but some concern remains (Wall Street Journal, 5/24). Powell's trip,
his longest so far, comes ahead of visits to such "traditionally high
priority areas" as Europe and Japan. "We realize the importance of
the continent, the opportunities of the continent and especially the
problems that the continent is facing," Powell said. Beside the con-
tribution to the global AIDS fund, the U.S. government has announced
that it will host 35 African leaders in October for the inaugural
U.S.-African Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum to increase market
access for African nations. Powell also pledged support for the con-
tinent's young democracies. Before leaving Mali today, Powell will
tour the African Crisis Response Initiative training center, where
U.S. troops train foreign troops to deal with their own crises. The
program, begun in 1996 as an "alternative" to sending U.S. troops
into foreign conflicts, is believed to be in jeopardy because of re-
marks made this weekend by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who
"indicated" in an interview that he would like to see U.S. involve-
ment in the program ended or scaled back. Powell said the administra-
tion must "balance" its overseas commitments "against our [other] re-
sponsibilities" (Wright, Los Angeles Times, 5/24).

'Ambivalence' Over Powell

Observers in Mali said a "profound ambivalence" exists among many Af-
ricans toward Powell and that his remarks during the opening days of
his trip addressed "both the good feelings Africans have toward him
and the doubts and suspicions they harbor." Powell is a "difficult
call" for many on the continent, according to Sipho Seepe, a South
African political analyst. "This is the highest position that a black
person has ever held in the United States ... There is a sense that
you have a black person and so he understands poverty, he understands
discrimination, he is more sympathetic to our humanity than some oth-
ers might be. But on the other hand he made his name in a political
party that has historically been hostile to Africa, that was an
avowed ally of apartheid in South Africa," Seepe said, adding that
Powell's military background also complicates views about him because
it is seen as "supporting American imperialism," raising the ques-
tion: "Who is Colin Powell loyal to?" Observers question if Powell's
trip, his third to Africa, is a reflection of a changing attitude by
the administration toward the continent or whether it is "emblematic
of [Powell's] independence." Abdul Mohammed, an analyst in Ethiopia,
said "Africans know for a fact that this is an individual act, by and
large, and that the system has not really recognized Africa. If his
coming to Africa prompts some significant action by the system, that
will be a good thing" (Washington Post, 5/24).


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AIDS Activist Nkosi Johnson's Foster Mother Answers Public's Ques-
tions on BBC's

Gail Johnson, foster mother of 12-year-old Nkosi Johnson, the South
African boy who delivered a "powerful" speech at last summer's 13th
International AIDS Conference in Durban, on Monday took part in a
live Web cast, answering the public's emails and addressing critics
who charge that she has "expolit[ed]" Nkosi for "financial gain," the
BBC's international weekly program "Correspondent" reports ("Corre-
spondent," BBC, 5/17). Nkosi, a black child, has lived with Johnson,
a white South African woman, since his mother died of AIDS-related
complications when he was three years old. The pair first came to me-
dia attention five years ago when Johnson sought to enroll Nkosi in a
local primary school and was met with opposition from those who
feared "mixing" their children with an HIV-positive child. Since
then, Nkosi has become a "potent symbol of hope in the fight against
South Africa's devastating epidemic," "Correspondent" reports. Nkosi,
who did not have the funds to take antiretroviral medications, "sur-
vived on a healthy diet, vitamin supplements and minimizing the
stress of being HIV-positive" before experiencing a "series" of brain
seizures that left him in a coma at the beginning of the year. John-
son's attempt to "push [Nkosi] center stage" as part of fundraising
efforts for care centers for HIV-positive children and their mothers
-- called Nkosi's Havens -- prompted criticism from Nkosi's natural
family that she was using the child for "financial gain" ("Correspon-
dent," BBC, 5/18).

--
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a free service of The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, by National
Journal Group Inc. c 2001 by National Journal Group Inc. and Kaiser
Family Foundation. All rights reserved.

Mali, Powell Pledges Administration

2001-05-28

http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=4764

In Mali yesterday, Secretary of State Colin Powell said that the $200 million contribution to the global AIDS fund recently pledged by President Bush is "evidence that the Bush administration won't skimp when it comes to fighting AIDS" and reassured observers that Africa remains a "priority" for the new administration, the Wall Street Journal reports. The visit to Mali is the first stop on a tour that will take Powell, one of the administration's "most vocal supporters" of Africa, to the "AIDS hot spots" of South Africa, Kenya and Uganda.

NIGERIA: IRIN Focus on worsening epidemics in the north

2001-05-28

http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN

There are signs that Nigeria's northern region is becoming increasingly vulnerable to annual epidemics of measles and meningitis amid widespread resistance to immunisation by suspicious locals. Taking advantage of strong anti-Western sentiments sweeping across the predominantly Muslim region since a number of states started implementing strict Islamic law over the past year and a half, some radical Muslims have launched a strong campaign against Western medicine.

NIGERIA: Measles cases increase by nearly 700 percent in Kano

2001-05-28

http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN

Measles infections rose by 670 percent in northern Nigeria's biggest city, Kano, in the first 21 weeks of this year over the same period in 2000, the international medical organisation, Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF), said on Tuesday.

LAGOS, 23 May (IRIN) -
The results of MSF research at two hospitals in Kano and of a joint
surveillance by MSF and Kano State's Ministry of Health show there were
16,263 cases in the first 21 weeks of 2001 compared to 2,111 cases in the
same period last year. This is an indication of a general rise in the
incidence of the disease in most of northern Nigeria.

"Cases of measles have been rising since November last year," Dr Gebrewold
Petros, medical coordinator of MSF in Nigeria, told IRIN. "They have started
dropping now." While MSF did not provide fatality figures, local newspapers
quoting health officials from different parts of northern Nigeria indicate
that the disease also claimed more lives.

Cases of measles usually increase during the dry, hot season, which begins
around November and lasts until about May. They generally drop with the
onset of the rainy season. Petros said it was not yet possible to say why
incidence of the disease rose dramatically this year. He said all partners
now fighting the epidemic would participate in a study into the reasons for
the increase.

Local and international medical workers involved in immunisation in parts of
Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north have reported some resistance to
vaccination by local people this year. They have attributed it to suspicions
fuelled by some radical Muslims in the area that the vaccines were either
tainted with HIV or were meant to sterilise people under an alleged Western
conspiracy to control African population growth.

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UN Secretary-General Announces Details of Global AIDS and Health Fund

2001-05-28

http://fdncenter.org/pnd/current/004160.html

In an address to the fifty-second World Health Assembly in Geneva, United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan detailed plans for the Global Aids and Health Fund. "The Fund would be governed by an independent Board, on which all significant stakeholders would be represented &#8212; including, of course, the governments of developing countries," Annan said. "In addition, there would be a small secretariat, to do the day-to-day administration, and a strong advisory body, on which the best international experts would be asked to serve."

Calendar of events for the UN Special Session on Children

2001-05-28

http://www.unicef.org/specialsession/nextsteps.htm

Here are some landmarks in the process towards the UN General Assembly's Special Session on Children, slated to be held in September 2001.

Democracy and Electoral Education Unit

2001-05-28

http://www.eisa.org.za/

On the 27th March 2001 a roundtable entitled "Inclusivity in South African schools" was held at EISA's offices and attended by 60 participants. Speakers included the Principals of Parktown Girls and Troyville Primary who shared their schools' experiences and activities around tolerance and inclusiveness in South African schools. Mr Andre Keet from the South African Human Rights Commission and Dr Anthony Meyers from the Gauteng Department of Education also shared some valuable insights into the important steps that are being taken to root out racism and develop a culture of diversity in South African schools. Information on the content of these discussions will soon be available on EISA's website.

Interactive Radio Instruction - Zambia

2001-05-28

http://www.comminit.com/pds52001/sld-1880.html

A project in Zambia is examining how interactive radio instruction can help bring basic education and life skills to help address the crisis of AIDS orphans. In "interactive radio instruction," broadcast lessons are scripted so that listeners feel as if they are interacting with the radio teachers. EDC has been working in partnership with the Zambian Ministry of Education's Educational Broadcasting Service (EBS), churches, NGOs and local community groups to use this method to meet the desperate and growing needs of AIDS orphans.

Kenya: Govt. petitioned to end corporal punishment

2001-05-28

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/education/1201

Secondary schools heads from a Kenyan rural district of Kenya have petitioned the government to lift the ban on corporal punishment citing indiscipline. Media reports here say that the school heads from Machakos district which was in the news last month after two students torched a school domitory leading to death of more than 60 students wanted the government to review the ban.
NEWS MAY 21,01

By Jennifer Wanjiru, Rights Features Service



The heads asked the Parliamentary Committee on Education to pressurise the government to review the decision and allow them to use the cane in schools.

"Even the bible advocates for the use of the rod in instilling discipline". Said one of the heads.

The teachers were speaking during a symposium in the area. The school heads lamented that they feared taking "stern action on indisciplined students" for fear of being taken to court.

"Caning is necessary if virtues are to be instilled in pupils and students", said G. K. Mutua, a high school principal.

The heads blamed parents and guardians of abdicating their parental responsibilities leaving the task to the teachers".

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Violence in schools - a worldwide affair

2001-05-28

http://www.unesco.org/courier/2001_04/uk/education.htm

Violence in schools is a problem common to both rich and poor countries. It is a problem that points to complex patterns linked to family situations, socio-economic conditions and teaching methods. Whatever the factors responsible, one thing is clear - dealing with the menace calls for extreme caution.

Media Racism and Political Parties in South Africa

2001-05-28

http://allafrica.com/stories/200105250083.html

Political parties are not fair game for the press, senior advocate George Bizos told the Johannesburg High Court yesterday. Van Niekerk and Mda lodged the application in response to a statement made by senior ANC leader Jeff Radebe to the Human Rights Commission during its hearings on media racism last year. Radebe told the commission that Van Niekerk had authored a critical opinion piece on Thabo Mbeki, who was deputy president at the time, and published it under Mda's name.

Racism is Alive And Kicking ...

2001-05-28

http://allafrica.com/stories/200105240253.html

Racism is alive and well, and thriving in South Africa and the world at large. Racism is both overt and subliminal. Sometimes it is hard to distinguish the one from the other. Overt racism is in the face of the white farmer who shoots at black children crossing what he thinks of as his property, or in the face of the other white farmer who covers a black worker from top to toe in silver paint to make a point about what the farmer considers to be insubordination.


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OPINION
May 24, 2001
Posted to the web May 24, 2001

John Matshikiza
Johannesburg

And so, lest I be tarred in perpetuity with a brush that says I have only ever had frivolous words to add to the debate about racism (and therefore must belong to "the other side") let me try and sort out a few thoughts on the subject.

Racism is alive and well, and thriving in South Africa and the world at large. Racism is both overt and subliminal. Sometimes it is hard to distinguish the one from the other.

Overt racism is in the face of the white farmer who shoots at black children crossing what he thinks of as his property, or in the face of the other white farmer who covers a black worker from top to toe in silver paint to make a point about what the farmer considers to be insubordination.

Overt racism also used to reside in the pass laws, job reservation, separate development, slavery and the trade in Africa slaves, Jim Crow, lynch mobs, Tough-On-Black-Ass "traditions" like back-of-the-bus and theatre seats for niggers high up in the rafters, and segregated schooling systems that gave white kids an unquestioning subliminal leg-up in the race for survival at home and abroad.

Overt racism today is what only black people can feel in their day-to-day dealings with certain kinds of white people, dealings that are simultaneously both too brutal and too subtle to catalogue. Overt racism has gone underground, but is all the more boastful for its newfound need to be out there and unrepentant.

Subliminal racism is the way in which otherwise enlightened white intellectuals avoid the subject. "What's wrong with South Africa?" an unchosen dinner companion will ask. "Look around you. Everything is working normally." And to demonstrate his vision, he will point around at the ranks of happily oblivious white diners tucking in to duck de foi gras and Canadian salmon in the restaurant you have found yourselves in somewhere in the secluded northern suburbs, where the only black faces are those serving table or clearing away the mess in the kitchen. In fact, in the best places, even the waiters (or waitrons, as they are called in these days of gender, if not racial, sensitivity) will be white, like the bulk of the clientele.

So the black majority, the African bit of the feast, will be represented by the peelers and the cleaners. And, of course, the odd interloper like me, who sits there at table and orders wine and oysters as if he came from that other world, while internally feeling distinctly odd, if not a little embarrassed.

Why should I feel embarrassed at subliminal manifestations of racism, while those who manifest it at the dinner table are more at ease with the security of the new South Africa than they ever were with the old? But that's another long dialogue.

Let us plunge deeper into these dangerous waters.

Is a white person, or are all white persons, inherently racist? No. Is the Afrikaner inherently a racist? No. Is racism a white thing, with blacks forever the victims, or can racism work in reverse? This becomes more difficult to be definitive about. And if it can work in reverse, how much damage can it do? Could black racism ever wreak the devastation that white racism has wrought over the centuries?

All raw stuff. But it is provoked out of me at this time by the seemingly high-flown but in reality banal manner in which the subject of racism is being approached by many public figures at this time in South Africa.

Yes, racism is alive and kicking in the streets of our town, of our country, of our world. Last year, for example, I dropped in for a few hours at the Aardklop Festival of Afrikaans Culture (or so we were told it would be) in the university town of Potchefstroom. There were no "Europeans Only" or "Slegs vir Blankes" signs to be seen (except perhaps in jest) but it was a chilling experience nevertheless, because, whatever the nouveau intelligentsia of Afrikanerdom might have thought, the bedrock of their culture, the hoi polloi that was filling up the streets and buying the vital hotdogs in the streets, was still mired in old habits of racial superiority, and had simply reengineered their binoculars to deal with the irritating realities of the new South Africa. White culture was being celebrated in spite of the superficial impositions of the new reality.

As my daughter, a young woman who never experienced hard apartheid but nevertheless has eyes to see, observed: "It was as if we weren't there. They just looked right through us."

So there we were in the streets of Potchefstroom, pretending we were there, but in reality being as absent in the minds of the people who really do own those kinds of shindig because, if they couldn't ban us or remove us, they could simply ignore us. Once again, the only black people who "were there" were the cleaners and the peelers, who had to stay in the background while keeping the boerewors stalls ticking over and clearing up the mess at the end.

Is there a conclusion to this?

Maybe not. South Africa keeps on ticking. That is the problem. Laws have been changed, but physical and economic realities remain their smug selves.

Believe me, I am tired of talking about, and even of thinking about, racism.

It hits you like a cold slap in the face everywhere you turn, whether on the African continent or in Europe or America.

But if it is to be dealt with at all, it needs to be dismembered with terrible accuracy, fibre by fibre, with a clear understanding of its governing logic.

What we have in our public debate at present is more akin to petulant finger- pointing, the oppressed hurling accusations at the oppressed, rather than the scientific scrutiny and skilful repositioning that is called for.

Africa Most Threatened By Global Warming

2001-05-28

http://allafrica.com/stories/200105230380.html

A new report on global warming by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change points to an unusual paradox in sub-Saharan Africa. Although the region has the lowest emissions of the greenhouse gases that are the major cause of climate change, it is the most vulnerable to the effects of global warming.

Bushmeat Hunting Threatens African Wildlife

2001-05-28

http://ens.lycos.com/ens/may2001/2001L-05-22-06.html

Bushmeat has become the most immediate threat to the future of wildlife populations in Africa, according to the Bushmeat Crisis Task Force. The task force, a consortium of conservation organizations and professionals, has just completed an international meeting to develop an action plan for countering this threat to wildlife.

Fresh Initiative Taken to Refresh Nairobi River

2001-05-28

http://ens-news.com/ens/may2001/2001L-05-25-01.html

The Nairobi River, one of the most polluted rivers in Kenya, is the focus of an intense cleanup campaign by the United Nations Environment Programme which is headquartered in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi, through which the river runs.

Shell Makes Major Deepwater Oil Find

2001-05-28

http://allafrica.com/stories/200105240361.html

Shell's deepwater subsidiary in the country, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCO), has announced the discovery of another substantial crude oil find in the company's oil block located in Nigeria's offshore deepwaters.

Shell Tries to Repair Reputation With Nigeria

2001-05-28

http://www.worldbankboycott.org

Royal Dutch/Shell Group, the second-largest publicly traded oil company, will team up with the World Bank to spread the benefits of its oil projects to Nigeria's people, in a bid to repair Shell's image in the country. Shell's plans to join with the lender in setting up a $30 million fund to finance oil service contractors is drawing fire from human rights and environmental groups, which say the bank is
encouraging what they call Shell's abuses in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
``They're just putting more fuel on the fire,'' said Carol
Welch, an analyst at the environmental group Friends of the Earth.
Even the World Bank unit that's helping finance the fund
acknowledged in an internal report obtained by Bloomberg News that
it faces a risk to its own reputation in associating with Shell,
which pumps almost half Nigeria's daily oil output of 2 million
barrels.
Shell is facing a lawsuit in the U.S. by the relatives of
playwright Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was hung by Nigeria's then-military
government in 1995 for protesting Shell's work in the delta. The
suit accuses Shell of recruiting police to attack villages to
suppress opposition to its work, a charge Shell denies.
Shell also abandoned an oil well in one area, Ogoni land,
eight years ago after local people demanded a greater share of oil
wealth. Early this month the abandoned well sprang a leak, and
Shell had to dispatch firefighters to the scene.

Good for Nigeria

The World Bank says that long-term lending to oil service
companies will help them tap into $1.5 billion a year contracts
from Shell and develop the delta, one of Nigeria's poorest and
most violent regions.
The project aims to alleviate ``unemployment and poverty in a
difficult area, and increases the benefits of oil production to
the economy,'' said Shawn Miller, a spokesman for the bank's
private sector arm, the International Finance Corp.
The fund, which the bank's executive board is likely to
approve next week, is set to be financed equally by the IFC, Shell
and an unnamed local bank. It will be administered by the local
bank to companies that contract with Shell.
In the IFC's internal report, the World Bank unit said it
faces risks in associating with Shell because of the company's
reputation in Nigeria, Africa's largest oil producer.
``Due to the public perception and opinion of oil companies,
IFC's involvement in the Niger Delta region and the association
with Shell could pose a reputation risk to IFC,'' the report said.

Shell's Image

``The proposed project is one facet of Shell's efforts to
improve its image and approach community issues in the Delta,''
the report said.
Many groups have criticized the company for its more than 60
years of work in Nigeria and perceived close association with
corrupt, military regimes of the past.
Despite the emergence of a democratic government in Nigeria
two years ago, the situation in the region continues to
deteriorate, according to the U.S. State Department most recent
human rights report.
Last year, 250 foreign oil workers in the Niger Delta were
the targets of kidnapping by local youths, who have demanded only
oil industry jobs as ransom, the report said.
``Confrontations between increasingly militant `youths' (who
tend to be unemployed males between the ages of 16 and 40), oil
companies, and government authorities continued, the U.S. said.
Oil spills dumped more than 2.5 million barrels of oil -- the
equivalent of 10 Exxon Valdez spills -- in the Niger Delta in the
two decades to 1996, according to a CIA report.
Shell's ``record is pretty atrocious,'' said Daphne Wysham, a
critic of the World Bank's oil projects from the Institute of
Policy Studies, a research group. Wysham said she visited the
Niger Delta in recent years to study local conditions.

Corporate Welfare

``The people who are most impoverished are those that live
right on top of the oil,'' she said.
Other critics questioned why Shell should need money from the
World Bank in the first place.
``If one of the richest companies in the world can't get
funding from the private sector, then that's a pretty good
indication that this is not a sound investment,'' said Ian
Vasquez, who wrote a book for the Cato Institute, a research
group, saying the World Bank perpetuates poverty.
``What this amounts to is a gross form of corporate
welfare,'' he said.
Shell said its work in Nigeria has benefited the country, and
has always tried to make sure the benefits reach more of those in
the Niger Delta.
``We have worked hard to deliver helpful and beneficial
projects across the Niger Delta,'' said Shell spokesman James
Herbert.

`Misinformed' Critics

Critics of Shell are ``misinformed,'' Herbert said. Even
during the rule of General Sani Abacha, Shell pushed the
government to distribute more of its oil revenue in the delta, he
added.
The World Bank also said it's trying to benefit Nigerians.
The two-year-old democratic government of President Olusegun
Obasanjo has promised to provide more oil revenue to local
communities to help them benefit from the oil wealth.
And Shell Petroleum Development Co., its Nigeria-based arm,
spends $20 million a year on health, education, roads and water in
the Niger Delta, according to the company's Web site.
Helping build up local industry is one way to make sure the
benefits of oil make it to the local people, the bank says.
Shell ``currently awards annually about $400 million worth of
contracts to approximately 2,800 local contractors to produce
various services for its oil and gas operations in Nigeria,''
according to the internal report. Yet ``local contractors lack
access to capital, thereby limiting their ability to grow.''
Credit for Nigerian companies often comes at interest rates
of more than 30 percent, according to the World Bank.
``Despite being the source of the bulk of Nigeria's oil and
gas production, the Niger Delta remains impoverished and
underdeveloped,'' the bank wrote. ``Ultimately, the facility would
help establish a strong base of local service companies, which
would produce all around benefits.''
Yet those on the outside say this project is unlikely to
address that need.
``Providing funding for local businesses is important, but
the IFC seems to ignore the larger context of the devastation in
the region,'' Welch said.

--Mark Drajem in Washington (202) 624-1964 or
mdrajem@bloomberg.net /mm

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SUDAN: Humanitarian situation "deteriorating steadily"

2001-05-28

http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/sudan/20010528.phtml

A large-scale humanitarian disaster loomed as the lives of drought-affected populations of central, western and southern Sudan entered a more difficult phase, according to the latest summary report from UNOCHA, for the month of April. In addition to some 600,000 people being in dire need of food and supplies, infant mortality was increasing, malnutrition rates were rising - especially among children, and new segments of society were experiencing vulnerability, it said.

UN Secretary General Denounces U.S. Global Warming Stance

2001-05-28

http://ens.lycos.com/ens/may2001/2001L-05-21-06.html

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan sounded an alarm Sunday that climate change "may well be the greatest global challenge" for the next generation, while expressing the "concern throughout the world" over the recent U.S. decision to reject the Kyoto Protocol on global warming.

World Bank Plans to Fund Risky Project Involving Shell in Nigeria

2001-05-28

http://www.seen.org

The Institute for Policy Studies and Friends of the Earth today denounced the World Banks plans to approve a $15 million loan to a financial intermediary that would provide subcontracting services to Shell Oil Corporation in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. The loan, which would be provided by the World Bank's private sector lending arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), would provide hard currency to banks in the Niger Delta who could then onlend to subcontractors providing services to the Shell Oil Corporation. It is set to be approved next week.

World Bans the Dirty Dozen Most Dangerous Chemicals

2001-05-28

http://ens-news.com/ens/may2001/2001L-05-22-04.html

At a conference in Stockholm to sign the international Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), officials from 120 countries and a host of environmental and civil society groups have gathered to celebrate the adoption of a treaty that will restrict a group of chemicals the United Nations has labelled the most dangerous in the world. The convention will enter into force once ratified by 50 countries.

Journalist Guide to ICC now available online

2001-05-28

http://www.impacs.org/media/criminalcourt.html

A "Journalist' Guide to the ICC" has been produced as part of the the International Criminal Court Technical Assistance Program. It is being distributed to journalists who attend the program's regional workshops, but in an effort to distribute it more widely, it is now available online. Please feel free to draw journalists' attention to this guide, which we feel is a concise summary that can help media in their coverage of ICC issues. If you would like a printable MS Word copy of the Guide, please e-mail Mike Crawley.

BROADCAST POWER IN AFRICA

2001-05-28

http://www.mediachannel.org/front.shtml#charter

Ten years after the United Nation's landmark declaration promoting an "independent and pluralistic" African press, the 2001 Windhoek Charter demands action to protect broadcasting in the public interest.

media channel AFFILIATE SPOTLIGHT:

AFRICAN MEDIA

2001-05-28

http://www.mediachannel.org/affiliates/spotlight/02-front.shtml

Five MediaChannel affiliates discuss their initiatives, the advantages of new technology and the challenges of struggling democracies.

Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe

Media Update # 2001/20 Monday 14 May to Sunday 20 May 2001

2001-05-28

http://www.icon.co.zw/mmpz

Masvingo&#8217;s Mayoral elections again exposed the state media&#8217;s bias in favour of the ruling party. In previous weeks these media had given ample platform to the ruling party to campaign. In the week even after the defeat of the ruling party, the state-media solicited opinions from an array of Zanu PF sources. On the day the results were announced ZBCTV gave little airtime to the victor. On the other hand, The Daily News&#8217; had a subjective interpretation of the results, both in its headline and in the text.
Government&#8217;s U-turn in dealing with company invasions
exposed the fickleness of the state media which hitherto
had glorified the labour arbitrations and ignored the
abductions, threats and extortion in the arbitrations. Of concern, has been the ongoing battle between the
various media outlets, mainly the private press and state
media. Both sides have sought to prove the other side
wrong by denying reports in other media outlets at the
expense of providing fair and accurate information to the
public. Obviously, in the final analysis, the reader is the
victim, as s/he remains unsure of which report to believe.

Ø The week saw a new live current affairs programme, &#8220;Talk
To The Nation&#8221;, on ZBC-TV which is sponsored by
National Development Association (NDA). There were
about 12 callers, representing views that evenly reflected
those critical and in favour of government policies.
However, the programme requires the services of an
independent and qualified moderator to give it greater
credibility.



MASVINGO MAYORAL ELECTIONS

Expectations were high that after a campaign blitz on behalf of the
ruling party, the state-owned media would at least give airtime to
the winning candidate after the elections. MMPZ statistics however
show that on television, for example, of the 20 minutes spent on
the elections in the week, Zanu PF was accorded 16 minutes
(80%) while both the Registrar&#8217;s office and the MDC 90 seconds
each (7.5%) and 60 seconds was the reporter&#8217;s opinion. On radio
2/4; 55% of the voices quoted were Zanu PF, 18% MDC. Radio 3
relegated MDC&#8217;s victory to the third item (14/5 8pm). The station
carried two MDC voices against six of Zanu PF.
Similarly, the Herald solicited three Zanu PF voices versus three
from MDC (sandwiching the MDC victory between extensive stories
of Zanu PF victories elsewhere), while the Chronicle gave two
voices each to the parties. However the bias was evident in the
Herald&#8217;s editorial which read thus: &#8220;in this weekend&#8217;s election
Zanu-PF pushed its share of the vote to 29.3 percent while the
MDC share dropped to 62.9 percent&#8230;that substantial increase
in the Zanu-PF share in just under a year shows that the ruling
party is probably on the right track in its efforts to rebuild its
urban support. The editorial went further to claim that because of
this percentage rise ZANU-PF was going to get a &#8220;comfortable&#8221;
majority in the Presidential elections.

The private press however, viewed the victory as people&#8217;s brave
stand against state violence and intimidation. The Daily News 16/5,
The Financial Gazette 17/5 and The Zimbabwe Independent 18/5
ran editorials reinforcing the futility of state violence to influence
votes in urban areas.
The Daily News quoted four MDC voices against one of Zanu PF.
It&#8217;s initial article on the MDC victory was opinionated and subjective
in tone as reflected in the headline &#8220;Masvingo says no to
violence&#8221; and in the sentence &#8220;retired engineer Alois Chaimiti
became the first MDC executive mayor when he embarrassed
Zanu PF&#8217;s Jacob Chademana&#8221;.

The Independent 19/5 quoted the ordinary voices, while The
Financial Gazette 18/5 quoted two Zanu PF voices (Eddison
Zvobgo and Mavhaire, who cannot be said to represent Zanu PF&#8217;s
mainstream opinion but are in fact considered a rebel faction in the
party). The two blamed the party&#8217;s loss on violence, economic
crisis, unnamed opportunists and the party&#8217;s restructuring
exercise.
Both the private and state owned press also concentrated on the
political showdown surrounding the polls without trying to compare
the candidates on the strength of their mayoral manifestos or
programmes they had to offer once in office.
ZBC audiences were swamped with Zanu PF&#8217;s differing reasons for
the loss. These included Samuel Mbengegwi (ZBC; 14/5 8pm &
17/5) who attributed the loss to violence and intimidation,
inefficiency of the registrar general&#8217;s office. The views of other Zanu
PF officials were from secretary for administration Emmerson
Mnangagwa (three minutes thirty seconds-15/5), John Nkomo (16/5
8 pm) who blamed it on factionalism and Jonathan Moyo (ZBCTV,
20/5; 8pm).

On the other hand, MDC&#8217;s winning candidate was given a sound
bite once (1 minute on ZBCTV - on the 15th; 8pm), a day after the
results were announced. On Radio, MDC&#8217;s spokesman,
Learnmore Jongwe, was quoted commenting about the victory on
the 16th, two days after the announcement of the results.

Notably, ZBCTV also appeared to attempt to counter-balance the
MDC victory with stories highlighting internal ZANU PF
developments, which amounted to little more than public relations
items on ZBC TV. For instance on the 14th Nhau/Indaba carried
news of the MDC victory in Masvingo after an item on Philip
Chiyangwa&#8217;s victory in the Zanu PF provincial elections in
Mashonaland West. This item received two minutes and thirty
seconds during the main news bulletin (8pm) while the lead story
received one minute and forty-five seconds of white copy.


Government&#8217;s U-turn on firm invasions

For the first time in the state-owned media, in a demonstration of
these state institutions political patronage, acknowledged that
there was thuggery and evidence of rampant extortion,
abductions and violence (The Herald 17/5) in the labour
arbitrations. It attributed these to &#8220;rogue&#8221; war veterans and MDC
impostors. Previous weeks reports had glorified the war veterans as
efficient arbitrators.
Similarly the ZBC in an about turn was quick to condemn the
activities and uncritically reported Nkomo&#8217;s assertion that those
who were involved in these invasions and extorting money were
rogues/criminals (16/5). ZBC failed to report that war veterans had
been arrested and when it did the following day on 17/5 the report
was buried in the business section of the television bulletin. It was
left to a caller in a new current affairs prgramme to question and
attempt to reconcile the fact that one of the arrested people was
Mike Moyo an executive member of the war veterans and Chris
Pasimarire a war veterans executive member in Zanu PF&#8217;s Harare
province.
Although radio broke the story in time, 17/5 1pm, on television the
story broke on 18/5 Nhau/Indaba in the bulletins monitored.
The private press was dismissive of government&#8217;s efforts,
interpreting the about turn as being a result of a strategy that had
gone wrong and brought more losses than gains.

All state media (20/5) reported the appointment of four labour
tribunal judges. No attempt was made to reconcile this with
previous reports which had blamed the inefficiency in the resolution
of labour disputes on the ZCTU. Apparently, the blame could
squarely be levelled on the government because of its failure to
appoint enough judges.


Mazowe Citrus and Care International

The war between the private media and the state-media continued
this week. This time the state media (ZBC 17/5 and The Herald
18/5) rubbished a Daily News report (17/5) which had alleged that
Mazowe Citrus had been forced to close down by war veterans. In
another report, The Herald (16/5) quoted an unnamed visiting
Canadian envoy who allegedly described the Daily News (7/5) and
The Standard (13/5) reports about the assault of Care director and
Canadian diplomat at the hands of war veterans as grossly
exaggerated &#8220;press nonsense&#8221;.
The Zimbabwe Independent and the Daily News followed up the
denial alleging that the Herald had manufactured a story in order to
discredit The Daily News and that the &#8220;O&#8221;Brien had never given an
interview with the Herald. The Herald followed up with a story
standing by its story and saying had &#8220;impeccable sources&#8221;.
A similar incident occurred with the Mazowe Citrus Estate report,
where The Herald and the ZBC in indirect speech, quoted the
Estate&#8217;s chief executive who said that operations and stopped but
only for the morning. The Daily News (18/5) on the other hand
followed this up quoting unnamed workers who expressed shock at
their chief executives denial.
These reports highlight the struggle for credibility between media
outlets, and certainly the reader is the victim. The question of truth
invariably arises.


DAILY NEWS APOLOGY

Another contestation between the Daily News and the state-owned
press came to an end in the week. Against conventional
journalistic ethics and conduct, The Daily News, which had
previously alleged that a US lawsuit against the President had
resulted in a default judgement of $20billion, published a retraction
in its editorial. The statement read:
&#8220;&#8230;we stated that a default judgment had been passed
against Mugabe, where the court had only noted Mugabe&#8217;s
default. This was an error on our part and we wish to
publicly apologise to Mugabe for the embarrassment and
inconvenience it may have caused him&#8230;&#8221;


PROPAGANDA

The Herald (14/5) carried an article alleging British undercover
operations in Zimbabwe. The story quoted unnamed intelligence,
diplomatic and military analysts, consequently depriving the article
of credibility. In a separate article of the same issue Minister of
Information and Publicity Professor Jonathan Moyo reiterated the
existence of unnamed espionage missions against Zimbabwe.
Without proper sourcing and verification the report read as mere
government propaganda.
The former editor of The Herald Bornwell Chakaodza, confirmed the
existence of such propaganda. The Standard (20/5) reported that
the former editor revealed that he was once forced, against his
better judgment, by a government minister to publish a totally
false story alleging an MDC plot to sabotage the country. MMPZ is
greatly concerned by such lack of professional ethics and the use
of the public press as a medium for state propaganda.

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ANGOLA: Free all children, UNITA urged

2001-05-28

http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/sa/countrystories/angola/20010528.phtml

Sixty Angolan children abducted by UNITA forces earlier this month were freed on Friday, but an unknown number of juveniles remain captives within the rebel movement's ranks, humanitarian officials told IRIN. The children, along with two adults, were released at Camabatela in the northern province of Kwanza Norte. They had been abducted from an orphanage more than 300 km south run by the development agency ADPP, during an attack on the town of Caxito on 5 May.

BURUNDI: Government accused of blocking peace process

2001-05-28

http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/burundi/20010528a.phtml

The group of eight pro-Tutsi parties supporting Colonel Epitace Bayaganakandi as transitional president have issued a statement condemning the "unacceptable manipulation by the government and its associates aimed at avoiding the implementation of the Arusha agreement", the private Burundi news agency NetPress reported. It said the parties believed that a recent meeting brokered by the Italian San Egidio religious community which brought together the CNDD faction of Leonard Nyangoma, the hardline Tutsi PARENA party, the government, and ruling party UPRONA, as well as the recent visit to South Africa by President Pierre Buyoya were attempts to "exclude Bayaganakandi".

Burundi: Talks Abort After Army Officers Fail to Turn Up

2001-05-28

http://allafrica.com/stories/200105240138.html

Burundi army officers failed to turn up in Arusha today for a scheduled meeting with eight pro-Tutsi political parties. The meeting was to have addressed Burundi's transitional leadership. The eight parties are opposed to the current Burundi leader Pierre Buyoya leading the first phase of a three-year transitional plan proposed by Nelson Mandela, the facilitator of the Burundi peace talks.

Central African Republic: Shelling in capital

2001-05-28

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1357000/1357134.stm

Residents of the Central African Republic's capital, Bangui, have been fleeing continuing fighting between the presidential guard and rebellious soldiers. The authorities had said on Monday that they had the city under control, following what was described as a coup attempt against President Ange-Felix Patasse carried out by disgruntled soldiers.

Congo's Adversaries Deny Involvement in Laurent Kabila's Killing

2001-05-28

http://allafrica.com/stories/200105240344.html

Uganda, Rwanda and Congolese rebels have all described as evil-minded, senseless and ridiculous a new report in which the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) accused them of involvement in the assassination of the former Congolese President, Laurent Desire Kabila, in January. The report, released on Wednesday in the capital Kinshasa, said international intelligence agencies were also implicated but did not specify which.

Egypt: 12 mine/UXOs victims during 2000

2001-05-28

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/conflict/1185

Landmines Struggle Center monitored the deaths of 5 persons and the injury of 7 in 6 mine/UXOs incidents in Egypt during last year. The number of casualties has decreased compared to 1999, which witnessed 37 victims (14 killed/23 injured) and 1998 that witnessed 33 victims (13 killed/20 injured).
Landmines Struggle Center (LSC)

Press Release

12 mine/UXOs victims in Egypt during 2000

LSC Asks the National Committee for Mine Clearance

To Adopt Mine Awareness and Victims Assistant programs

LSC asks upon the new Minister of Foreign Affairs

To Join the Mine ban Treaty

Cairo 15th May 2000



Through its victim&#8217;s survey program, LSC monitored death of 5 victims 1 of them child (5 years old) and injury of 2 others 1 of them women lost here hands (mother of the killed child) in 3 mine incidents in the eastern Area which includes Sinai and Red Sea coast.

The first accident was in 22/2/2000 in ELAMAR village &#8211;Ismailia governorate-150 Km east Cairo. 3 were killed 1 was injured when one of them stepped landmine in the area.

The Second accident was in beginning of December in ALKASIMA area-North Sinai governorate-450 Km east Cairo. Bedouin women called RAIA (20 years) lost here son EID (5 years) who was killed and lost here hands too when here donkey stepped an Israeli anti-tanks in their way for grassing in the mentioned area.

The third accident was in 30/12/2000 in ELGEFGAFA area-North Sinai governorate-400 Km east Cairo. MRZOUQ ANWAR was killed when he stepped Israeli landmine.

In the Western area, which includes Northwest Egypt tell the Egyptian-Libyan border, LSC monitored 3 incidents resulted the injury of 5 victims 4 of them under the age of 14 and the 5th lost his leg when he was crossing the border illegally.

The first accident was in 20/7/2000 in GALALA village-Eldaba&#8217;aa city, Matrouh governorate-350 Km northwest Cairo. FATMA ABD ELSAMIEE (10 years) lost three fingers of here left hand and had many fragments in the other hand, face and chest. These resulted from unknown objective (UXO) explosion when she was grassing in the area.

The second accident was in 10/12/2000 in the Egyptian-Libyan border-Matrouh govrnorate-900 Km northwest Cairo. NABIEL MIKA&#8217;EIL lost his leg when he stepped landmine during crossing the border illegally.

The third accident was in 12/ 12 /2000 in ELSHAL&#8217;EI area &#8211;Matrouh city, Matrouh governorate- 650 Km northwest Cairo. SALAH WAAER TAHER (11 years) lost his left hand and had injuries in his face, chest and head. ABD ELNASSER MOUSA TAHER (14 years) had fragments in several parts of his body. RAMADAN MASTOUR TAHER (12 years) had many fragments in his face, chest and back. The three cousins were injured when they found unknown objective (UXO) 300-meter way from their home.

LSC found out that no one of the victims received mine awareness before the accident or victims assistant after the accident. These belong to the serious lake of mine awareness and victim assistant in Egypt. Regarding those facts, LSC asks the national committee to supervise mine clearance to adopt mine awareness and victim assistant programs.

LSC asks upon Mr. AHMED MAHER the new minister of foreign affairs to adopt new Egyptian mine ban policy and to join the mine ban treaty.

GREAT LAKES: UN mission ends visit

2001-05-28

http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/other/20010528.phtml

The UN Security Council mission wound up its visit to the region at the weekend, after talks in Kampala on the last leg of the trip. The leader of the mission, French ambassador Jean-David Levitte, is due to provide a closed-door briefing to the Council on the eight-country tour on Tuesday. While in Uganda, the 11 ambassadors met Jean-Pierre Bemba, leader of the rebel Front de liberation du Congo (FLC) for talks on the disengagement of his forces from positions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

LIBERIA: US bans conflict diamonds

2001-05-28

http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/wa/countrystories/liberia/20010525.phtml

US President George W. Bush has prohibited the import of all rough diamonds from Liberia, the US State Department reported. Liberia is under UN sanctions for dealing in Sierra Leonean diamonds and otherwise supporting Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels.

Powell: Peacekeeping Promise

2001-05-28

http://allafrica.com/stories/200105240382.html

In the White House earlier this month, U.S. President George Bush told Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo that the United States would continue to help train Nigerian troops as peacekeepers. This week en route to Mali, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told reporters that President Bush's assurance represented an unbreakable promise, despite Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's intention to reduce overseas commitments by the Pentagon.

SIERRA LEONE: UN Troops Deployed in Diamond-Rich Region

2001-05-28

http://www.oneworld.net/ips2/may01/12_37_046.html

Rebels of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in Sierra Leone have for the first time allowed the deployment of UN peacekeepers in the contested eastern diamond- producing region of Kono, about 340 kilometres from the capital Freetown. Confirming the breakthrough to IPS this week, the spokesperson for the UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), Margaret Novicki, said that two companies of about 250 Bangladeshi troops have moved into Kono ahead of the full deployment of peacekeepers there.

Sudan plans peace talks

2001-05-28

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1356000/1356523.stm

The Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir, and the main rebel leader, John Garang of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA), are to attend a summit aimed at ending the country's 18 year civil war. The peace summit, organised by the regional Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is due to take place in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, in June.

Algorithms in Africa

A challenge to those who see Internet access as the key to development

2001-05-28

http://www2.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue86/4657.html

Wayne Marshall, UNIX programmer and African resident, shares concern over what he names "the new zeal of the high-tech missionary" - delivering internet access. Access delivery does not mean that projects are planned well. They need to be carried out with insight into issues like sustainability and relevance.
A UNIX programmer and African resident shares concern over what he names "the new zeal of the high-tech missionary" - delivering internet access. Access delivery does not mean that projects are planned well. They need to be carried out with insight into issues like sustainability and relevance.

Take a look at issues like the Digital Divide and what Wayne Marshall calls "The New Tech Testament". His description of tech projects provide insights into their successes and failures.

APC Africa Hafkin communications prize

2001-05-28

http://www.apc.org/english/hafkin

APC has launched the Africa Hafkin Prize to reward outstanding African initiatives that successfully use information and communications technology (ICT) for development. APC will accept nominations for the Hafkin Prize until 31 May 2001 through the Hafkin Prize Web site.

Digital Opportunities for All: Meeting the Challenge

Draft Report of the Digital Opportunities Task (DOT Force) Version 3.0, April 2001

2001-05-28

http://www.markle.org/thirddraft.pdf

This report is submitted as a consultation to the Digital Opportunities Task Force (DOT Force), a Digital Divide initiative of the Group of Eight (G-8). The report&#8217;s substance is drawn from comments solicited and received from the public at large. Those comments address four questions: what are the best approaches to address the digital divide? what are the current barriers to greater Internet access? what organizations are currently working on the Digital Divide?
how should groups narrow the Digital Divide?

Get a Grip on Your Non-Profit's Information Technology Assets!

2001-05-28

http://207.21.202.169/techsurveyor/

NPower's Tech Surveyor is a free tool that makes it easy to gather detailed info about your organization's computers, servers, networks, printers and other peripherals, and key software. It can also profile the technology skills of your organization's staff.

Internet Potential in Cote D'Ivoire

Policies and infrastructure get upgraded

2001-05-28

http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/current1.html

A look at new policies around information, Internet access and multimedia in Cote D'Ivoire. New infrastructure and policy developments have gone ahead despite a telco monopoly and political upheaval. However, there are still several obstacles to becoming a connected computer user.
A look at new policies around information, Internet access and multimedia in Cote D'Ivoire. New infrastructure and policy developments have gone ahead despite a telco monopoly and political upheaval. However, there are still several obstacles to becoming a connected computer user.

Naidoo calls for digital divide courage

2001-05-28

http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2001/0105231127.asp?A=BUS&O=L

Former SA minister of post and telecommunications Jay Naidoo yesterday called on the private sector to overcome the &#8220;paralysis of analysis&#8221; on the digital divide and start on concrete projects to overcome it, and profit in the process.

Balancing Act NEWS UPDATE 61:

COTE D'IVOIRE - INTERNET POTENTIAL DESPITE POLITICAL UPHEAVALS

2001-05-28

http://www.balancingact-africa.com

Despite recent political upheavals, the internet in Cote D'Ivoire continues to grow steadily. Although the semi-privatised state telco operates a monopoly, its regulatory regime has been sufficiently liberal to encourage new operators. As a regional hub for the computer industry it should have considerable future potential. Kokou Adediha looks at what's happening.

GrassrootsOnline

2001-05-28

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International Food Policy Research Institute

2020 Vision NEWS & VIEWS Newsletter

2001-05-28

http://www.ifpri.org/new/NEWatIFPRI.htm

In this issue: global warming changes forecast for agriculture; an interview with Asbjorn Eide, senior fellow and former director of the Norwegian Institute of Human Rights, explores the concept of food as a human right; read about the 2020 Vision conference on "Sustainable Food Security for All by 2020" in Bonn, September 4-6, 2001.

Call for applications: Research Training Grants 2002

2001-05-28

http://www.who.int/tdr/grants/grants/rtg2002.htm

Deadlines for Applications: 31 October 2001
Contact Information: Steven Wayling Manager, Research Training Grants (RTG)Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland, Fax: +41-22-791-4854 Tel: +41-22-791-3909

The UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) invites applications for the award of Research Training Grants (RTG) in 2002. Applicants must be nationals of, and employed in, the developing disease endemic countries (DECs),particularly from least developed countries, and low income and high- burden countries with limited research capacity. RTGs are awarded, on a competitive basis, for studies leading to a postgraduate degree, or for acquiring specialized skills. Studies must be on one or more of the TDR target diseases - malaria, leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis, African trypanosomiasis and Chagas disease, leprosy, dengue and tuberculosis in laboratory, clinical or applied field research disciplines relevant to TDR and/or national priorities. The training may take place in the home country, in another developing country, or in a developed country. TDR reserves the right to select the academic institution, research programme or TDR-funded Research & Development (R&D) project where it is felt the most suitable training can be obtained.
Call for applications: Research Training Grants 2002
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Source: tdr-scientists@who.ch <mailto:tdr-scientists@who.ch>

The UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) invites applications for the award of Re-
search Training Grants (RTG) in 2002. Applicants must be nationals of, and employed in, the developing disease endemic countries (DECs),
particularly from least developed countries, and low income and high- burden countries with limited research capacity. RTGs are awarded, on
a competitive basis, for studies leading to a postgraduate degree, or for acquiring specialized skills. Studies must be on one or more of
the TDR target diseases - malaria, leishmaniasis, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis, African trypanosomiasis and
Chagas disease, leprosy, dengue and tuberculosis in laboratory, clinical or applied field research disciplines relevant to TDR and/or
national priorities. The training may take place in the home country, in another developing country, or in a developed country. TDR re-
serves the right to select the academic institution, research programme or TDR-funded Research & Development (R&D) project where it is felt the most suitable training can be obtained.

Eligibility

Applications for training should be designed as an integral part of an institution development programme rather than an individual re-
quest. The successful applicants are expected to promote the development of infrastructure and research environment, provide future
training opportunities, exhibit scientific expertise in their chosen field, be conversant with information and communication systems, and
to develop opportunities for collaboration with scientists and institutions in other countries where possible.

Proposals will be reviewed on the basis of
(a) research experience of applicant,
(b) previous education sufficient to justify requested graduate training,
(c) quality and clarity of written application,
(d) recommendation letters,
(e) relevance of training to home institute,
(f) relevance of training to home country/region,
(g) research project presented (for PhD),
(h) research environment in the home institution,
(i) previous TDR funding, and
(j) national commitment to research.

For further information and instructions, please contact

Steven Wayling
Manager, Research Training Grants (RTG)
Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR)
World Health Organization
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Fax: +41-22-791-4854
Tel: +41-22-791-3909
<mailto:waylings@who.int>
or see
<http://www.who.int/tdr/grants/grants/rtg2002.htm>

Applications must be received by 31 October 2001 and will be reviewed
by a sub-Committee of the Research Strengthening Group (RSG) in Feb-
ruary 2002.

Claude Ake Memorial Awards Program

2001-05-28

http://www.aaionline.org.

Title: Claude Ake Memorial Awards Program. Deadline for Applications: July 16, 2001. Contact Details: The Africa-America Institute Claude Ake Memorial Awards, 1625 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 400, Washington, D.C. 20036-2259, U.S.A.

The Africa-America Institute and the African Studies Association announce the 2002 Claude Ake Memorial Awards Program competition, funded by the Ford Foundation. The Claude Ake Memorial Awards Program seeks to encourage young and mid-career African scholars-activists to carry out research, reflection and writing about their ideas and activities. The award is intended for Africans who are engaged in knowledge-based and reality-informed problem solving to address the continent's development challenges, in the tradition of Claude Ake.

Claude Ake Memorial Awards Program

The Africa-America Institute and the African Studies Association announce
the 2002 Claude Ake Memorial Awards Program competition, funded by the Ford
Foundation.

The Claude Ake Memorial Awards Program seeks to encourage young and
mid-career African scholars-activists to carry out research, reflection and
writing about their ideas and activities. The award is intended for Africans
who are engaged in knowledge-based and reality-informed problem solving to
address the continent's development challenges, in the tradition of Claude
Ake.

"Africa is not winning [the battle to control its development agenda]
because the struggle has been construed too narrowly as one over economic
and political power. But it is much more than that. It is also a struggle
of ideas and knowledge. Scientists are a major part of the problem. To
begin with, we ourselves have no faith in the power of scientific knowledge
or in our ability to use it to solve problems. If we did, we would talk
less about how our governments constrain science and concentrate on using
the power of our knowledge to change them so they can value science, support
it and exploit its potential. It is not very useful to lament incessantly
the persistence of traditional and popular attitudes which are detrimental
to the production and utilization of scientific knowledge. Why not
problematize this scientifically and devise a means for changing these
attitudes?...Without articulating how to proceed and why, our march to
development cannot really begin. Can we [scientists} live with this tragic
betrayal of our mission?" From Knowledge, Public Policy and Development:
The Case of Social Science.

These are the words of the late Claude Ake, an activist for democracy, a
visionary, and a scholar of global standing. They were presented as part of
the challenge he issued a decade ago to colleagues in the Nigerian scholarly
community who, at his invitation convened at the Nigerian Institute for
International Affairs in Lagos to envision the institutional mission of what
later became the Centre for Advanced Social Science (CASS). Throughout his
professional life, Ake was critically engaged with the political and
economic realities in his country and was at the forefront among
scholar-activists who championed social justice, economic development, and
democracy. He challenged African intellectuals to help construct an African
consciousness about development, a consciousness that would guide Africans
in conceiving of African solutions to African problems and, indeed, problems
faced around the world. A remarkable leader, he was an expert on political
theory, political economy and development studies. This awards program was
created to honor his life and work.

Ake understood that education was part of the solution but that with the
declining state of much of the continent's higher education system, more was
needed. This awareness and conviction informed his decision in 1990 to turn
down a research fellowship at major think tank and several lucrative
teaching positions in the U.S. in order to return to Nigeria to found CASS.
He died in 1997 in a plane that crashed after take off over Lagos.

The Claude Ake Memorial award will recognize the work of African
intellectuals functioning in various capacities on both sides of the
Atlantic. It will support research projects that are applicable to a
country, region, or other defined setting within Africa. Successful
applicants will receive stipends of $5,000 for innovative research aimed at
meeting challenges that face the continent of Africa. Ake award recipients
will travel to the United States to participate in study tours that are
designed to support their individual research interests. In addition, the
Ake Scholars will attend the African Studies Association (ASA) Annual
Meeting in Washington, D.C., December 5-8, 2002 where they will present
their research to a representative cross section of the Africanist community
in the United States. The Africa-America Institute will compile a resource
book with syntheses of the Ake Scholars' research and distribute it widely
to academic and other audiences.

Application Process

The application packet is attached. Applications may also be downloaded via
the Internet at: http://www.aaionline.org Applications will be reviewed by
a panel of distinguished scholars of African studies in the humanities and
social sciences. Complete applications must be received in hard copy at the
Africa-America Institute no later than July 16, 2001. Fax and email
applications will not be accepted.

Notification of the awards will take place on or about October 22, 2001.

Eligibility

This program is intended primarily for young and mid-career African
scholar-activists residing on the continent of Africa. Awards may also be
made to select African applicants residing outside of Africa. Preference is
given to individuals who have not recently visited North America.
Applications may be submitted in English, French or Portuguese. However,
proficiency in written spoken English is preferred for participation in the
U.S. study tour.


Themes

The following are suggested areas of research. We welcome proposals in all
areas related to the social sciences and humanities, and especially those
that address issues in the researchers' fields in creative ways.

 Democracy and Citizenship: New Political Processes and Popular
Participation
 Gender Relations and the Empowerment of Women
 Use of Information Technology in the Production of Knowledge,
 Social Change and Activism
 Culture and the Arts
 The Impact of the "Brain Drain": Strategies of Reintegration.
 Refugees and Disrupted Communities
 Conflict Resolution
 Community Activism
 Environmental Issues
 Science and Health with Social Implications

Completed applications should be sent to:

The Africa-America Institute
Claude Ake Memorial Awards
1625 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20036-2259
U.S.A.

For inquiries, please contact the Africa-America Institute at the above
address or by email: award@aaionline.org For information and applications,
please visit the Africa-America Institute web site:
http://www.aaionline.org/


The mission of The Africa-America Institute (AAI) is to promote enlightened
engagement between Africa and America through education, training and
dialogue. Founded in 1953, AAI is a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, nonprofit
organization, with offices in New York and Washington, DC, and a presence in
20 African countries.

The African Studies Association (ASA) was founded in 1957 as a nonprofit
organization open to all individuals and institutions interested in African
affairs. With over 3,000 individual and institutional members worldwide, ASA
is the leading North American organization that promotes African studies.
Its mission is to bring together people with a scholarly and professional
interest in Africa.


Claude Ake Memorial Awards Program

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS


A completed application should include all items A through F. Your
completed application must be received by mail no later than July 16, 2001.

A. Complete Application form.

B. Biographical Statement: Please provide a biographical statement that is
double spaced and no more than one page in length.

C. Research Project Description: The research project description should be
1,500 to 2,000 words, typed and double-spaced. The description should:

. Include the project title;
. Demonstrate your knowledge of the field of study and how your project fits
into and/or will contribute to the field;
. Indicate the practical implications of the project and explain how it will
have an impact on a community, region or country;
. Describe research methodologies and explain how one will know that the
conclusions of the project are valid;
. Include a detailed timeline of activities and project completion.

D. Abstract: Please submit an abstract of no more than 200 words.

E. Budget: A detailed budget should clearly indicate all expenditures that
are directly related to the project. All items should be necessary for the
project and should be purchased or expended within the project time frame.
Items may include personnel, supplies, equipment and local transport. For
transport, please include mode of travel and locations, with costs estimated
as reasonably as possible.

F. Letters of Recommendation: You must provide two Letters of Support from
individuals with knowledge of your work. They should have worked closely
with you in a supervisory or mentor role. Attached are forms that may be
given to referees. Letters should be in sealed envelopes and should
accompany your application submission.


Please send complete application to:


The Africa-America Institute
Claude Ake Memorial Awards
1625 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036-6332
USA

FIRST COURSE DEBUTS ONLINE JUNE 4TH

2001-05-28

http://www.afpnet.org/tier3_cd.cfm?folder_id=869&content_item_id=2186

The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) has invested in new technology to bring its ever-popular First Course in Fundraising to the Internet. The online version, which will debut on June 4, is meant to complement the live version of the course, which is hosted by AFP chapters throughout North America.

HOW TO WRITE THE WINNING FUNDING PROPOSAL

Non-Profit Resource Training

2001-05-28

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/fundraising/1258

In this intensive two-day workshop, top fundraising consultant & author, Jill Ritchie, will guide you step-by-step through every aspect of preparing and submitting a concise, compelling and effective funding proposal. Through action learning participants will develop a funding proposal from concept to the finished document, with enclosures, budget and covering letter.
The course will benefit fundraisers at all levels who wish to obtain improved results from proposal submission.

Date: 22 & 23 June, 2001
Venue: Cape Town, South Africa
ENQUIRIES: Joyce Gampel
Tel: (+27) (21) 685 7726 E-mail: joyceg@telkomsa.net <mailto:joyceg@telkomsa.net>

NEW STUDY FINDS HIGH TECH DONORS STILL COMMITTED TO GIVING

2001-05-28

http://www.afpnet.org/tier3_cd.cfm?folder_id=895&content_item_id=2064

The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), the world&#8217;s largest organization of philanthropic fundraisers, today released a study regarding the charitable giving habits of wealthy, high-tech executives. The High Tech Donor Study is the first qualitative, interview-intensive report providing in-depth analysis of how high-tech philanthropists view their giving and the long-range implications of their involvement in the nonprofit sector.

WorldGuide to Scholarships

A Directory of International Scholarships, Fellowships, Financial Aids and Grants Sources to study abroad!

2001-05-28

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/fundraising/1256

R20;World Guide to Scholarships&#8221; is a foremost guide for financial aid information for international students wishing to study in a foreign country. Most comprehensive listing of grants, scholarships, loan programs, and other information to assist students in their pursuit to study abroad. The guide includes directory of award scholarships, grants and fellowships available to international students all over the world. The guide identifies several independent and corporate foundations, all of which award grants to individuals.
&#8220;WorldGuide to Scholarships&#8221; Book
A Directory of International Scholarships, Fellowships, Financial Aids and Grants Sources to study abroad!
R20;World Guide to Scholarships&#8221; is a foremost guide for financial aid information for international students wishing to study in a foreign country. Most comprehensive listing of grants, scholarships, loan programs, and other information to assist students in their pursuit to study abroad.
The guide includes directory of award scholarships, grants and fellowships available to international students all over the world. The guide identifies several independent and corporate foundations, all of which award grants to individuals.
The R20;World Guide to Scholarships&#8221; has been prepared to assist international students who seek funding to attend colleges and universities of their choice. The guide provides information about student financial assistance without regard for citizenship. That is, a student is not required to be a U.S. citizen in order to apply for the available funds.
Scholarships, Grants and Financial Aids to study at any institution are open through the guide to all students from around the world (without regard to race, religion, sex, or handicap), you do not need to be U.S. citizen in order to apply for the award scholarships.
Scholarships, fellowships and grants are forms of aid that help students pay for their education. Unlike loans, they do not have to be repaid. Hundreds of thousands of scholarships and fellowships from several thousand sponsors are awarded each year.
The guide identifies many independent and corporate foundations, all of which award grants to individuals. The book provides information and sources to help you finance your education at all levels.
Generally, scholarships and fellowships are reserved for students who demonstrate financial needs and with special qualifications, such as academic, athletic or artistic talent. Awards are also available for students who are interested in particular fields of study, who are members of underrepresented groups, who live in certain areas of the country or who lack enough money to school at home or abroad.
There are minutiae of admissions, details of international scholarships and list of ALL CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES, ALL AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES and UNITED STATES UNIVERSITIES in the guide.
Even if you have already been admitted as a student in an institution you can still apply for any or all of these award scholarships and you will receive free money to enable you meet up with other expenses.
Criteria for these scholarships are determined by the donor(s) and can include such items as grade point average, class rank, major, scores and/or documented need. Students who have not qualified for federal financial aid may compete for many of these scholarships, and are strongly encouraged to do so. Students who have federal or state financial aid and qualify for private donor scholarships are usually able to use them to reduce loan or work in their financial aid package. We strongly encourage international students to get a copy of the guide to help in their search for funds to study abroad. We will send the guide to you within few days as you request.
If you determine to get a copy of the guide today, write us or send e-mail message to <mailto: tet_jos@hotmail.com <mailto:tet_jos@hotmail.com> >. In your message, please remember to include your full name, state/nationality, country of residence, full contact address & postal address, e-mail, telephone and fax (if available).
We wish you the best of luck in your search for scholarship and financial assistance. You may wish to send this message to your friends and relations who might be interested in getting a copy of the guide. Thank you.
A Copy of the Guide is available at the rate of ($16 USDollar) or its equivalent.
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A Collaborative Conference on the Crisis in Health Care, Environment, and Economic Development in Africa.

2001-05-28

http://www.listentoafrica.org

Title: A Collaborative Conference on the Crisis in Health Care, Environment, and Economic Development in Africa.
Date: September 12 - 14, 2001
Location: Chicago, IL
Contact Phone Number: (312) 755-0635

You are invited to:
A Collaborative Conference on the Crisis in Health Care, Environment, and Economic Development in Africa.
September 12 - 14, 2001, Chicago, IL
This is the first conference focused on the links between health care,
environment and economic development in Africa with an emphasis on
understanding African perspectives on intervention and program
development.
Visit our website at www.listentoafrica.org
Attached is a conference registration form. If you have any questions,
please contact us via e-mail or at 312/755-0635.

AFRICA CONNECTS CONFERENCE - FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

2001-05-28

http://ac.wcape.school.za

Title: AFRICA CONNECTS CONFERENCE - FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
Conference Date: 10-13 July 2001
Location: Cape Town
Closing Date for Proposal Submissions: 1 June 2001
Contact Details: E-mail: prog@ac.wcape.school.za
Web: http://ac.wcape.school.za

Telephone: +27 21 674-9140
Fax: +27 21 683-6766
Post: PO Box 44460, Claremont 7735, Cape Town, South Africa

The Africa Connects conference, focusing on Education in the Internet Age, will be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 10-13 July 2001, opened by South Africa's Minister of Education Kader Asmal.
The conference is hosted by SchoolNet SA and the Western Cape Schools Network in association with the 8th Annual International I*EARN Conference (with activities for I*EARN delegates from 9-14 July).

You are invited to submit your presentation proposals for the conference. 1500 delegates with a wide range of ICT interests and abilities are expected to attend. All proposals will be seriously considered.
AFRICA CONNECTS CONFERENCE - FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
Cape Town, 10-13 July 2001
http://ac.wcape.school.za

Closing date: 1 June 2001

The Africa Connects conference, focusing on Education in the Internet Age,
will be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 10-13 July 2001, opened by
South Africa's
Minister of Education Kader Asmal.

The conference is hosted by SchoolNet SA and the Western Cape Schools
Network in association with the 8th Annual International I*EARN Conference
(with activities for I*EARN delegates from 9-14 July).

You are invited to submit your presentation proposals for the conference.
1500 delegates with a wide range of ICT interests and abilities are
expected to attend. All proposals will be seriously considered.

*** Conference Tracks ***

Topics for presentations within the identified tracks include, but are not
limited to, the following:

1. New opportunities, new communities

Topics on development and capacity building in South Africa, Africa and
developing nations, including:

* Creating new learning opportunities through ICTs, and improving access
to further and higher education
* Empowering new users
* Educator development programmes
* Access and infrastructure issues
* Major national and international ICT development projects:
Telkom Internet Project, Thintana, Khanya, Gauteng Online,
World Links for Development, GEMS.

2. I*EARN

Presentations and workshops on I*EARN projects, by teachers and students
in the I*EARN network. (Presentations by I*EARN members may also be
located in other tracks.)

3. School Management and ICT

Topics relating to the management of ICT at all levels within a school and
its community, including:

* Staff development
* Whole-school technology strategies
* Computer room management
* Fund raising and sustainability models

4. ICTs and the Learning Environment

Topics relating to learners' use of and exposure to ICTs, including:

* Curriculum integration
* Information skills
* Online content resources
* New cultures of learning and teaching
* Special needs applications

5. ICTs in careers

Topics relating to training, development and support of potential ICT
professionals and ICT-using professionals, including:

* Computer Studies
* ICT proficiency training in schools, including computer literacy
* Post-school ICT training
* Careers in ICT

6. ICT Infrastructure

Technical aspects that are the foundation of ICT use, including:

* Networks
* Internet connectivity
* Hardware and software solutions
* Intranets
* Maintenance
* Emerging technologies
* Infrastructure management

7. Connected Classrooms - Communities Online

Collaborative efforts to build online communities of educators and
learners, including:

* Collaborative projects using the Internet
* Collaborative project design
* How ICT builds communities

8. Distance Education

Use of ICTs to participate in learning at a distance, including:

* Web-based learning and content
* Virtual schooling
* Online learning and support
* Courseware

9. Educational ICT Products and Services

All marketable ICT products and services that have value when used in
educational environments.

*** Presentation methods ***

Africa Connects will be catering for different levels of experience of the
delegates and you will be asked to identify the level of the target
audience for your presentation.

We want to encourage the following presentation methods and we encourage
you to make your presentation interactive:

* Pre-conference hands-on workshops
* Make-and-take workshops (where delegates are able to produce
resources and take them after the workshop)
* Informal and interactive sessions - posters, small-group discussion,
exhibits, experimental sessions
* Formal presentations - these may require submission of papers before
the conference.

Information for submitting proposals for presentations

The official language of the conference is English.

Please register on the conference web site at http://ac.wcape.school.za

Once you have registered, log in to the conference web site and complete
the form after clicking on the link to "Submit a presentation proposal".

*** Important Dates ***

Submitted proposals will be evaluated and confirmed if accepted on an
ongoing basis. Presenters may be required to submit full text of papers
or presentation material such as slides on request.

1 June 2001: Deadline for submission of proposals
1 June 2001: Deadline for software/equipment requirements for labs

15 June 2001: Final acceptance of presentations
15 June 2001: Final submission of presentation text or material
(if requested, otherwise optional)

8 July 2001: I*EARN activities start
9-10 July 2001: Pre-conference workshops
10-13 July 2001: Main Africa Connects Conference

*** Sponsors ***

Africa Connects is sponsored by Telkom SA, with additional sponsorship
>from Microsoft, MWeb, New Deal, and UniForum SA.

*** Contact Details ***

E-mail: prog@ac.wcape.school.za
Web: http://ac.wcape.school.za

Telephone: +27 21 674-9140
Fax: +27 21 683-6766
Post: PO Box 44460, Claremont 7735, Cape Town, South Africa

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AFRICA MILLENNIUM INTERNATIONAL PROJECT

2001-05-28

http://www.milafrica.org

Fourth Session of the Independent Commission on "Africa and the Challenges
of the Third Millennium"
Date: 28-29 May 2001
Location: Accra (Ghana)
Contact Details: For more information, please contact :
Bernard VERSCHUEREN milafrica@avu.org
Africa Millennium Project (233-21) 77 53 60
Iddrisu SIDDIQ iddrisu.siddiq@undp.org
UNDP-Accra (233-21) 77 38 90 ou (233-24) 32 76 61

AFRICA MILLENNIUM INTERNATIONAL PROJECT
www.milafrica.org

Fourth Session of the Independent Commission on "Africa and the Challenges
of the Third Millennium" - Accra (Ghana) - 28-29 May 2001

The Fourth Session of the Independent Commission will be held on Monday 28
and Tuesday 29 May in Accra on the theme "Science and Technology : Bridging the
Knowledge Gap" under the chairmanship of His Excellency Alhadji Aliu Mahama,
Vice President of Ghana. Jointly organised by the Independent Commission on
Africa and the United Nations University (Institute for Natural Resources in
Africa) with support of UNESCO and UNDP. About 40 participants made up of
University intellectuals, scientists and researchers from the Continent and
the Diaspora will take part in the Conference. The Conference will in the main
deliberate on issues that are critical for the sustainable development of
the continent. Among these are:

- The creation of a favorable environment for the return of African
scientists actually scattered all over the world.

- The strengthening of African human resources in the fields of Science and
Technology and the integration of these resources into the global scientist
community.

- The development of African research capacity in science based especially
on existing knowledge and geared towards protection of the environment and of
the continent's natural resources.

- The gradual development of Africa's capacity to process and transform its
raw materials and all its natural resources so as to become a full and
independent actor in world trade.

- The need for Africa to control its future in the area of satellite
communication and participate in space research, a field in which African
competence do currently exist.


The Fourth Session of the Independent Commission will be the starting point
for a coalition of African scientists that will, among others, draw the map of a
network of "Centres of Excellence" on the Continent for research and
training in science and technology. Those centres will give opportunity to African
scientists to carry out innovative, quality research and interact with Africa's young scientists.

The opening ceremony of the conference will take place on Monday 28 May at
8:30 am at Accra International Conference Centre (Castle Road).

For more information, please contact :

Bernard VERSCHUEREN milafrica@avu.org
Africa Millennium Project (233-21) 77 53 60

Iddrisu SIDDIQ iddrisu.siddiq@undp.org
UNDP-Accra (233-21) 77 38 90 ou (233-24) 32 76 61

Counselling - on Becoming a Profession

Kenya Association of Professional Counsellors 2nd Counselling Conference

2001-05-28

http://www.kapc.or.ke

Date of Conference: 4th - 6th September
Location: Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
Cost: A registration fee of Ksh 2,500 is payable.
The registration fee must accompany the abstract form.
Information: For further details, abstract and registration forms please visit
our website at:
http://www.kapc.or.ke
Deadline for Abstact Submissions: 31st May 2001
Contact Information:Dr. D.H. Balmer
Executive Director
Kenya Association of Professional Counsellors
P. O. Box 55472
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-2-786-310, 784-254
mailto:nairobi@kapc.or.ke
The conference will be organised around presentations and each presentation will be allocated 30 minutes, to include discussion time. Some people may wish to conduct workshops within the timetable of the conference and they are encouraged to make proposals to the committee.

People who wish to make a presentation should complete the official abstract form. The form should give sufficient information to show the development of the presentation. The conference committee will review abstracts and select papers accordingly. There will be no poster section, selected abstracts will be for oral presentation only.
For further details, abstract and registration forms please visitour website at:
http://www.kapc.or.ke


Dr. D.H. Balmer
Executive Director
Kenya Association of Professional Counsellors
P. O. Box 55472
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254-2-786-310, 784-254
mailto:nairobi@kapc.or.ke

HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEACE EDUCATION PROJECT

HUREPI CENTRE FOR PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS STUDIES

2001-05-28

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/courses/1177

Contact Details: HUREPI CENTRE FOR PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS STUDIES
P.O.BOX 14963,ARUSHA,TANZANIA
Contact Name:Mr.Peter O.B.MCOMALLA
Contact e-mail: mcomalla@yahoo.com
TEL:255-27-2501081
HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND PEACE INTERNATIONAL or in short HUREPI-TRUST incorporating the HUREPI CENTRE FOR PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS STUDIES based in Arusha Tanzania has launched a long term HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEACE EDUCATION PROJECT.
-Currently Hurepi-Trust is performing the Training
courses in:-
Education for Conflict Resolution in Schools
Education for Peace(Creating Peaceable
Schools)
Education for Citizenship/Democracy/Good
Governance
Human Rights Education
The main purpose is to introduce a culture of Peace and respect for human rights to all.
-During its programmes,it also organizes,conduct training courses in the field of International Human Rights.
HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND PEACE INTERNATIONAL or in short HUREPI-TRUST incorporating the HUREPI CENTRE FOR PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS STUDIES based in Arusha Tanzania has launched a long term HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEACE EDUCATION PROJECT.
-Currently Hurepi-Trust is performing the Training
courses in:-
Education for Conflict Resolution in Schools
Education for Peace(Creating Peaceable
Schools)
Education for Citizenship/Democracy/Good
Governance
Human Rights Education
The main purpose is to introduce a culture of Peace and respect for human rights to all.
-During its programmes,it also organizes,conduct training courses in the field of International Human Rights.
-Currently we have a six months training course in International Human Rights Protection,Conflict Resolution,Peace,Democracy and Social Justice.
-We have already covered about 43 Seconday and High Schools in Tanzania and now moving to the Lake Regions,Western Zone Eastern Zone,Southern Highland and Southern part of Tanzania to train the Schools Heads about the imporatnce that School can promote to prepare the resposible Citizens and to incorporate Human Rights Education in their teaching curricullar.
-Further to this we are seeing an issue to perfom the Education for Conflict Resolution and Peace in the Great Lake Regions as Rwanda,Congo and Burundi in the near future if they accept.
-For further information please contact:-
The Executive Director(Mr.Peter O.B.MCOMALLA) or
The Training Co-ordinator(MR.John A.Brighton) at
"HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND PEACE INTERNATIONAL
(HUREPI-TRUST)
incorporating
HUREPI CENTRE FOR PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS STUDIES
P.O.BOX 14963,ARUSHA,TANZANIA
C/O/TEL:255-27-2501081 e-mail:mcomalla@yahoo.com
Office Location:Ottu Building,Third Floor,Block "B"
Room No:308 Azimio Street,Arusha,Municipal

HUMAN RIGHTS IN AFRICA IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM

2001-05-28

http://www.uclan.ac.uk/business_services/conf/index.htm

Date: 14th - 16th September 2001
Location: University of Central Lancashire, England
Deadline for Submission of Papers: 31st May, 2001
Cost: The conference fee which includes all documentation, refreshments and lunches will be £85.00 plus VAT (£99.88 incl. VAT). There will also be a
daily delegate rate of £50.00 plus VAT (£58.75 incl.VAT). Please note that accommodation is not included in the fee. Should you require a list of accommodation, close to the venue, please contact the conference unit on 01772 892256.
The main purpose of this first ASA-UK conference on Human Rights is to examine the ways in which human rights are involved in a wide range of contemporary issues in African Studies.
Contact Details: Please address all submissions and general enquiries to:

Liz Kelly
Business Services
Livesey House
University of Central Lancashire
Preston PR1 2HE, UK

Tel: 00 (44) 1772 892256
Fax: 00 (44) 1772 892938
Conference Announcement and Call for Papers

HUMAN RIGHTS IN AFRICA IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM


An international conference to be held at the University of Central Lancashire

14th - 16th September 2001

Organised by the African Studies Unit, University of Central Lancashire in association with the African Studies Association of the United
Kingdom (ASA-UK), Lynne Rienner Publishers, Review of African Political Economy(ROAPE)

Academic Organisers:

Dr Tunde Zack-Williams, Reader in Sociology, University of Central Lancashire and ASA-UK Secretary and Dr Martin Hill, Institute of
Commonwealth Studies, London, Amnesty International/Africa Programme and ASA-UK Council.

Lynne Rienner Publishers plans to publish an edited book on Human Rights in Africa, which will draw on the research presented at the conference.
Successfully refereed papers may also be published in the Review of African Political Economy.

Conference Rationale

The main purpose of this first ASA-UK conference on Human Rights is to examine the ways in which human rights are involved in a wide range of contemporary issues in African Studies.

As the millennium unfolds and as the process of democracy takes hold on African political and social institutions, the question of human rights
defence and protection has become an important item on the democratic agenda. In the wake of the genocide in Rwanda, and the atrocities in
Liberia and Sierra Leone, donors have now instituted human rights observance as an important condition, alongside democratic governance as
a precondition for economic support. With the ravages of Eastern and Atlantic slave trades and the social and political atrophy of
colonialism, it could be argued that human rights abuse has a long existence in Africa.

In this sense post colonial Africa with its replete of local despots and tyrants was simply a continuation of the status quo ante. However, the
end of the Cold War and possibility of African despots playing off one super power against the other has impelled African activists to press
for human rights observance. This conference aims to focus on the historical aspects of human rights in pre-colonial, colonial and
post-colonial Africa, in particular, the state of human rights observance in Africa at the dawn of the twenty first century.

Invited Keynote Speakers include:

. Professor Zackie Achmat, Wits Centre for Applied Legal Studies, South Africa
. Professor Cecil Blake, Dept. of Mass Communications, University of Nebraska, USA

Who should attend

The conference will be of interest to a wide audience including:

· Higher Education Departments of Law, Sociology, Politics, Geography,
African Studies
· NGOs working in related areas of interest
· Foreign Embassies
· Governmental Depts such as the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the
Dept. for International Development, the Home Office and the DfEE

Call for Papers /Workshops

The organisers will consider papers relating to the following topics:

· Philosophical Dimensions of Human Rights Policies in Africa
o Law in The Service of Human Rights, International, National, Regional
and Customary
o Legacies of Injustice
o Judicial Systems

· Human Rights Political Culture and Identity
o Identity Politics, Race, Ethnicity
o Conserving Rights, Denying Rights
o Democracy, Governance and the Electoral Process
o Minority Rights
o Media Freedom
o Freedom of Artistic
o Religious Persecution
o Protecting and Regaining Africa's Cultural heritage

· Human Rights and Economic Development
o Evaluating Donors and NGOs
o Poverty Alleviation
o Aid
o Debt Relief
o Social Welfare
o International Trade & Transactions
o Corruption
o Trans-national Corporations

· Human Rights and the Environment
o Environmental Rights and New Technology
o Extractive industry: Oil, Diamonds, Uranium
o Narcotics
o Disasters and Emergencies: a Rights Based Approach
o Humanitarian Dilemmas
o Hazards
o Degradation
o Bio-diversity

· Social Rights & African Conditioning
o Child Rights: International, Regional and Local Conventions
o Gender and Women's Rights
o Harmful Cultural Practices
o Rights and The Protection of Indigenous People
o Protecting Rights or Perpetuating Inequalities and Abuse
o FGM
o Domestic Slavery
o Slavery and the Black Holocaust

· Conflicts and Human Rights
o War, International, Civil War Regional
o Child Soldiers
o War and the Civilian Population
o Refugees
o Peacekeeping and Human Rights
o Complex Political Emergencies
o War Ending

· Human Rights Violations
o Human Rights Training & Education
o Human Rights Defenders
o Patterns of Abuse
o Prosecution of Human Rights Abusers
o Impunity and Accountability
o War Crimes Tribunals
o Truth Commission
o Demobilisation and Reintegration of Ex-Combatants
o Peace and Reconciliation

· Human Rights and Social Citizenship
o The Right to health
o The Pharmaceutical Industry
o AIDS/HIV
o Malaria
o Inherited Blood Disorder

· Human Rights and the African Diaspora
o Race and Ethnicity
o Right to Asylum
o Diasporan Activities
o Africa and the New Diaspora

· Case Studies
o South Africa
o Zimbabwe
o War-torn Societies: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Angola, Mozambique, Algeria

o Rwanda
o Democratic Republic of Congo


Abstract Guidelines

Abstracts should be submitted as Double-spaced, titled clearly and limited to a maximum of 250 words. Please provide this on paper or on
floppy disk, or as an e-mail attachment, and set out as follows:

Title - in capitals
Author's name (s)
Affiliation / Organisation of author(s)
Text

On a separate page please list:
. Authors name and work address
. Telephone number at work, fax and email address
. Job Title
. Title of Abstract submitted
. Indicate if you wish to propose a workshop

The deadline for the submission of papers is the 31st May, 2001

Please note that all paper presenters will be asked to submit a copy of their paper for the conference proceedings and will need to register for the conference and pay the registration fee.

The conference fee which includes all documentation, refreshments and lunches will be £85.00 plus VAT (£99.88 incl. VAT). There will also be a
daily delegate rate of £50.00 plus VAT (£58.75 incl.VAT). Please note that accommodation is not included in the fee. Should you require a list of accommodation, close to the venue, please contact the conference unit on 01772 892256.

Please note that the conference language is English.


Please address all submissions and general enquiries to:

Liz Kelly
Business Services
Livesey House
University of Central Lancashire
Preston PR1 2HE, UK

Tel: 00 (44) 1772 892256
Fax: 00 (44) 1772 892938
Email: ejkelly@uclan.ac.uk <mailto:ejkelly@uclan.ac.uk>
Website: <http://www.uclan.ac.uk/business_services/conf/index.htm>

PATT -Technology Education Conference

2001-05-28

http://www.ctech.ac.za/conf/

Title: PATT -Technology Education Conference.
Date: October 2001
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Closing Date for Submission of Papers: 11 June 2001-05-28
Cost of Conference: Conference fees (incl. teas, lunch and functions)
Authors presenting a paper: $ 200/R 1200 (reduced: R 600)
Delegates $ 210/R 1300 (reduced: R 650)
Contact Details: Prof. Nico Beute Tel +27 21 460-3657
Dean: Engineering Faculty Fax +27 21 460-3701
Cape Technikon Email: nbeute@ctech.ac.za
PO Box 652, Cape Town, 8000 RSA

You are heartily invited to participate at our PATT Technology Education conference to be held in Cape Town in October 2001. Just submit a short abstract as soon as possible (as we are running out of time) and your final paper must reach us before 11 June and Email it to patt@ctech.ac.za

Visit our website http://www.ctech.ac.za/conf/ for more details.

The conference will present an opportunity for educators from countries in Africa and Europe to meet and jointly to ensure that the teaching of Technology will be of great benefit to the scholar so that the scholar will be better equipped to take up a place in society after leaving school. There will be ample opportunity to make valuable contacts with national and international experts in the field of technology education.

PATT conferences are characterised by a very friendly and intimate atmosphere, the discussion sessions after each presentation are considered extremely valuable. You are requested to make contributions during these discussion sessions.

THEME FOR THE CONFERENCE

The conference will focus on the optimal use of available resources and the successful implementation of Technology. Reporting on, and strategies leading to, successful implementation will be very appropriate at this conference.

You are invited to present a paper or poster on one of the following topics.

Topics at the conference include:

* The Curriculum for Technology Education,
* Innovative use of available resources,
* Technology Education, Commerce, Industry and
* Entrepreneurship,
* Technology Education and the Environment,
* Training the Educator for Technology,
* Appropriate Technology in Technology Education,
* International comparative Study of Technology Education
* Standards and attainment targets

REGISTRATION FEES
Conference fees (incl. teas, lunch and functions)
Authors presenting a paper: $ 200/R 1200 (reduced: R 600)
Delegates $ 210/R 1300 (reduced: R 650)

Reduced fees apply to employees of African education departments or institutions and students. Some funding is available to further reduce fees for deserving authors and delegates in financial need. There will be a 10% discount if paid before 15 August 2001


More info on the Conference can also be obtain through the Chairman of the
Organising Committee:

Prof. Nico Beute Tel +27 21 460-3657
Dean: Engineering Faculty Fax +27 21 460-3701
Cape Technikon Email: nbeute@ctech.ac.za
PO Box 652, Cape Town, 8000 RSA

Promoting the building of a democratic and civic society in the Estonian State through human rights education

2001-05-28

http://www.lichr.ee (under conferences)

Date: 25-29 June
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Cost: The Course is free of charge. All the participants should be Estonian residents. The deadline for the applications is May 31, 2001.
Contact Information: For more information please contact project manager Nadja Vark at:
LICHR
tel. (+372) 64 64 270
fax. (+372) 64 64 272
e-mail: nadja@lichr.ee

Human Rights Course info

The Legal Information Centre for Human Rights (LICHR) is organizing a local Human Rights Course in Tallinn, Estonia on 25-29 June. The course is organized in a framework of the project &#8220;Promoting the building of a democratic and civic society in the Estonian State through human rights education&#8221; with financial support of the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Helsinki.

The Legal Information Centre for Human Rights (LICHR) is a non-profit and non-governmental organization based in Tallinn, established in 1994, whose main aim is to contribute to a constructive dialogue and engage in active co-operation with both governmental and non-governmental actors in the field of human rights in Estonia.

The aim of this human rights course is to provide and strengthen the knowledge on international human rights law, standards and remedies. The one-week course offers a great opportunity to become familiar with human rights concepts and ideas.

The target group is the representatives of NGO&#8217;s active in the field of human rights, representatives of state institutions, lawyers and students. The number of participants is limited to 25 and the working language will be Russian.

Topics of the course will include the UN and European systems of human rights protection, the role of OSCE in human rights protection, ombudsman as a means of human rights protection and several other topics presented by both Estonian and foreign experts. The course will start with a general overview of the idea of human rights and continue with more specific lectures.

Two sessions are scheduled every day, in morning from 10.00 to 13.15 and in afternoon from 14.15 to 17.30, including breaks. The programme includes theoretical lectures and practical working group and exchange of experiences.

All the participants should be Estonian residents. The deadline for the applications is May 31, 2001. The Course is free of charge.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
1. Download the "Application form" and &#8220;CV form&#8221; from http://www.lichr.ee (under conferences)
2. Complete forms.
3. Return them to the Legal Information Centre for Human Rights by fax, e-mail or post by May 31, 2001. (Electronic applications in a Microsoft format are preferred).

If you are chosen you will be notified by telephone, fax, post or e-mail by the middle of June 2001.

For more information please contact project manager Nadja Vark at:
LICHR
tel. (+372) 64 64 270
fax. (+372) 64 64 272
e-mail: nadja@lichr.ee

Associate Director of the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute

2001-05-28

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/jobs/1262

Job Title:Associate Director of the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute
Location:Columbia Law School, New York, New York
Closing Date for Applications: Initial screening will begin on May 31, 2001
Contact Details: Sharon Kim, Human Rights Institute,
Columbia Law School, 435 West 116th Street,
New York, New York 10027
Columbia Law School
Associate Director
Grade (TBD)
Human Rights Institute

May 2001

Reporting to the Executive Director of the Human Rights Institute, the Associate Director will be responsible for overall management and administration of the Institute's programs. The Institute is devoted to training the next generation of human rights lawyers. As a crossroads for human rights scholars, practitioners, and activists, the Institute links theory and practice, law and other disciplines, and human and
constitutional rights. The Human Rights Institute is part of a strong university-wide interdisciplinary commitment to the field of human rights.

Responsibilities:

1. Developing and overseeing aspects of the Institute's activities
concerning academic exchanges, fellowship and visiting scholar
opportunities, events and publications. (20%)

2. Supporting fund-raising efforts, including drafting proposals and
reporting to funders. (15%)

3. Overseeing a $ 1,000,000 budget, including planning expenditures
and reporting back to the Executive Director on budgetary matters.
(15%)

4. Liaisoning with the rest of the law school and university
community, as well as outside human rights organizations. (10%)

5. Supervising permanent staff -- both professional and support staff,
as well as student program assistants. (15%)

6. Nurturing alumni relations, including developing an alumni
database, responding to requests for information from alumni and keeping alumni
updated on Institute activities. (10%)

7. Overseeing website development. (5%)

8. Responding to requests from the public regarding Institute program and activities, as well as requests for information on human rights matters generally. (10%)

Minimum Requirements:

BA required, JD preferred. 5-7 years of relevant experience, or the
equivalent combination of education and experience, is required.
Superior communication, writing and organizational skills required. An
understanding and commitment to human rights.

Applicants should submit a resume and cover letter describing your
interest in the position to:
Sharon Kim, Human Rights Institute,
Columbia Law School, 435 West 116th Street,
New York, New York 10027.
Initial screening will begin on May 31, 2001. Columbia University is an affirmative action/ equal opportunity employer.

Bram Fischer Visiting Professorship in Human Rights

Associate Professor or Senior Lecturer

2001-05-28

http://www.law.wits.ac.za/

The Bram Fischer Visiting Professorship represents a major new endowment in the School of Law, University of Witwatersrand. Named for a leading human rights advocate, the Visiting Professorship is intended to advance a tradition of advocacy and scholarship in human rights that will ensure South Africa's vibrant constitutional democracy and influence students to regard human rights as an integral part of their practice of law. Internationally distinguished academics and practitioners will be appointed as Visiting Professors for a limited period of time. The Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer will be a full time postion on the same endowment. Apart from teaching, research and other duties the incumbent will help organize programmes for the Visiting Professor. He / she will, in addition, have the duties set out below.
Qualifications: A legal academic of stature and experience iwth a solid record of teaching, research and / or practice in the field of human rights; the ability to have an impact on the future development of human rights law; demonstrated commitment to advancing the cause of human rights, whether generally or in a specific field.
Duties: administration and development of new courses and curricula in Human Rights Law; an interest and involvement in the broader concerns of the Law School and the University.
Attractive package and salary negotiatable; annual bonus, generous leave, retirement fund, medical aid, car scheme, relocation allowance, 100% financial assistance towards dependents studies at Wits.
Enquiries: Professor Skeen, Head School of Law, Tel (011) 717-8411

JUDICIAL EDUCATION CONSULTANT

2001-05-28

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/jobs/1178

Job Title: Judicial Education Consultant
Deadline for application: 8 June 2001
Duration: 6 months (may be extended up to nine months. Starting date: 1 July 2001. Location: Phnom-Penh, Cambodia. Contact Details: Applications should be mailed or faxed to the following address: Education, Training and Information Unit, Cambodia Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, #16 A, Mao Tse Toung Boulevard, PO BOX 108, Phnom-Penh
Cambodia, FAX +855-23-212 579
The United Nations Cambodia Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (COHCHR) seeks highly qualified candidates for the position of:

JUDICIAL EDUCATION CONSULTANT

Duration: 6 months (may be extended up to nine months)
Starting date: 1 July 2001
Deadline for application: 8 June 2001

Under the supervision of the Chief of the Education, Training and Information Unit, the incumbent will perform the following functions:

- Review existing education materials for Cambodian judges and
prosecutors;

- Carry out consultations with judges, prosecutors, and other relevant
actors to identify judicial education needs and priorities;

- Draft education materials for Cambodian judges and prosecutors
incorporating relevant international human rights and domestic laws;

- Assist in testing the materials by organizing and conducting seminars
and sessions;

- Assess options for formal education of judges and prosecutors;

- Assists in the implementation of other judicial and legal programmes as
required.


QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS:

- Advanced university degree in law, preferably with focus on
international human rights law;
- At least six years professional experience as a practicing judge,
prosecutor or lawyer;
- Thorough knowledge of international standards on human rights in the
administration of justice;
- Excellent drafting and analytical skills;
- Experience in the development of training materials and in providing
training;
- Familiarity with the Cambodian legal system will be an advantage;
- Excellent knowledge of English written and spoken;
- Ability to work in a team and in a multicultural context;
- Prior experience of work in a developing country is an asset.

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified women are encouraged to apply.

Applications should be mailed or faxed to the following address:
Education, Training and Information Unit
Cambodia Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
#16 A, Mao Tse Toung Boulevard
PO BOX 108
Phnom-Penh
Cambodia
FAX +855-23-212 579

Post of HIC General Secretary

2001-05-28

http://mwebhome/hi/hic

Job Title: Post of HIC General Secretary
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Organization: Habitat International Coalition
Closing Date for Applications: 30 June 2001
Contact Details: The Secretariat, Habitat International Coalition, P.O. Box 34519, Groote Schuur 7937, Cape Town, South Africa Tel: 27 21 696 2205 Fax: 27 21 696 2203
The Board of Directors of Habitat International Coalition (HIC) wishes to appoint HIC's new General Secretary expected to join duty in 2001.

The enclosed job description provides details of work involved, qualification of the candidate, terms of engagement, etc. It also provides a brief introduction to HIC and its work.

If you are interested kindly apply with required details at your earliest (before/on 30th June 2001). If you know someone with required qualification, interest and skills do request her/him to apply. You may also consider to nominate/ recommend/ suggest someone if you know both HIC and the person well enough.

HIC greatly appreciates your assistance in search of its General Secretary.


HIC Secretariat
On behalf of Board of Directors of HIC

Habitat International Coalition (HIC)
PO Box 34519 Groote Schuur 7937
Cape Town, South Africa
TEL: +27 21 696 2205/07
FAX: +27 21 696 2203
hic@mweb.co.za
http://mwebhome/hi/hic


HABITAT INTERNATIONAL COALITION (HIC)
VACANCY FOR THE POSITION OF GENERAL SECRETARY
The Organization
Habitat International Coalition (HIC) is an independent, international non profit Coalition with more than 300 organizations and 100 individual members >from more than 80 countries of the world. Members include NGOs, CBOs, academic and research institutions and other civil society bodies working in the area of human settlements. HIC coordinates with many partners which include other international non-governmental organizations, federations of community organizations, local bodies networks, UN agencies and programmes, etc. Many of its activities are managed through the HIC Committees on Housing Rights, Habitat and Environment, Women and Shelter, Housing Finance and through its Regional Focal Points. Shelter, settlements, environment, gender, poverty and sustainable development are HIC's main areas of interest and involvement. Strengthening civil society role in development and advocacy for institutional change, community empowerment and pro-poor and people centred development are HIC's main thrust areas.
The Role of the General Secretary
The General Secretary of HIC is the chief administrative functionary, a paid employee, responsible to the Board. She/he is the legal representative in charge of overall management of the organization and day-to-day running of its activities. Responsibility for the administration of the HIC Secretariat include staff recruitment and training, activity planning, work supervision, resource mobilisation, budget control and communication with members, associates and partners. On a broader level, the General Secretary assumes a proactive leadership role within HIC, within the overall human settlements sector and within the civil society movement, especially the NGO community.
A: Her/his responsibilities include the following:
1. Coordination of HIC Activities:
· Co-ordination among Regional Focal Points, Thematic Committees, New Initiatives, HIC Board, Committees and the office bearers
· Co-ordination with partner agencies such as international development organizations, donor agencies, related movements, networks, foundations, etc.
· Organizing and servicing Annual General Assembly, Board and other meetings.
· Preparation of annual work plan and reporting to members, partners, funders.
· Organization of conferences, seminars, workshops, meetings, campaigns, studies, special missions, etc.
· Administration of the Secretariat
· Development of special projects and activities
2. Work related to coalition building and strengthening the organization:
· Representing HIC in national, regional and international events.
· Promoting membership: Enrolling new members; maintaining contact with members; keeping them informed and facilitating their participation in activities; maintenance of database on members and their activities.
· Establishing relations and synergy with other actors with similar/ complementary objectives and work.
· Building bridges among HIC members and associates and between them and others
· Stimulating, formation and strengthening of national and regional organizations linked to HIC.
3. Communications and information dissemination:
I. Relevant information collection and dissemination to members, associates, partners and supporters on issues, organizations, activities, policies, programmes, projects, etc.
II. Publication of HIC Newsletter and other publications
III. Preparation and circulation of policy documents, reports, statements and studies in support of advocacy and other works to advance HIC objectives, policies, and platforms
IV. Preparation of promotional material: brochure, reports, articles, press material, etc.
4. Management of finances
· Preparation of budget and maintenance of accounts
· Raising funds for the secretariat and necessary for HIC's functional organs, special activities, projects, studies, research, etc. Collection of membership fees, sale of publications, etc. Funds to be raised from donors, public campaigns, development agencies, private sector, members, interested governments and government agencies, communities, etc.
· Cultivating and maintaining relation with supporters, funders, etc.
· Supervision and coordination of fund raising and related action by HIC committees and activities
B: SKILLS AND QUALITIES:
The General Secretary's position requires full time commitment to the organization, capacity for hard work; ability to listen; empathy with the poor; orientation to and experience in advocacy and development work; a desire to learn and share; commitment to working in a team in a non hierarchical and decentralized manner, and a high moral character and ethical fibre.
The job requires generally the following qualifications:
§ A sound and comprehensive knowledge of the human settlements sector and core issues
§ Work experience in comparable position in organization/s with similar objectives and agenda
§ Good written and oral communication skills.
§ An ability to communicate and negotiate with authorities, decision makers, opinion makers, etc. at all levels. Also with HIC members, member organizations, NGOs, CBOs, civil society groups, private sector, etc.
§ Public relations skill
§ Fluency in English and preferably atleast one other international language
§ Skill and experience in administration, staff and financial management
§ Availability, willingness and stamina for local and international travel
§ Computer skills
C: TENURE AND BENEFITS
Terms: The General Secretary's post is for a four year term extendable to two terms, if mutually agreed. The terms of engagement includes one year probation period.
The secretariat is currently located in Cape Town, South Africa. If shift in venue of the Secretariat is deemed necessary by the HIC Board, the corresponding arrangement will be worked out in consultation with the appointed candidate. Fulltime availability of the candidate is therefore of cardinal importance given the constraints of job i.e. travel and possible relocation.
Salary: Commensurate with background, training, skills and experience of the candidate and suitable to international nature of HIC&#8217;s work. It will be also in relation to the host country standard of living and salary structure. Current package: US$ 3500.00.
Please e-mail your Application/Nomination/Recommendation/Suggestion with full details, including expected salary and other facilities/benefits, to the following on or before 30 June 2001.

The Secretariat, Habitat International Coalition, P.O. Box 34519, Groote Schuur 7937, Cape Town, South Africa Tel: 27 21 696 2205 Fax: 27 21 696 2203, email: hic@mweb.co.za

PROGRAM MANAGER, TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE PROJECT

2001-05-28

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/jobs/1261

Job Title: Program Manager, Transitional Justice Project Department. Location: Center for Civil and Human Rights, Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, Indiana,USA. Position Pay Range: $ 4,055 - $ 6,763/Month. Application Deadline: June 20, 2001. Position will remain open until filled. Contact Details: Please apply with cover letter, resume, and letters of reference to: Program Manager, Transitional Justice Project, Job # 1012-135 Dept. of Human Resources, 100 Grace Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556
JOB TITLE: PROGRAM MANAGER, TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE PROJECT
DEPARTMENT: CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS, NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL
POSITION PAY RANGE: $ 4,055 - $ 6,763/MONTH
JOB NUMBER: 1012-135

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Lead the development and execution of the Transitional Justice Project.

Design and implement the creation of the Accountability Resource Center within
the Kresge Law Library. Determine appropriate acquisitions, organize existing materials, compile case law, and update the collection with new materials.
Design a means to make these materials available to researchers and practitioners around the world, to promote translation of key documents into other languages, and to establish collaborative relations with similar documentation centers. Administer and facilitate visits of scholars/fellows, placement of interns in various international organizations, and develop appropriate publications on project reports and statistics. Creation of appropriate channels to market the project initiatives will be critical.
Work with the Director to create and communicate the appropriate vision for the
Transitional Justice Project. Develop and maintain strong relationships with the Law School faculty and students. Play an active role in staying current with developments in the national and international human rights advocacy. Use this knowledge to provide input to the ongoing development and improvement of all aspects of this project.

REQUIREMENTS:

B.A./M.A. or equivalent international educational experience with specialization in areas related to International Human Rights Law required. Advanced degree in law or international affairs preferred. Proficiency in English is also required. At least three years experience in Human Rights advocacy and/or education, and two to three years creative management of a scholarly or related office or project is necessary. Ability to communicate in foreign language(s) is desirable. Must be able to develop, nurture and
operate the project so that all goals are accomplished within budgetary guidelines.

Candidate should be able to create and adapt changing law-education interface
while growing the Center for the benefit of its students, faculty, and other key constituents.

Please apply with cover letter, resume, and letters of reference to:
Program Manager, Transitional Justice Project
Job # 1012-135
Dept. of Human Resources
100 Grace Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556

Application deadline: June 20, 2001. Position will remain open until filled.

Project Director (Bringing Human Rights Home Project) at the Columbia Law School Human Rights Institute

2001-05-28

http://pambazuka.org/en/category/jobs/1263

Job Title:Project Director (Bringing Human Rights Home Project)
Location: Columbia Law School, New York, New York
Closing Date for Applications: Initial screening will begin on May 31,2001
Contact Details: Sharon Kim, Human Rights Institute,
Columbia Law School, 435 West 116th Street,
New York, New York 10027
Columbia Law School
Project Director (Bringing Human Rights Home Project)
Grade (TBD)
Human Rights Institute

May 2001

Reporting to the Executive Director of the Human Rights Institute, the Project Director will run the Institute's Bringing Human Rights Home Project. The goal of the project is to develop new models of advocacy by using international human rights to address domestic social justice issues.

Responsibilities

1. Coordinating a network of civil rights and human rights
practitioners who meet periodically at the Institute to develop and
share legal strategies that support human rights in the United States. (25%)

2. Overseeing cooperative projects adopted by the network on
particular topics such as criminal justice issues (i.e., the juvenile death penalty) violence against women, race discrimination, economic rights, and U.S. compliance reports to the United Nations on human rights treaties (20%).

3. Collaborating on joint projects with the Human Rights Clinic on advocacy related to the Bringing Human Rights Home Project. (15%)

4. Undertaking related projects such as advocacy surrounding the World Conference on Racism and monitoring the actions of the federal
Inter-Agency Working Group on Implementation of Human Rights Treaties in the United States. (15%)

5. Managing a Bringing Human Rights Home practice area on an interactive web site, which will soon be launched by the Institute and Probono.net; supervising student research to ensure that the web site is periodically updated with model briefs and other advocacy tools for lawyers asserting human rights claims. (15%)

6. Developing a Human Rights Rocks video as a popular education tool for teaching young people about human rights issues. (10%)

Minimum Requirements:

BA required, JD preferred. 3-5 years of relevant experience, or the equivalent combination of education and experience, is required. Superior communication and writing skills required. An understanding and commitment to human rights.

Applicants should submit a resume and cover letter describing your
interest in the position to:
Sharon Kim, Human Rights Institute,
Columbia Law School, 435 West 116th Street,
New York, New York 10027.
Initial screening will begin on May 31,2001. Columbia University is an affirmative action/ equal opportunity employer.

Fahamu