Tanzania: Shock as teachers caned

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Feb 13, 2009

The teachers union in Tanzania is considering legal action after 19 school teachers were given the cane. The primary teachers were caned by a police officer after an inquiry into poor exam results at three schools. The report blamed teachers for being late or not showing up for work and not teaching the official syllabus.

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Chad: Safer schools needed to prevent children from joining armed activities

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Feb 13, 2009

Last July, my young son was enlisted in an armed group during a recruitment campaign near his school. Despite my repeated attempts to intervene, he was covertly sent into military training", a Chadian man recently told JRS. On Red Hand Day, 12 February, JRS calls upon the government, with the support of local and international communities, to increase efforts to prevent the use of children in armed groups through the creation of safer schools.

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Africa: CODESRIA National Working Groups

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Feb 13, 2009

One of the most important vehicles by which CODESRIA has sought to mobilise national-level research capacities and to channel these into organised reflections has been the National Working Groups (NWGs) which it has encouraged African researchers to organise autonomously on priority themes of their choice. NWGs have been supported by the Council in over forty African countries and have resulted in some of the most interesting studies on politics, economy and society in contemporary Africa.

Africa: Africa Program Coordinator - IGLHRC

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Feb 13, 2009

The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) is committed to working with local, regional and international partners to fight human rights abuses based on sexual orientation and gender identity worldwide. In mid-2007, IGLHRC opened a regional office for Africa in Cape Town, South Africa, to more effectively manage its operations on the continent and to build partnerships with African LGBT and human rights organizations. The Africa Program Coordinator will manage this off...read more

Africa: CODESRIA: Sub-Regional Methodological Workshops on Social Science Research

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Feb 13, 2009

One of the major weaknesses of contemporary social research in and about Africa is its lack of careful attention to epistemological and methodological issues. This weakness has made itself manifest at a time when the increasing complexities of the social dynamics that shape livelihood on the continent and the wider global context call for a greater investment of effort in the refinement of the procedures and instruments of investigation and analyses with a view to achieving a more accurate an...read more

Africa: Invitation to bid for consultancy - Oxfam

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Feb 13, 2009

Oxfam is hiring two consultants to conduct state capacity needs assessments in Nigeria, Liberia and Tanzania to determine the problems, challenges and opportunities being faced by the respective states which affect their ability to ratify and domesticate the African Union Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa.

Court grants bail to protesting WOZA members

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Feb 13, 2009

The Harare Magistrate's Court on Thursday granted bail to 10 detained members of a Zimbabwe pressure group, Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), who had staged “Valentine’s demonstration”, the pressure group said in a communiqué.

Egypt: Two Sudanese migrants shot by Egyptian border guards

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Feb 13, 2009

Two Sudanese migrants were shot by border police and a third was detained after they were spotted along the border with Israel, an Egyptian security source in Sinai Peninsula told PANA. One woman was shot in the stomach and the man was hit in the left shoulder. According to the official, the guards ordered the three migrants to stop and when they refused, the guards opened fire.

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Africa: International conference on how Africans underdevelop Africa

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Feb 13, 2009

African history is replete with tales and woes of underdevelopment and quest for development. The dominant theme emanating from the seminal works of Walter Rodney was the culpability or vicarious liability of the Europeans in the underdevelopment crisis that Africa has faced in the last 500 years or so. Several years after, the reality of Africa´s underdevelopment still persists. Why and how is it so?

Storymoja writing for children workshop

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Feb 12, 2009

Do you dream of writing but hesitate to start? Are your drawers full of manuscripts you dare not show anyone? Do you tell your kids wonderful bedtime stories and wish you could write them down? Here's the chance to turn your dreams into reality!

A writing workshop is the best way to hone your craft under the guidance of an expert published writer. The deadlines will encourage you to complete your stories, the workshop leader will help you polish them to perfection, and you would join a...read more

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