Job title : Editor in Chief for public broadcasting survey. The Open Society Institute, an international grant making foundation, seeks an Editor-in-Chief for a survey of public service broadcasting in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Community Education Computer Society (CECS), an ICT training NGO, seeks to fill the position of Project Officer and Content Editor on a fixed-term contract basis.

IRIN is a unique humanitarian news and analysis service. Part of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, IRIN provides original content about emergencies to an audience of millions worldwide through the internet, TV and radio. IRIN seeks dynamic, experienced media and/or humanitarian professionals for a key management position: Senior Editor, East, Central and the Horn of Africa.

Komku Trust, a development organisation located in D’kar and operating in western Botswana, is looking for a Livelihoods Support Officer. Komku is committed to the development of the San and other minority, rural groups. Komku’s development work is executed by a team of dedicated field workers who endeavour to bring about a positive change of lifestyle among the marginalised communities through activities of mobilisation, organisation, training and technical support for self-sustainable activ...read more

The Democratic Republic of Congo still needs international support, the U.N. Security Council said on Wednesday, February 7, as it prepared to extend a mandate on the world's largest peacekeeping mission for two months.

Egyptian human rights organisations have called upon the Supreme Council of Press (SCP) to comply with the law and not to hinder the publication of the newspaper "Al-Badiel", which has met all provisions for release as set by the law. The legal 40-day period for the announcement of any SCP objection has passed with neither a response nor the approval of a licence for the newspaper.

The Chief of Party (COP) will be responsible for the overall management of the USAID Cooperative Agreement for the Positive Change: Children, Communities and Care Program, valued at $20 million for five years. S/he will provide strategic and operational leadership to develop and implement a multi-sectoral, integrated HIV/AIDS program that will achieve measurable outcomes in the mitigation of the impact of HIV/AIDS on families and communities in Ethiopia, and provide care and support to Orphan...read more

This summit, organised by Maya Initiatives, Cameroon and Youths for Human Rights, Liberia, is aimed at creating a central system (an African network) where young African activists can share information and learn more about the activities of one another. YAAS 2007 will provide a forum for the sharing of resources (human and financial) that should strengthen and consolidate the activities of young African activists.

The International Fellowships Program (IFP) is a programme supported by the Ford Foundation and administered in West Africa by the Association of African Universities (AAU) in collaboration with Pathfinder International, Nigeria and Association for African Women on Research and Development (AAWORD), Senegal.

The Open Society Initiative for East Africa (OSIEA) is hiring a Programme Officer to develop the organization’s work in Uganda and elsewhere in the region. The position will most likely be based in Kampala or Nairobi (home of the OSIEA head office). Send cover letter and resume by February 27, 2007 to: [email][email protected] or fax to +254-20-3877663. No telephone inquiries please. Please Note: Because of the large number of applications received, only select...read more

Pages