Central African Republic: Donor conference begins in Cameroon

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Feb 23, 2006

A donor conference for the Central African Republic (CAR) began on Monday in the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, organised by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)."New dramas emerge regularly," OCHA said. "Following banditry in the country's north since late December, thousands are still homeless, while 45,000 refugees have fled to Chad, 15,000 of whom have left their homes since June 2000." UN agencies and NGOs struggle to get funding to support the internally disp...read more

Central African Republic

South Africa: Call for abstracts and notice of conference

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Feb 27, 2006

The Public Health Association of Southern Africa (PHASA) is pleased to announce its Third Public Health Conference to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 15 th - 17th May 2006. The conference will be co-hosted by PHASA, the Gauteng Department of Health, the University of the Witwatersrand School of Public Health, the International Epidemiological Association and the Health Systems Trust.

South Africa

Cote D'Ivoire: Exams at last for 90,000 students left in limbo in rebel territory

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Feb 22, 2006

After waiting more than three years to sit key exams because of Cote d'Ivoire's unrelenting civil war, more than 90,000 school students left in limbo in rebel-held territory could be able to take the tests as soon as this month (February). In a statement issued after a weekly cabinet meeting, the West African country's interim government announced a new plan to restore schooling in the northern half of Cote d'Ivoire, which has been split in two since a failed coup in September 2002.

South Africa: Report on the Justice System

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Feb 22, 2006

South Africa faces key challenges in meeting international standards of justice as well as those laid out in its own constitution, according to a new report. The report, launched today (February 17) by the Open Society Foundation-South Africa and AfriMAP, a project initiated by the Open Society network of foundations in Africa, provides a comprehensive audit of justice sector performance in post-apartheid South Africa. It also calls on the government to take steps to ensure that South Africa...read more

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South Africa: Regional Manager

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Feb 22, 2006

The successful candidate will oversee projects in South Africa, Mozambique, Swaziland and Lesotho and will work to advance economic progress, promote community development and help to eradicate disease, famine and conflict.

South Africa

Namibia: Programme Management Officer

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Feb 22, 2006

The successful applicant will serve the Alliance in the next steps of its development in order to promote decentralised cooperation and good local governance to accelerate and expand responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, based on values of equity and partnership across sectors and targeting those most in need. Fluency in English and French is essential.

Namibia

Senegal: Programmes Director

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Feb 22, 2006

The incumbent will, under the supervision of the General Director, carry out the Five Years Strategic Plan and contribute to PIWA's institutional building. S/he will develop new operational partnerships and maintain relationships with organisations that are active in fields that interest PIWA, amongst other duties. Applications must be received by February 15.

Senegal

Ethiopia: Conference on violence against girls in Africa

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Feb 22, 2006

The African Child Policy Forum will hold its 2006 International Policy Conference on the African Child: Violence Against Girls in Africa on May 11 and 12 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Speakers from the African Union, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and members from Pan-African policy makers will join women's-rights and child-rights organisations, as well as child survivors of violence, in this major two-day conference.

Ethiopia

Central African Republic: CODESRIA Sub-Regional Methodological Workshops for Social Research in Africa

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Feb 22, 2006

The 2006 session of the CODESRIA sub-regional methodological workshops will explore the conditions for the employment and validation of qualitative perspectives in African contexts. To this end, the workshops will be open to all the social research disciplines. These disciplines are uniformly confronted with broadly similar difficulties of understanding social reality and the challenges posed by techniques of data collection and analysis, which, on account of their ''qualitative'' nature, are...read more

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Kenya: Livelihood Thematic Manager

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Feb 21, 2006

ACORD'S objective is to contribute to Pan-African and Global initiatives that strengthen Food Sovereignty in Africa through an advocacy strategy aimed at supporting African citizens to define and implement food security policies adapted to their local contexts. Under the supervision of the Assistant Programming Director for Advocacy and Themes, the Livelihood Thematic Manager will play a role of facilitator and catalyst to engage ACORD and her key partners in the social action process on food...read more

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