africa: call for support to fight aids in africa

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Jul 11, 2002

"It’s not knowledge that’s the barrier. It’s political wealth. The world stood by while AIDS overwhelmed Subsaharan Africa. Never again," said Peter Piot, executive director of UNAIDS, in an address to the International Aids Conference in Barcelona.

Ethiopia: Project Manager

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Jul 11, 2002

Since 1996, Save the Children Canada and UK have been jointly implementing a capacity building project with the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC) of the Government of Ethiopia, to strengthen disaster management capacity. The Project Manager is responsible for overall leadership and management of the project, including project design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

Ethiopia

Mali: Programme Manager

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Jul 11, 2002

Established in 1984 in the UK, Islamic Relief is an international NGO seeking to promote sustainable economic and social development by working with local communities - regardless of race, religion or gender - through relief and development activities. We are active in Mali since 1998. Currently, our activities are being implemented in both development and emergency fields. We require an experienced and skilled Programme Manager for our Mali office.

Mali

Donors agree to fund IDA programme

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Jul 11, 2002

Donor countries have agreed on a three-year plan to fund the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) programme. According to a World Bank Group statement, approximately US $23 billion in resources would be made available during the three years, of which almost US $13 billion would come from new contributions from 39 donor countries.

Southern Africa: Donors respond to appeal

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Jul 11, 2002

Donors have begun to respond to the World Food Programme's (WFP) massive US $500 million appeal for the millions in need of food aid in six Southern African countries. The United Kingdom had donated US $28.1 million, Canada nearly US $1 million and the Netherlands US $500,000.

Ghana: US Gives $185,000 to Five Organisations

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Jul 11, 2002

The United States Government has given an amount of $185,000 to fund the activities of five Ghanaian organisations to deal with violence against women and children.

Ghana

ADMINISTRATOR / OFFICE MANAGER

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Jul 11, 2002

MISA, a media advocacy organisation whose objective is to promote media freedom, diversity and pluralism is seeking to fill the position of Administrator/Office Manager.

Nairobi: Executive Director

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Jul 11, 2002

ACORD is looking for a new Executive Director to be responsible for the strategic leadership and overall organisational management of all areas of ACORD’s work. S/He will continue the process of change we have been undergoing. This involves changing the focus of our programming to working with communities and social movements in both the North and South and using advocacy and research as tools for change. We are relocating the secretariat from the UK to Africa by the end of 2004 and increasi...read more

Kenya

Nairobi: Programming Director

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Jul 11, 2002

We are looking for a dynamic person to manage the delivery of all aspects of its programming across 18 countries in Africa and through four cross-cutting thematic programmes and a global programme which gives the overall strategic framework to our programming.

Kenya

DRC: Rwandan troops reportedly in Moba, Katanga Province

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Jul 11, 2002

The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), known as MONUC, confirmed last Friday it had received reports of the presence of hundreds of Rwandan troops and their Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD) allies near Moba, in the northern part of Katanga Province. If fighting were to break out between these forces and pro-government forces, it could further endanger the efforts to bring about a political and diplomatic solution to the DRC's long-running war, analysts s...read more

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