The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has been informed by the ‘Ligue de la Zone Afrique pour la Défense des Droits des Enfants et Elèves (LIZADEEL)’, a member of the SOS-Torture network, of the rape of two young girls of 13 and 17 years of whom the names are not mentioned for confidential and safety reasons. OMCT is deeply concerned about the use of sexual force in Kinshasa of which an important part is reportedly done by organised gangs.

More than 30 would-be migrants were missing and believed dead on Sunday after their boat collided with a fishing vessel as it set out from this African desert country toward Europe, according to officials and doctors who treated survivors. The boat was carrying 57 people and had been at sea for about 17 days before the accident late on Saturday, said Commandant Sidi Ould Ahmed of Mauritania's military police. He said 32 people were still missing.

In the period 1995 to 2002 South Africa managed to make major policy changes in education. Almost everything about the education sector has changed. This paper focuses on policies aimed at resource distribution. It documents significant improvements in certain measures of resource inequality. It documents that, against perhaps excessively optimistic expectations, responses in learning outcomes have not followed automatically, but have instead required much managerial pressure and oversight.

CIVICUS is recruiting an MDG Administrative Officer who will report directly to the MDG Campaign Manager, and liaising closely with other Campaign staff. The MDG Administrative Officer is responsible for providing high-quality overall administrative and logistical support to the work of the MDG Department.