Africa: 1st Annual Conference - Working Class and Trade Union Studies Association of Nigeria

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May 12, 2008

The theme of the conference is The Nigerian Trade Union Movement: Retrospect and Prospects. The keynote speaker isDr. Festus Iyayi, Department of Business Administration, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria. Date: 30-31 May 2008.

Nigeria

Nigeria: Police raid newspaper seeking arrest of 15 editors

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May 12, 2008

On 6 May 2008, about a dozen armed, plain-clothed policemen from the Niger State Command (in north-central Nigeria) raided the head office of "Leadership" newspaper in Abuja, Nigeria's Federal Capital, and arrested the newspaper's deputy editor, Danladi Ndayebo, over a feature article published by the paper.

Nigeria

Kenya: Comparing cash-transfer and job-creation programmes

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May 08, 2008

What links employment and poverty? This International Poverty Centre paper examines the links between poverty and unemployment, underemployment, employment and labour earnings in Kenya. It finds that poor workers need short-term social protection and all workers need an effective, long-term and employment-focused development strategy. The paper simulates the potential impact of two programmes designed to provide income support to poor households: a cash-transfer programme based on the number ...read more

Kenya

Sudan: successful donor conference in Oslo

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May 08, 2008

Donor countries pledged a total of USD 4.8 billion for assistance to Sudan during the Sudan Consortium in Oslo from 5 to 7 May.‘The donor conference was a great success, primarily because it demonstrated that there is strong political will behind the efforts to promote peace and development in Sudan,’ said Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim.

Somalia: Routine killings of civilians - AI report

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May 08, 2008

The dire human rights and humanitarian crisis facing the people of Somalia has been revealed in a groundbreaking new Amnesty International report. First-hand testimony from scores of traumatized survivors of the conflict is included in the report, which exposes the violations and abuses they have suffered at the hands of a complex mix of perpetrators.

Somalia

Zimbabwe: IFJ calls for release of newspaper editor

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May 08, 2008

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called for the release of Davison Maruziva, the editor of a privately owned weekly The Standard, who has been arrested and charged with "false statements prejudicial to the state and contempt of court" after his paper published an opinion piece by a leading opposition politician.

Zimbabwe

Africa: Call for inquiry into US role in Somalia

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May 08, 2008

Amnesty International has called for the role of the United States in Somalia to be investigated, following publication of a report accusing its allies of committing war crimes. The human rights group listed abuses carried out by Ethiopian and Somali government forces, and some committed by al-Shabaab, an anti-government militia which the US designated a terrorist group.

Somalia

Resisting and Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms

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May 09, 2008

Are you confronting religious fundamentalisms or regressive political-religious movements in your daily life and work? Are you witnessing important links between different types of fundamentalisms (economic, national, social, cultural and religious) and seeing similarities in how these work across religions and regions? Have you or your organization been involved in actions to resist and challenge religious fundamentalisms that you would like to share more widely with women's rights advocate...read more

Egypt: First quarterly report on freedom of religion and belief

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May 02, 2008

The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) issued the English version of its first quarterly report on freedom of religion and belief in Egypt. The report covers the first three months of 2008 and documents new court rulings, legislation and government policies relevant to freedom of religion and belief, as well as instances of religious discrimination and other violations of religious freedom. It also reports on incidents of sectarian tension and violence and reviews the most pertine...read more

Egypt

South Africa: 'Being good in a bad world’: Social representations of morality among township youth

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May 02, 2008

Based on a multi-year ethnography, this presentation describes township youth's multiple social representations of morality. Drawing on Moscovici's theory of social representations, it details what these might be, how they are empirically elicited, and why social representations are important for social science that aims at making a difference.

South Africa

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