Burundi: Reporter gets five months for criticizing government

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Sep 20, 2006

Reporters Without Borders has voiced "deep concern about the future of democracy in Burundi" after Aloys Kabura, the state-owned Agence Burundaise de Presse's correspondent in the northern city of Kayanza, was sentenced on 18 September 2006 by a court in Ngozi to five months in prison for "rebellion" and "defamatory statements."

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Liberia: Programme Manager

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Sep 20, 2006

The Regional Programme Manager (RPM) for DRC in Liberia is responsible for the management, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and continued development of the DRC regional 3-year expansion strategy for Liberia, Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone (Manu River Countries) and for ensuring external relations with authorities, donor representatives, international organisations and NGOs in the region.

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Egypt: Primary Education Specialist

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Sep 20, 2006

A full- time Primary Education Specialist is required for a period of two years with the possibility of follow-up activities over the final two years of this project to support Egypt’s Ministry of Education (MOE) in its efforts to enhance the quality and relevance of primary education.

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Uganda: ICRW Operations Research Manager

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Sep 20, 2006

The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) is currently in search of an Operations Research Manager (ORM) for its CORE Project in Kampala, Uganda. The goal of the CORE Uganda Programme is to strengthen the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development’s (MGLSD) capacity to effectively provide leadership, coordinate, monitor and evaluate the national response to the Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and Abstinence and Be Faithful for Youth (AB/Y) programs and to expand avail...read more

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Africa: Higher education and economic growth

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Sep 20, 2006

For several decades, African countries and the donor institutions they work with have placed great emphasis on primary and, more recently, secondary education. But they have neglected tertiary education as an added means to improve economic growth and mitigate poverty.

Africa: Director - Ford IFP Program

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Sep 20, 2006

Position Description Job Title: Director for Africa and the Middle East Grade: 89 Incumbent: Open Reports to: IFF Executive Director Division: 530 Department: International Fellowships Fund Purpose of Position: The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) was started in 2000 with a mission of achieving greater economic and social justice in local communities and worldwide by providing advanced educational opportunities to talented individuals from marginalized and excluded soci...read more

Swaziland: Failure to grant scholarships points to education crisis

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Sep 18, 2006

Recent clashes between Swazi university students and riot police have brought a burgeoning education crisis into sharp relief, but went unreported by the state radio and television networks. Street battles erupted after students marched on Prime Minister Themba Dlamini's offices demanding that the government honour its university scholarship commitments.

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DRC: An Urgent Call to Respect the Will of the Congolese People

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Sep 18, 2006

On July 30, 2006, the Congolese people demonstrated their desire for a peaceful and democratic process in the Congo by exercising a basic human right denied to them for the last 40 years: they voted. The long overdue presidential election received praise from all corners of the globe. Unfortunately, when the Independent Electoral Commission announced a run-off election would be necessary, supporters of both leading candidates in Kinshasa responded with violence.

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Nigeria: Call for papers

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Sep 18, 2006

SUB Themes:
1.ICT, Gender and Role of Education Planner and Manager
2.I.T and Implication for language education
3.Impact of counseling to women/youth education through ICT
4.Adult education and ICT: towards development and women/youth education

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Africa: Migrants Find Vicious Circle of Deportation

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Sep 13, 2006

The government of Libya routinely subjects migrants, asylum seekers and refugees -- primarily from sub-Saharan Africa -- to serious human rights abuses, including beatings, arbitrary arrests, forced returns and in some cases, torture, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Tuesday (September 12).

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