UK: Somali immigrants struggle in the UK

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Jun 06, 2006

Uncomfortable questions are being asked about Britain's Somali immigrants - and the answers are by no means easy to find. When Adam Dirir and his colleagues at Somali Voice take to the airwaves on Friday evenings, they face an image crisis. Headline after headline has talked about Somali crime gangs terrifying communities. And yet, in reality and after more than a century of Somali presence in the UK, little is known about who they are.

Mali

Africa: Call for contributions to Agenda journal on Nairobi+21

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Jun 06, 2006

A special issue of Agenda will come out in August September 2006 to mark the Nairobi+21 project. As the first international women's conference on African soil, the Nairobi Conference in 1985 discussed ways to fend for women's rights and gender equality that would, for the first time, be informed by the agendas of women from the South. We are particularly seeking writers from Senegal, Morocco, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, DRC, South Africa but also from other parts of Africa and the world....read more

Kenya

South Africa: Strategic Uses and Capacity Building Programme Manager

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Jun 06, 2006

APC is seeking a manager for our Strategic Use and Capacity Building Programme (SU&CB) and its projects. The SU&CB manager will have excellent people and project management skills, experience of working in networks, managing relationships and partnerships and a sophisticated understanding of the concept of strategic use of technology as it applies to development and social justice.

South Africa

Ethiopia: Programme Manager

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Jun 06, 2006

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a young, ambitious women's health organisation, and have a real impact to reduce maternal mortality in developing countries. The post-holder will coordinate the development and evaluation of Maternity Worldwide's ambitious £349,000 Safe Motherhood Programme funded by the UK Big Lottery Fund. The programme aims to reduce maternal mortality by the empowerment of local women and communities, improving access and communications and providing skilled ob...read more

Ethiopia

Africa: Africans welcome new era in teaching of English

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May 31, 2006

From 5 – 9 June the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg plays host to a five-day workshop, ‘Time for a New Phonics Approach for Teaching English in Africa?’, and what started off as a workshop to provide an opportunity for local teachers and educators in South Africa to debate issues surrounding the teaching of English synthetic phonics has seen an unprecedented number of enquiries for places from all over the continent of Africa and beyond. Many in the world of education are welc...read more

Kenya: State releases Sh1.3b for free primary education

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May 31, 2006

The Government has released Sh1.3 billion for the free education programme to meet general expenditure in schools. This is the equivalent of Sh185 a pupil in all the 18,000 public primary schools in the country, acting Education minister Noah Wekesa said at the ministry headquarters.

Kenya

Africa: Ruth First Fellowship

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May 31, 2006

Ruth First was a journalist, activist and intellectual killed by the apartheid government while in exile. To commemorate her contribution to critical, independent, socially-engaged writing, the Wits University Journalism Programme, in conjunction with the Ruth First Trust and supported by the Heinrich Boll Foundation, has established a 3-6 month fellowship.

Africa: African students the most mobile in the world

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May 31, 2006

Tertiary students from sub-Saharan Africa are the most mobile in the world, with one out of every 16 – or 5.6 percent - studying abroad, according to a report from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). "What this report shows is that the real dynamic in tertiary education is coming from African, Arab and Chinese students. They are the driving force behind the internationalization of higher education," says Hendrik van der Pol, UIS Director.

South Africa: The funding site

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May 31, 2006

This is South Africa's premier site dedicated to serving Non Profit Organisations in the broadest possible way. If you are in any way connected to/involved in the development sector in South Africa - this site can assist you.

South Africa

Zimbabwe: Street children write about life on the streets of Harare

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May 31, 2006

15-year-old Brian Koshoti is one of the hundreds of street children that live and work on the streets of Harare. Brian grew up in Mutare but when his parents died he moved in with his grandparents. Tragedy struck again when his grandmother passed away. Meanwhile as young Brian mourned the death of his grandmother, his grandfather married a young woman who had 3 children.

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