Internship programme for Africa

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Nov 25, 2004

As part of the pilot stage of the UNDP-UNESCO Joint Project for Leadership Development, it has been determined that 4 Africans from the Diaspora should be identified and offered the opportunity to undertake 2-month internships within Ghana, Zambia, Sierra Leone and Senegal. These internships are intended to offer opportunities to young Africans in the Diaspora to enable them to build their confidence and give them practical experience of working within development organizations in Africa.

Southern Africa: MLM Grants and Venture Capital Opportunities: Call for proposals

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Nov 25, 2004

No Deadline date specified

MLM is an Agency that assists organisations to access funding and venture capital in the United Kingdom and Europe. MLM is inviting funding proposals and business plans of new and existing businesses in Southern Africa (re: SADC), if you operate in the following industries: humanitarian aid, manufacturing, (not arms), education, housing (development & low cost), agriculture, import and export, distribution, textiles, mining, tourism, sport facilities (go...read more

Uganda: Administrative Assistant

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Nov 25, 2004

The Association of Women Engineers, Technicians and Scientists in Uganda (WETSU) is hosting the Gender Advisory Board (GAB) Africa Region Secretariat. The purpose of the Secretariat is to enable the GAB fulfil its mandate in liasing with regional policy makers, researchers, NGOs, UN agencies and all stake holders; and support national governments in implementing the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD) gender recommendations.

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South Africa: Executive Assistant

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Nov 25, 2004

Reporting directly to the Secretary General and providing administrative and office management assistance for the CIVICUS Secretariat, the incumbent will be responsible for organising day-to-day correspondence; serve as liaison to the Board, other CIVICUS staff and the public; ensure continuity and consistency in representations to various audiences by working especially closely with the offices of Programmes, Finance, Communications and others; and assist with the Secretary General’s interna...read more

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Higher Education in Africa: Transforming Within, Preparing the Future

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Nov 18, 2004

The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) invites proposals from researchers for possible inclusion in its new multinational working group (MWG) on the theme of Higher Education in Africa: Transforming Within, Preparing the Future. Higher Education is one of the thematic areas at the core of the current intellectual agenda of the Council. The MWG is the flagship research vehicle employed by CODESRIA for the promotion of multi-country and multidisciplina...read more

Nigeria: Unions call off strike

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Nov 18, 2004

Nigeria’s powerful trade unions on Monday called off a general strike planned for the next day after the government, in an eleventh-hour move, offered an almost 10-percent cut in the price of domestic fuels. “The government has reduced the price of petrol,” John Odah, General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), told IRIN by phone from Abuja. “We therefore decided to suspend the strike.”

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Eritrea: Education system to be improved

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Nov 18, 2004

Eritrea’s education system is to undergo a US $27 million transformation to improve access to schools and boost quality. The government is planning to construct 349 new classrooms in 60 schools and equip science labs with funds received from the African Development Fund (ADF). Computer equipment and reference libraries are also to be established in schools around the country, said the ADF on Wednesday.

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Rwanda: Editor of independent newspaper tried on criminal charges

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Nov 18, 2004

The editor of Umuseso, a Rwandan language independent weekly, was tried today on criminal charges of defamation and "divisionism" in connection with an article that accused parliamentary Vice President Denis Polisi of plotting to seize power. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the trial, saying journalists should not be criminally prosecuted for reporting critically about government officials.

Rwanda

South Africa: Apartheid alive in churches, research shows

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Nov 18, 2004

Racial segregation and the unfair treatment of black ministers are still causing deep concern in South African churches. This is the main conclusion drawn from research outlined in a booklet, Transcending Racism in Church and Community, that was launched in Johannesburg recently. Bishop Purity Malinga, head of the KwaZulu-Natal and Coastal District of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa said churches should consider providing interaction and racism workshops to address the matter.

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Kenya: Programme Manager

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Nov 18, 2004

A graduate, with a post-graduate qualification in public health, international development or related field, you will have a minimum of 8 years experience of managing network and multipartner development programmes.

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