Africa: Programme Evaluators

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Dec 16, 2004

The University for Peace's Africa Programme is seeking three individuals to work as external evaluators of its current 5-year project on peacebuilding in Africa. The Africa Programme is presently organized around three regional hubs- Southern Africa, West Africa and East and Central Africa. The Africa Programme will hire one evaluator from each of the three hubs. Each will be responsible for evaluation of activities within the hub. One of the three evaluators will act as the lead evaluato...read more

Guinea: Suspension order against newspaper lifted

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Dec 16, 2004

On 8 December 2004, the National Communications Board (Conseil national de la communication, CNC), Guinea's media regulatory body, announced the lifting of a suspension order against "Le Quotidien" newspaper. The paper was suspended "indefinitely" more than three weeks ago and its editorial team is experiencing serious financial difficulties as a result of the forced closure. (French version available)

South Africa: Study highlights impact of social grants

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Dec 16, 2004

South Africa's system of social grants has reduced poverty and is playing a developmental role in uplifting poor households, according to a new study. The research was commissioned by the Department for Social Development and focused on the social and economic impact of the government's main social transfers, such as the State Old Age Pensions (SOAP), Disability Grants (DG) and Child Support Grants (CSG), among others.

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Nigeria: Education Project launched

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Dec 16, 2004

On 9th December President Olusegun Obasanjo launched a new Girls' Education Project at an official opening ceremony during the meeting of the National Council for Education. The £26million project, entirely financed by DFID Nigeria, will be implemented by UNICEF and Nigeria partners over the next three years. The project's goal is to achieve significant progress in Nigeria towards MDG 3: to eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by 2005 and to all levels of...read more

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Uganda: Graft report receives state's backing

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Dec 09, 2004

The government has asked the Court of Appeal to reinstate the Justice Julie Sebutinde report on corruption in the Uganda Revenue Authority nullified by court on 16 August. The court reduced the massive report to trash on grounds that the three commissioners did not consent to it. In its second grounds of appeal, the attorney general (AG) said the judge had failed to evaluate the evidence on record, nullified a report without looking at it and misdirected himself by relying on The Monitor and ...read more

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Africa: Mandela launches education drive for vulnerable African children

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Dec 09, 2004

Former South African president Nelson Mandela on Monday kicked off a fund-raising drive to help children orphaned or left vulnerable by AIDS on the world's poorest continent. In a taped message aired at the function, he said: "No child in Africa, and in fact anywhere in the world, should be denied education."

Kenya: Team members

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Dec 09, 2004

AfricanColours is an independent online organization since 2000 that works for the promotion of African artists through the hosting of a virtual Africa- information infrastructure for African art. We are looking to recruit dynamic, self motivated, innovative team members for our new head office to be situated in Nairobi who will be expected to complement the execution of the AfricanColours programmes which include PR, art projects and campaigns, the purchase and dissemination of editorials, ...read more

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Egypt: Program Officer

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Dec 09, 2004

The Program Officer for Human Rights will be responsible for developing, monitoring and evaluating a program of grantmaking to strengthen respect for and realization of economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights in the Middle East and North Africa. The program currently focuses on increasing the effectiveness of human rights protection, improving access to law and legal protection of rights, and promoting the cultural legitimacy of human rights.

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Migrants help world economy

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Dec 09, 2004

The United Nation's 2004 World Economic and Social Survey calls for better management and cooperation among nations to address global migration. It says 175 million people around the world are living away from their home countries, and an orderly and controlled population movement across borders could prove to be beneficial for both the sending as well as the receiving nations.

Zimbabwe: Programme Director

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Dec 09, 2004

The Programme Director is responsible for supporting the management and development of the agency's work in Zimbabwe and for ensuring that the Fund contributes effectively to meeting the long- and short-term needs of children within the framework of agreed strategy and wider organisational aims. The Programme Director is also part of the regional management team for the agency. Please apply online at http://www.onlinejobs.redr.org
Closing Date: 5 February 2005

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