GUINEA-BISSAU: Government opens first university

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Nov 20, 2003

President Henrique Rosa has formally opened the first public university in Guinea-Bissau, nearly 30 years after the small West African country achieved independence from Portugal.

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UGANDA: Uganda should do more to stop child soldier recruitment, says UNICEF

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Nov 20, 2003

Uganda is not actively recruiting child soldiers into the army, but neither is it trying hard enough to stop them being recruited, a senior officer with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday.

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Laser research gets a boost in Africa

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Nov 20, 2003

A new initiative has been launched to promote and coordinate research in Africa on the science of lasers, in a bid to help tackle a range of medical, environmental and agricultural problems facing the continent.

Somalia: Community uses goats to help finance their dream to educate their children

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Nov 13, 2003

In Somalia, if parents do not take the initiative their children will not get an education. Only 17 per cent of school-age children attend school in this war-scarred country. Yet, in the small village of Bansofe, its 270 families banded together to make educating their children possible.

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Zambia: Education is not a basic human right

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Nov 13, 2003

Education is not a basic human right, Zambia's education minister Andrew Mulenga has told Parliament. This was after Chimbamilonga Movement for Multi Party Democracy (MMD) member of parliament Chipampe Sakalani asked him to explain why government was depriving children of their basic right to education.

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BENIN: Schools and university shut by teachers' strike

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Nov 13, 2003

Secondary schools in Benin have been shut down and many government offices have been under-staffed as a result of a three-day strike by public sector workers to demand higher pay.

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Zimbabwe: paper seeks to resume publishing

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Nov 13, 2003

The publishers of Zimbabwe's only independent daily newspaper began legal action Wednesday seeking to resume publication after twice being shut down by the government. Associated Newspapers Zimbabwe applied to the Administrative Court for permission to immediately resume publication of the Daily News, company lawyer Gugulethu Moyo said.

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Zimbabwe: Mobilizing in the Conjuncture: a report from Zimbabwe

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Nov 13, 2003

The ongoing world-wide fight for the democratization of communities and states has been conducted through the prisms of many different historical experiences. But a simple question has to be asked: Why keep on keeping on with the struggles for democracy, not to mention all the other isms? The answer lies in the stark reality of the violent greed of imperialist expeditions and authoritarian local elites under whom even bare life can only be defended by a fight for the right to live. Africa ...read more

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Fellowship Announcement: Master of International Policy and Practice

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Nov 13, 2003

George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs will award a fellowship to a mid-career professional from a developing nation to pursue the Master of International Policy and Practice (M.I.P.P.) degree program for the 2004-2005 academic year. The award covers tuition, fees, and a living stipend and is worth approximately $37,000.

Great Lakes: Programme Facilitator

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Nov 13, 2003

CAFOD has been supporting peace and reconciliation work in DRC since 2001 and has recently secured funding from DFID for the next 3 years of its programme. This period will see the programme broaden its coverage within eastern DRC, and also expand into neighbouring countries in recognition of the regional nature of many of the underlying issues.

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