zimbabwe: Liaison Officer

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Oct 09, 2003

Reporting to the Southern Africa Programme Manager (SAPM), the Zimbabwe Liaison Officer (ZLO) will work to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of CIIR / ICD's programme in Zimbabwe. The postholder will be supporting CIIR / ICD's skillshare and advocacy work in the country. She/he will also be expected to help the SAPM to maintain a broader perspective of the Southern Africa Region. The ZLO will provide supervision and support to CIIR / ICDs Development Workers (DWs) and maintain and bu...read more

Zimbabwe

Managing Public Goods in Favour of the People

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Oct 09, 2003

Public goods or services (supply and access to water, electricity, land, education, health care etc.) and their availability, financing, ownership and management are contested issues in almost all countries in the world. In the contemporary global neo-liberal context, privatising of what was once public services is seen and ideologically justified as the 'only way'. In recognising the impacts of different policies, politics and ideologies on public services, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation toge...read more

nigeria: NUJ CONDEMNS EXPULSION OF REPORTER FROM STATE HOUSE

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Oct 09, 2003

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned the recent expulsion of the correspondent of The Monitor newspaper from the Presidential Villa. Cyril Mbah was banished from Aso Rock over a commentary which was critical of President Olusegun Obasanjo's style of administration.

Nigeria

nigeria: unions call off strike

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Oct 09, 2003

The main trade union in Nigeria has suspended plans for a general strike on Thursday originally called to protest at a sharp increase in the cost of fuel. A statement by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) said they had decided to call off the stoppage after oil marketing companies agreed to revert to the previous oil prices.

Nigeria

ETHIOPIA: Call for Africa to accept GM crops

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Oct 09, 2003

Africa must “seize” the opportunity offered by controversial genetically modified food, a conference in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa heard on Tuesday. Biotechnology can boost food production and cut back environmental degradation, Kingsley Amoako, who heads the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), told a three-day conference on sustainable development.

Ethiopia

MOZAMBIQUE: Lack of documents deny children access to social benefits

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Oct 09, 2003

The lack of an identity document (ID) or birth certificate has denied many Mozambican children access to social services. Eighteen-year-old Manuel Fernando is one of them. Like many youths in Mozambique, his life has been a struggle from birth. And, like many other children, the basic right of receiving a birth certificate has been denied him.

Mozambique

zimbabwe: Daily News Reporters Charged

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Oct 09, 2003

The police in Harare charged six journalists from the Daily News and The Daily News on Sunday on 1 October for practising without accreditation from the Media and Information Commission (MIC). The six journalists are Philemon Bulawayo, Margaret Chinowaita, Kelvin Jakachira, Sydney Saize, George Muzimba and Lawrence Chikuvira.

Zimbabwe

sudan: Newspaper suspended by state prosecutor in charge of subversion cases

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Oct 09, 2003

Reporters sans frontières (RSF) has condemned the recent closure of the newspaper "Al-Azminah" and the continued harassment of the independent daily "Alwan" by the state prosecutor in charge of subversion cases. "We call on the authorities to respect the presidential decree giving the National Press Council the responsibility to oversee press matters, rather than the subversion prosecutor, who continues to shut down newspapers," said Robert Ménard, the organisation's secretary-general.

kenya: President to "contend with unflattering CIA report"

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Oct 09, 2003

President Mwai Kibaki had to contend with an unflattering CIA report about his nine-month-old administration when he arrived in the U.S. last week. The Central Intelligence Agency says Kenya's potential for growth is being constrained by massive corruption. The re-emergence of graft in the new government, which came to power on an anti-corruption platform, is seen as threatening the stability of the country and scaring off potential investors.

Kenya

ethiopia: COUNTRY DIRECTOR

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Oct 09, 2003

Are you ready to act with poor people as a force for change in addressing the causes of poverty, suffering and injustice, and alleviating their symptoms? We are looking for someone like you to fill the position of Country Director in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia

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