botswana: Reporter arrested

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Sep 18, 2003

Police in Blantyre arrested Frank Namangale on September 16. Namangale, a reporter with the "Daily Times" newspaper, was arrested on charges of "publishing false information likely to cause fear and alarm to the public". Namangale was released on bail later the same day.

Botswana

africa: Cancun Ministerial - Southern Research Perspectives

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Sep 11, 2003

In the week of the WTO 5th Ministerial meeting in Cancun, a GDNet Special Feature highlights research on trade and development from the global south. GDNet is a global network of research and policy institutes working together to address the problems of national and regional development and the feature offers some perspectives from researchers in the global south on key elements of the social and economic impacts of the WTO on developing countries. It features resources from a range of Southe...read more

AF-AIDS - on-site reports and updates from ICASA

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Sep 11, 2003

The HDN Key Correspondent (KC) Team is providing on-site reports from the 13th International Conference on AIDS and STDs in Africa (ICASA), taking place in Nairobi, Kenya between 21-26 September 2003. Join AF-AIDS to receive all on-site reports and updates as the ICASA conference takes place. To join AF-AIDS, send an email to: [email protected] To view the official ICASA web site, go to: http...read more

Botswana: Community Mobilising Tool launched

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Sep 18, 2003

Botswana's antiretroviral Aids therapy programme last week launched a tool designed to teach Batswana about HIV/Aids and get more communities talking about treating the disease.

Botswana

south africa: Ruth First Fellowship - call for proposals

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Sep 18, 2003

The Ruth First Fellowship awards R25,000 for a research project in her tradition of critical, independent, socially-engaged writing. A four-page proposal is required by 26th September. Further information available from Anton Harber, Wits School of Journalism. fax (011) 717 4039.

South Africa

LIBERIA: LURD threatens to quit government over jobs row

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Sep 18, 2003

The Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel movement has threatened to pull out of a broad-based transitional government that is due to take power next month, claiming there are plans to deny it key government posts.

Liberia

UGANDA: Thousands of unaccompanied children stranded

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Sep 18, 2003

Thousands of children fleeing Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) attacks in northern Uganda’s troubled Pader district are now stranded in neighbouring Karamoja, unable to rejoin their families, according to government officials.

Uganda

cameroon: Malnutrition, Disease Stunt Children's Growth

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Sep 11, 2003

Cameroon is not known for the famine and drought that devastate much of Africa each year. Blessed with abundant rainfall, it is part of the equatorial forest where surplus food is always produced. The problem, as Jacques Boyer, coordinator of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Cameroon, recently found out has to do with the lack of balanced diet and poverty. ''Some 54.1 percent of Cameroon's children have stunted growth because of malnutrition,'' he said.

Cameroon

FIRST REGIONAL AFRICAN Augmentative & Alternative Communication conference: ISSUES IN DISABILITY

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Sep 11, 2003

This conference, focusing on children with severe disabilities in Africa, aims to highlight the progress made and the challenges faced in the areas of early childhood intervention, inclusion, human rights and the use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) with children who have severe disabilities. It will provide an unprecedented opportunity for individuals with disabilities, parents of children with disabilities, advocacy groups, professionals, policy makers and academics to be...read more

africa: Migrant Sex Workers

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Sep 11, 2003

Neo-liberalism with its focus on freemarket economics is eroding traditional labour structures and livelihoods. Impoverished women and children, especially in the Global South, are particularly vulnerable to the excesses of such global capitalist forces. Furthermore, various forms of discrimination, including sexism, classism, and racism, combine in exploitative practices in factories, domestic jobs, in the sex industry and in the overall structure of the labour force. However, it is importan...read more

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