Session on disaster management and research in Africa

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Apr 03, 2003

TIEMS, The International Emergency Management Society, is conducting an assessment to identify what are the unmet needs of emergency management professionals in Africa and how the Society can help to address these needs. TIEMS' annual conference will be held in Provence France from June 3 to 6 2003. The conference organisers have set aside a session period for discussions on disaster management and research in Africa. The intent of this session is to identify key areas where further efforts a...read more

Namibia: Swedes Pump N$3m Into FFF

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Apr 03, 2003

Sweden on Friday announced it was giving nearly N$3 million to the Forum For the Future (FFF), a non-governmental organisation.

Namibia

South Africa: East London mum raises funds, jumps for charity

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Apr 03, 2003

East London mum Sabrina Burton, 45, at the weekend became the first person in the Eastern Cape to take a 10 000 foot "jump for charity". Burton raised over R3000 for the South African Guide Dogs Association. Her "reward" was a tandem 10 000 foot leap of faith out of a plane with Jump for Charity (JFC) jump master Ralph Ridge.

South Africa

Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs): A Rough Guide

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Apr 03, 2003

What is the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)? How does the PRSP relate to WB and IMF lending? Do PRSP countries still get structural adjustment loans? What is the connection with the HIPC debt relief initiative? Are PRSPs really nationally owned? What does ownership mean? Do PRSPs do away with conditionality? Do PRSPs depart from the Washington Consensus in the choice of policies? Find out more about PRSP's by delving into this rough guide.

sudan: call to boost human rights

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Apr 03, 2003

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have called on the UN Commission on Human Rights to continue to strengthen its human rights monitoring presence in Sudan, as the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva debates the human rights situation in "any part of the world". "The positive changes in Sudan have taken place largely as a result of international pressure to make meaningful moves to end human rights abuses," the two international human rights organisations said.

DRC: "Business as usual" for child soldiers

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Apr 03, 2003

The NGO Refugees International (RI) has called for leaders of groups that employ child soldiers to be declared war criminals and prosecuted as such by the International Criminal Court. In a report published on 1 April highlighting the plight of child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), RI said that despite UN Security Council resolutions and international protocols prohibiting the recruitment and use of child soldiers, there had been too little progress in eliminating this for...read more

Democratic Republic of Congo

Africa: MSF concerned about attempts to weaken proposals for cheap drugs

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Mar 27, 2003

The international NGO Medecines Sans Frontieres (MSF) expressed concern on Thursday that some EU member states are trying to water down proposals by the EC that would allow developing countries to buy essential drugs at prices far below the normal market rate. The EC proposed in October 2002 a price regulation scheme under which pharmaceutical companies would reduce their prices for essential medicines by at least 80 percent compared with the average prices in countries of the Organisation fo...read more

Uganda: Child Abductions Skyrocket in North

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Apr 03, 2003

Children are being abducted in record numbers in northern Uganda by the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Human Rights Watch says in a new report. The children are subjected to brutal treatment as soldiers, laborers and sexual slaves. Since June of 2002, an estimated 5,000 children have been abducted-a striking increase from 2001, when fewer than 100 children were abducted.

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nigeria/South Africa: IOC Boosts Athletes With $75,000

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Mar 27, 2003

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) through the collaborative efforts of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) has boosted the country's athletes with a sum of $75,000 towards the preparation for All African Games in October.

South Africa

ivory coast: Situation of Children in the Northeastern Worries Unicef

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Mar 27, 2003

UNICEF has expressed distress at the situation of children in northeastern Cote d'Ivoire, following a recent mission which showed that the area's children had paid a heavy toll in health and education as a result of the Ivorian conflict.

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