car: Magistrates review child-protection bill

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Oct 17, 2002

A gathering of magistrates and social workers from all the 16 provinces of the Central African Republic (CAR) is examining the draft of a bill that will, if passed by parliament, offer greater protection to child offenders and separate their places of detention from those of adults.

kenya: New threat to exams as teachers snub briefings

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Oct 17, 2002

Teachers have boycotted meetings called to brief invigilators, casting a cloud over national examinations scheduled to begin on Tuesday. They walked out of meetings called by education officials or tried to disrupt them during the fourth week of their strike. Others avoided the sessions altogether.

Kenya

South Africa: EU withdraws funding for a rural project

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Oct 17, 2002

The European Union has suspended funding for a project geared towards building of schools and clinics for Eastern Cape poor areas. This follows the apparent misappropriation of close to R3 million by several employees.

South Africa

South Africa: Rotary Club launches a resource centre in Kwetyana

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Oct 17, 2002

Gately Rotary Club has donated a resource centre costing R86 000 to the community of Kwetyana in Newlands. The resource centre boasts new toilets, a fence, water, and electricity and it will also house a clinic and library.

South Africa

Angola: country director - international medical corps

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Oct 17, 2002

Lead IMC's activities in Angola, while assuring positive implementation, effective coordination, and appropriate support for IMC programs. Oversee project logistics, finance and administrative support and actively prioritize standards for monitoring and evaluation. Graduate degree in Public Health, Public Policy, or related field preferred.

Angola

uganda: SENIOR TECHNICAL ADVISOR

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Oct 17, 2002

Must have expert skills in managing reproductive health and HIV/AIDS programs to work with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) Call to Action Project (CTA). The project allows international health care facilities, non-governmental organizations, and community-based organizations to apply for funds that will help implement programs to prevent MTCT of HIV.

Uganda

South Africa: R11.7m Allocated for Telecoms Students

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Oct 17, 2002

The Information Systems Electronics and Telecommunications Technologies' (ISETT) Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) has made a grant worth R11.7 million available to the Siemens Information and Communications Training Institute in Pretoria.The institute, launched in April, aims to develop highly skilled manpower for the telecoms industry.

South Africa

mozambique: project technical advisor - UNDP

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Oct 17, 2002

Assist in the establishment of partnership agreements based on the recommendations from the studies. Strengthen the management capacity of the Youth Programme (PNI) at central level. Knowledge and experience with poverty eradication strategies and macroeconomics policies preferably in Africa required.

Mozambique

ANGOLA: MPLA slams Médecins Sans Frontières report

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Oct 17, 2002

The ruling MPLA party in Angola has slammed a report from Médecins Sans Frontières, a humanitarian non-governmental organisation. MPLA information secretary Noberto dos Santos deplored the attitude of the report and said its authors were "meddling in internal issues of the Angolan State". The report detailed how both the government and UNITA had used civilians as weapons of war.

Angola

southern africa: $5m donation for aids orphans

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Oct 17, 2002

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has donated $5 million to provide "community support for the care and development" of AIDS orphans in Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa, the Harare Herald/AllAfrica.com reports.

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