South Africa: Education against the odds

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Mar 02, 2007

Thirteen years ago a secondary school in Soweto, South Africa's most populous black urban residential area, was little different from the majority of the country's schools: dilapidated, under staffed and crime ridden, with the vast majority of its students struggling to pass their exams.

South Africa

Africa: Calls to improve post-primary education in Eastern and Southern Africa

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Mar 02, 2007

Experts and education officials from 20 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa are calling upon governments and development agencies to pay greater attention to the large number of children who fail to proceed to secondary school because of limited opportunities.

Ethiopia: African Civil Society Forum 2007

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Mar 08, 2007

The Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) and the African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) organizes in cooperation with the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Union (AU) the African Civil Society Forum "Democratizing Governance at Regional and Global Level to Achieve the MDGs" to be held between 22-24 March 2007 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Ethiopia

Kenya: Kenya Project seeks funding

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Mar 08, 2007

The Kenya Project, a student-run organization at the University of CA, Davis School of Medicine seeks to inspire greater awareness and attention to global healthcare disparities and the HIV/AIDs epidemic in Africa, engaging future physician-leaders in meaningful exchange with Kenyan physicians, medical students and community members. The group seeks funding to small group of medical students embark on a four week organized trip to Kenya.

Kenya

South Africa: New Report on abuse of undocumented migrants

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Mar 01, 2007

Human Rights Watch has released a report - “Keep Your Head Down” Unprotected Migrants in South Africa - in which it details how South African officials involved in the arrest and deportation of undocumented migrant workers often assault and extort money from them, and commercial farmers employing them routinely violate their basic labor rights.

South Africa

Ethiopia: The African Civil Society Forum

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Mar 01, 2007

The Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO) and the African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), in cooperation with the African Union and the UN Economic Commission for Africa, is organizing the African Civil Society Forum “Building UN/NGOs Partnerships for Democratic Governance through the MDGs” that will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 22 – 24 March 2007.

Ethiopia

Liberia: Newspaper's licence revoked, premises sealed

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Mar 01, 2007

The government of Liberia revoked the operational license of "The Independent" newspaper in Monrovia for one year. The decision was announced at a press conference in Monrovia by acting Information Minister Laurence Bropleh. Minister Bropleh said the decision was in response to "The Independent's" publication of a photograph showing former Presidential Affairs Minister Willis Knuckles in a sex scene with two ladies.

Liberia

Zimbabwe: Soaring tuition fees deprive youth of education

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Mar 01, 2007

Zimbabwean parents not only have to contend with fees they cannot afford, but also with expensive essentials like uniforms, which now cost 600 times more than they did in 2006.

Zimbabwe

Ethiopia: Country Director

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Mar 01, 2007

ZOA is an international NGO operating in more than 10 countries worldwide. ZOA supports refugees, internally displaced persons, returnees and others affected by conflict or natural disasters. Deadline for applications is Friday 9th March 2007

Ethiopia

Nigeria: Government cracks down on migrants

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Feb 23, 2007

Nigeria is cracking down on "illegal aliens" from neighbouring countries whom the authorities call a "nuisance". Niger and Chad seem to have been singled out in the clampdown with thousands of their nationals packed into lorries and taken to the border.

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