Guinea: Stranded migrants return home

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Oct 04, 2006

A group of 17 Guinean migrants intercepted by the Moroccan navy as they attempted to reach the Canary Islands in small open boats, have been helped to return home voluntarily by IOM. The group, who had begun their sea journey to Europe from the Senegalese coast before being intercepted towards the end of August, had been stranded in the coastal town of Dhakla until their government asked IOM to provide voluntary return assistance for the group.

Sierra Leone: World Teachers' Day a time for reflection on challenges

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Oct 04, 2006

Teachers all over the country will celebrate World Teachers Day Wednesday (October 5). Mohamed Swaray, a senior teacher at the Prince of Wales Secondary School Tuesday said his challenges, as a teacher is to ensure that the pupils should understand what he is teaching.

Sierra Leone

Kenya: Kenyan reporter charges dropped

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Oct 03, 2006

Prosecutors in Kenya have dropped charges against three journalists accused of publishing false information with the aim of causing alarm. The men were arrested in February over a story alleging that President Mwai Kibaki had secretly met a key opponent. Armed police later raided the premises of their newspaper, the Standard, and its sister television station, KTN.

Kenya

Nigeria: Really independent?

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Oct 03, 2006

This year's Nigeria independence lecture will take place at the School of Oriental and African Studies on Saturday 7 October 2006 at 2pm. Organised by the SOAS student society Friends of Africa, the presentation will focus on the relationships between Nigeria's independence struggle, pan-Africanism, and the Zikist movement - which took its name from Nigeria's first president Nnamadi Azikiwe. The lecture will be followed by a discussion and performance poetry.

Nigeria

Africa: Director - Ford IFP Program

Institute of International Education
Oct 03, 2006

The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) was started in 2000 with a mission of achieving greater economic and social justice in local communities and worldwide by providing advanced educational opportunities to talented individuals from marginalized and excluded social groups who have historically lacked access to higher education.

Ethiopia: Fourth Congress Of The Association Of African Historians

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Oct 03, 2006

The issue of identity has been one of the most central in human society. Africa has been no exception to this global phenomenon. Particularly since independence in the 1960s, the Continent has been rocked by both intra-state and inter-state conflicts, many of them concerned with the issue of identity.

Ethiopia

South Africa: National Poverty Conference - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

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Oct 03, 2006

SANGONeT and the National Development Agency (NDA) will host a national conference on 17 October 2006 in Johannesburg to coincide with the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The theme of the conference is "Partnerships for Development - A Strategic Mechanism for Accelerated Progress towards Eradicating Poverty in South Africa".

South Africa

Uganda: Makerere Still a Reputable University

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Sep 27, 2006

There have been a lot of misguided reports about Makerere University, most of which cannot pass a factual test. However, the recent attack by Ugandan's leading journalists Charles Onyango-Obbo, that appeared in The East African (September 4-10 2006), left a dark image of this great institution. Although it is true that the standards of the university cannot be compared with those of its heyday the 1960s, the writer was overly critical and biased in his assessment of the state of affairs at th...read more

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Africa: Assembly Report Says Cross-Border Trade Far From Free

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Sep 27, 2006

The one-and-half year old East African Community Customs Union faces serious problems according to a report compiled by a special committee of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). The report, the result of a two-week tour of border towns by a team led by EALA legislator Dr George Nangale, has disclosed a number of critical problems impeding the smooth functioning of the Customs union.

Ghana: Job Vacancy at KAIPTC

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Sep 28, 2006

The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, (KAIPTC), will be situated in Accra Ghana, where it will be West Africa’s Operational Level Focus on Conflict Prevention and Peace Studies. Delivering courses to Military and Civilian Personnel involved on Peace Support Operations throughout the world, it will lead original and challenging research into the causes and subsequent management of Conflict and the promotion of sustainable Peace.

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