The Information and Communication Network (ComNet) has just published the third publication of its capacity building guide series, Dealing with Advocacy - A Practical Guide, written by Ms. Joke van Kampen. It contains detailed chapters on the necessity of NGOs to deal with advocacy, how to develop an advocacy strategy, the advantages of forming coalitions and how to incorporate advocacy into your everyday work.

The Zimbabwean government has raised the stakes in the impending do-or-die presidential election. It plans to plough about ZIM$6,5-billion into social services and housing projects, including funding so-called self-help projects in rural areas.

"Never again shall South Africa be the fountainhead of conflict in the region and further afield. Never again shall our country be the source of armaments used to suppress our neighbours. Never again shall we spend our people's resources to develop weapons of mass destruction." - Nelson Mandela, March 1995 The Ceasefire Campaign joins the world in condemning the devastating unleashed through attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, USA.