The LINK Centre, School of Public and Development Management, University of the Witwatersrand, in conjunction with the University of Michigan School of Information has a limited number of places still available on the Global Graduate Seminar on Globalisation and the Information Society: Information Systems and International Communications Policy.

The West African IT Training and Education Forum will run concurrently with the 6th AITEC West African Computing and Telecommunication Conference and Exhibition. The Forum will among other objectives brainstorm on a wide range of issues pertaining to the enhancement of IT training and education at all levels in both formal and informal educational system of West African states.

Many Third World countries feel they have no easy solutions, and thus turn a blind eye on the "embarrassment" of slavery. They would even deny its existence. Sudan is one country where reports of slavery have persistently emerged, and the Khartoum government is accused of having a hand in promoting this act.

Legislation is urgently needed to help fight the growth in the sexual trafficking of women and children into Europe, the British government was told Monday.