With less than a month to go before the first session of the African parliament, interest in the new legislature appears to be at a low in various parts of the continent. In a message posted on its website, the Addis Ababa-based African Union (AU) has urged member states which have not done so to speed up the submission of names of representatives to the Pan-African Parliament. Each country is required to nominate five members from its national parliament to the continental legislature. Th...read more

AfricaRecruit aims to build robust and enduring productive capacity in Africa, especially by helping Africans in the diaspora to secure careers and work assignments in Africa.
* Strategic Skills Seminar for Africa
23-24 March 2004, Nairobi, Kenya
A participative review of best practices and policies aimed at strengthening performance, productivity and employment. This premier networking event will be of interest to all human resource practitioners as well as employers, consu...read more

Iteso Welfare Association (IWA) is facilitating four discussion forums/workshops to explore and discover realistic visions from ethnic diversity. The main objective is to address problems arising from deep-seated assumptions and attitudes towards self, others and one’s background of other ethnic groups and cultures.

Menbere Waldi Tzadik and her husband slipped into Israel from Ethiopia on tourist visas eight years ago and never left, living in the shadows as illegal workers. They cleaned houses and sent home the small sums they saved to support two children they had not seen since they left their homeland. Tzadik, 35, ached to see her daughter and son, now 14 and 12, and was planning to leave Israel for good within a month. Instead, she is to be buried this week in Jerusalem, one of 11 people killed Thur...read more

ZNet's Africa Watch tries to present information not only on the African Continent but on the diaspora as well, including the Caribbean. The site currently offers some alternative perspectives on the looming Haiti crisis and the US government’s duplicity.

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