Provide technical assistance, managing/administering contractors and grantees, monitoring and evaluation, program communication, and donor coordination. Advanced degree with a specialization in public health, expertise in RH/FP, and child survival required.

The government of the vast, poverty-stricken west African state of Mali resigned without public explanation on Saturday after only four months in office, but President Amadou Toumani Toure asked his prime minister to remain in office.

At least 1,600 people from Côte d’Ivoire have sought refuge in Mali since a 19 September coup attempt sparked off fighting between the Ivorian army and mutinous soldiers, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Activities (OCHA) reported on Tuesday.

Malian musician Salif Keita has a new CD and will perform its mostly acoustic songs as part of a US tour in October. He talked to Sean Barlow and Banning Eyre of Afropop Worldwide about his new work -and about the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Mali.