CODESRIA
Conference Announcement and Call for Proposals
2008 Guy Mhone Memorial Conference on Development

Theme: Rethinking Trade and Industrial Policy for African Development
Date: 25 – 27 July, 2008 -
Venue: Lusaka, Zambia.

Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)
Vacancy Announcement: Executive Secretary

Guinea Bissau ALERT: Newspaper journalist briefly detained

Atizar Mendes Pereira, journalist and director of Última Hora, a privately-owned Bissau-based newspaper was on March 11, 2008 arrested and detained by the Intelligence Service of the Ministry of Interior of Guinea Bissau.

Call for Proposals

The coalition Solidarity for African Women’s Rights (SOAWR) is inviting members to submit grant proposals for actions that will contribute to the following campaign objectives:

Mo Ibrahim Foundation ‘Governance for Development in Africa Initiative’ launched at SOAS