The policy of cost sharing in education is severely hurting the poor, a major study conducted by OXFAM-Zambia and the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) has revealed.

The Zimbabwean police detained the country's most respected human rights activist yesterday as a visiting six-nation Commonwealth delegation began assessing implementation of last month's accord reached in Abuja, Nigeria, on restoring the rule of law.

While the mainstream media is busy patting itself on the back for its coverage of the events following September 11, a group of communication scholars from around the world has criticized that coverage and issued a petition calling for “more responsible journalism.”

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UNESCO has invited Edgar Morin, Director Emeritus of research at the CNRS, President for the European Cultural Agency, to elaborate on his ideas for an education of the future, based on the 'reform of thought' that he believes to be an urgent necessity. Edgar Morin, who has devoted a large part of his extensive work to the question of pertinent knowledge, describes this text as 'a synthesis of the full range of my thought on education'.