ANGOLA: Cabinda separatists call for an end to hostilities

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Aug 22, 2002

Separatist rebels in the oil-rich Cabinda enclave on Wednesday accused the Angolan government of stepping up a military offensive, and warned they would not participate in peace talks until hostilities ended.

Angola

south Africa: PROGRAMME AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER - UNAIDS

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Aug 22, 2002

Provide managerial and technical support to the TTS project, in support of the Southern Africa Initiative on Youth and HIV/AIDS (SAY). Propose plans, budget and methods for handling communications strategy for TTS including promotion of special events. Maintain programmatic oversight on TTS staff activities.

South Africa

africa: A bold proposal for poor African nations: Forget the debt

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Aug 22, 2002

With AIDS pummeling sub-Saharan Africa and a famine threatening the lives of millions of people in the southern part of the continent, many development specialists are calling on donors to take the unusual step of cancelling the countries' staggering debt payments of $14.6 billion each year. But some analysts, doubting that will happen, have a more provocative idea: Why don't African countries simply stop paying?

uganda: Government to Build Special School for Former Kony Captives

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Aug 22, 2002

President Yoweri Museveni has said the Government is to urgently construct a fully-fledged special primary and secondary school in Kampala to accommodate about 3,000 former Kony rebel captives, sources say.

Uganda

National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations expo

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Aug 22, 2002

NANGO is organising an NGO Expo to be held in October 2002. The theme of the Expo is “Towards a Better Understanding of the Work of NGOs in Zimbabwe”. NANGO believes that it is important for NGOs to come out in the open and allow the general public, government, private sector and the international community to see for themselves what NGOs are doing, capable of doing and who they represent.

Training Program in International Research Ethics

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Aug 22, 2002

The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and Bioethics Institute, in collaboration with the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Clinical Bioethics, are pleased to announce the availability of a one year training program in research ethics for scientists from sub-Saharan Africa.

Local Resource Mobilisation in Eastern Africa

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Aug 22, 2002

Are you an NGO leader or fundraiser keen to find out about effective ways of mobilising local resources? Do you need fresh ideas and insights from some of the world's best fundraisers on how to develop your fundraising and communications strategy? Could you benefit from learning about trends in philanthropy and giving in Eastern Africa? The Resource Alliance are pleased to share 21 years of international fundraising and local resource mobilisation experience in a three day event to be held ...read more

South Africa: Teenage Sex Habits May Be Changing

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Aug 22, 2002

There is tentative evidence that the high-risk sexual behaviour of teenagers, which has been driving SA's high rate of HIV infection, is changing as a result of awareness campaigns, LoveLife CEO David Harrison says.

South Africa

MOZAMBIQUE: UNICEF to support pro-child plan

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Aug 22, 2002

The UN children's agency UNICEF and the Mozambican government are set to sign a US $86 million cooperation agreement aimed at fundamentally improving the living conditions and prospects of children in the country, UNICEF said in a statement released on Monday.

Mozambique

SOUTH AFRICA: Official found guilty of misusing millions gets his old job back

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Aug 22, 2002

A top director in the KwaZulu-Natal Education Department has been reinstated to his plum R375 000-a-year job - despite being found guilty in an internal inquiry of mismanaging more than R2.5-million of taxpayers' money.

South Africa

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