African Social Forum

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Jan 31, 2002

From 5th to 9th January, 2002, over two hundred social movements, organizations and individuals from forty five African countries met in Bamako, Mali, in an open African Social Forum. The 'Bamako Consensus', which emerged from the gathering, endorses the Charter of the World Social Forum to build a different world. Under the theme "Another Africa is Possible", participants undertook analyses, shared experiences and heard testimonies on wide-ranging economic, social, political and cultural mat...read more

South Africa: Teacher bodies criticise survey on child abuse

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Jan 31, 2002

Teacher unions and associations, the ministry, political parties and trade unions have all reacted strongly to a Medical Research Council (MRC) survey, detailed in a research letter published in the Lancet, a British medical journal, that found a third of all child rapes in South Africa are committed by teachers.

South Africa

Reporting The World:

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Jan 31, 2002

Journalists have long been accused of wielding power without responsibility. But a group of more than 200 UK-based editors, writers, producers and reporters have spent the last year acting on the Primo Levi principle: "If not us, who? If not now, when?" Together they have produced a book, "Reporting the World," a guide to "ethical reporting" in times of conflict.

Sudan Government Urged to Cease Harassment of Newspaper

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Jan 31, 2002

Amnesty International and press watchdogs are calling on Sudan's government to stop jailing and harassing staff of the nation's only English-language newspaper, the Khartoum Monitor, which specializes in coverage of the southern part of the country, home to most of Sudan's African population and the main battleground of a brutal, 18-year-old civil war.

Satellite seeks Field Officer

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Jan 24, 2002

Request for Applications: Community REACH

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Jan 24, 2002

Pact's Community REACH team is pleased to announce the release of Request for Applications (RFA) #02-A-1. Community REACH is a five-year, USAID funded program designed to facilitate the efficient flow of grant
funds to organizations playing valuable roles in the fight against HIV/AIDS, including PVOs, regional and local NGOs, universities and faith-based organizations.

TANZANIA: Classroom shortage hits free education plans

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Jan 31, 2002

Efforts by the Tanzanian government to offer free basic education to the ountry's school-age children are being hampered by a serious shortage of education facilities, the BBC reported on 22 January.

Tanzania

Kenya: Schools Reopen After Year-Long Closure

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Jan 31, 2002

Ten schools which were closed last year due to insecurity in Kenya's Kerio Valley will re-open next month.The schools were closed following attacks by raiders from neighbouring districts.

Kenya

SENEGAL: Teachers Voice Dissaproval of Education Programme

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Jan 31, 2002

An ambitious education programme that hopes to put every child in Senegal into school by the end of the decade has been criticised by teachers. They fear that it will allow the government to abdicate its responsibilities and privatise education.

Senegal

South Africa: Black Parents Set Up Own Schools

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Jan 31, 2002

Increasing numbers of black parents in poor communities are setting up independent schools staffed by retired white teachers in response to what they see as shortcomings in the state education system.

South Africa

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