The Nigeria chapter of Teachers Without Borders is glad to announce the 2005 Conference Of Religious Educators & Leaders (COREL) at the Azi Nyako Youth Development Centre, Dadin Kowa, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria from April 1 - 2, 2005. The Conference, which shall be a special " Community Gathering for Teaching and Learning Sessions", shall focus on "Building a Culture of Peace in Nigeria, Creation of Educational Programs for Religious Harmony, Religion's Role in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care as well as the Role of Religious Educators and Leaders in National Rebirth". We are still receiving applications for persons interested in participating as well as calling for scholarly papers for presentation at the conference in any of the subject areas in the panel sessions. The panel sessions shall cover the following areas: Culture of Peace; Religious Education in Nigeria; HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care for PLWHA; Religion and Politics in Nigeria.

Performs tasks as instructed by the Chief Prosecutor, the Deputy Prosecutor or the Head of the Investigative Planning and Support Section; b) participates actively in the collection and analysis of information, intelligence and evidence; c) participates in the required field activities; d) works effectively in close cooperation with other team members; e) registers information, intelligence and evidence.

You will act as the policy focal point for Oxfam GB and support the Sudan Advocacy Co-ordinator to develop and implement a coherent advocacy strategy for Oxfam in Sudan. You will specifically focus on issues of conflict analysis, humanitarian space and the ongoing peace processes. You will collect and analyse information relating advocacy work through liaison with INGO, UN networks, government authorities and other relevant sources.

The Kenyan education system, as evident in the English curriculum, is still preying on colonial ambivalence and imperial mimicry more than 40 years after ‘independence’, writes A. Kiprono Langat. "The lack of innovative measures to locate literature within the context on the new ‘Kenya’, the politicization of the process of text selections, and the lack of proper representation of teachers in the choice of curriculum texts has impacted significantly on the teachers’ fear of losing the desire, psychologically or otherwise, for their teaching obligations. Most literature teachers in Kenya seem to have lost (either consciously or unconsciously) their professional attachments to the curriculum material they teach," he writes.

"One may argue that neocolonial dominancy of the ‘haves’ over the ‘have not’, be it within the education(al) structures, the book publishing firms and/or the political/tribal party politics, has produced and reproduced sycophantic hegemonies that have and will continue to adversely affect teachers’ teaching desires of prescribed classroom texts." Langat is conducting research into literature set books in Kenya and is appealing for input from readers.

The African Studies Centre would like to inform you about the ASC March-April seminar programme. Some of the upcoming events include:
- 10 March, 15:00 'Thwarted expectations of independence and royal politics in Zambia's Luapula Province, 1964-1966' by Giacomo Macola
http://asc.leidenuniv.nl/events/event1105616583.htm
- 31 March, 15:00 'Dilemmas of Dutch military recruitment in 19th century West Africa' by Ineke van Kessel
http://asc.leidenuniv.nl/events/event1109169381.htm

You are hereby kindly requested to submit papers or articles for SAfAIDS News newsletter. The newsletter targets:
- Professionals working in the HIV/AIDS sector
- Staff in ASOs, NGOs, FBOs, government bodies, UN agencies and universities in the region
- Policy makers.
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The minister for the Interior, Papa Owusu Ankoma stated that the government of Ghana had received complaints by many Ghanaian nationals on their treatment abroad. This in particular included Ghanaians who by some reasons were repatriated, suffering various humiliations including being flown in cargo flights without humane facilities, seizure of their passports, imprisonment without trials and others. Most complaints had been received from Ghanaians expelled from Libya.

The Skills Africa Summit 2005 is being held at Gallagher Estate, Midrand, Johannesburg from 10-13 May 2005 as our continent’s response to global competitiveness. Learning innovations, training interventions, educational initiatives, competency acquisition, performance improvement and skills development is the key to Africa’s progress. These are also the answer to mitigating the perpetual cycle of poverty and the solution to ending the incessant marginalisation of Africa from the global arena. Africa can and will compete globally! The future of our continent rests in the hands of capacity-building enablers.

SAARDHE 2005 is being held at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Howard College Campus, Durban, South Africa from 27-29 June 2005. The organisers encourage any participants who :
- is involved in research project links to other African countries
- is supervising postgraduates from the rest of Africa
- is re-curriculating teaching programmes for African issues/knowledge
- is engaged in African Language or Culture Programmes
- is interested in comparative governance of Higher Education Institutions
One of the Keynote Speakers is Adebayo Olukoshi who is a co-editor of the new Journal of Higher Education in Africa. We will also be looking for and planning other publication outlets for selected papers.

These awards encourage and honour innovators and visionaries the world over who are using technology to contribute to improving the human condition in the categories of education, equality, environment, health, and economic development. Individuals, for-profit companies, and not-for-profit organizations are eligible. The Tech Awards showcase their compelling stories and reward their brilliant accomplishments.

Established in 1988, the Reebok Human Rights Award honors young people from the United States and around the world who have made significant contributions to the cause of human rights, often against great odds. The purpose of the Award is to shine a positive, international light on the awardees and to support their work in human rights. A $50,000 grant is given to further the work of each Award recipient. Please click on the link below for full details. French readers can click on the link www.reebok.com/humanrights

Rights & Democracy is currently accepting nominations for the John Humphrey Freedom Award, which is presented every year to an organization or person who has made an outstanding contribution to the promotion of human rights and democratic development. The award consists of a grant of $25,000 as well as a speaking tour of Canadian cities to help increase awareness of the recipient's human rights work. The deadline for nominations is April 15, 2005. Please contact Anyle Coté ([email protected]) or consult the Website: http://www.dd-rd.ca.

The Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund provides fellowships for scholars whose lives and work are threatened in their home countries. These fellowships permit scholars to find temporary refuge at universities and colleges anywhere in the world, enabling them to pursue their academic work and to continue to share their knowledge with students, colleagues, and the community at large.

The Language Resource Center at Columbia University invites applications for the position of part-time lecturer in the following languages; Wolof, Zulu, Hausa, Pulaar, Bambara. These positions are funded by an external grant for a period of four years beginning with the academic year 2005-2006. Renewal in 2009 will depend on program growth and their successful integration and coordination with the work of other programs directly related to the African continent.

The department is looking for a candidate with research and teaching interests in any of a variety of sub-areas including, but not necessarily limited to: security/conflict studies and roots of terrorism; international public policy (encompassing issues such as genocide, human rights, trade and finance, nuclear proliferation, role of NGOs); the politics of Africa and/or East/South Asia and/or the Middle East.

Partners for Development seeks a Country Program Director to lead its dynamic and expanding Nigeria program. The Country Program Director's specific duties include overseeing ongoing program activities; program development, new business prospecting, and proposal preparation for Nigeria and other African countries; financial management; and developing and strengthening management systems. The successful candidate will have an MA or MS with an international development focus and a minimum of five years of field management experience in Africa, preferably in public health, and local capacity-building.

As a member of the global Stop TB Partnership, Health and Development Networks (HDN) is pleased to announce a time-limited structured discussion around the theme of the 2005 World TB Day (WTBD) on 24th March 2005.The overall aim of these discussions is to share information and assess the critical role that frontline workers fill in turning back the tide of TB. The discussion will build upon the recognition that government services cannot defeat TB alone and that further improvements in case detection and cure rates need the active and local engagement of people involved in care provision every day. To join the eForum, send an email to: [email protected]

The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is pleased to announce a programme which it is hosting in Nigeria on 21 and 22 March, 2005 in collaboration with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on the theme of Reforming the Nigerian Higher Education System.

The Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala runs a scholarship programme called The African Guest Researchers' Scholarship Programme. It is directed at senior scholars in Africa who on invitation can spend up to three months at the Institute to make use of our library and write. The Programme is announced annually, next deadline on 1 April for positions in 2006.

The opportunities for education in public schools are still unequal between Black and White children, even after apartheid, and unless the government actively strengthens its support to former Black schools in allocating both budget and personnel, a vicious cycle of poverty and low quality education will persist, says a paper from the International Food Policy Research Institute.