On September 1 2004, Mazuba Mwiinga, a reporter working for the Catholic-owned community radio station Radio Chikuni, was detained by local police in what appears to be a case of settling personal scores. Mwiinga told the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia Chapter that he was detained from approximately 15h30 hours on September 1, 2004, till 08h30 the following day on a fabricated charge of "telling falsehoods against the police". Such a charge does not exist in the Penal Code.

Deadline: 25 September 2004

Hope for African Children Initiative (HACI) and CORE Initiative this month released a Request for Application to nongovernmental, community, and faith-based organisations in Uganda that implement projects on the education of orphans and vulnerable children, and on improving household incomes. Twenty-four grants of up to $6,250 each will be awarded in three Districts of Uganda: Gulu, Lira and Katakwi.

To overcome obstacles associated with educating Ethiopia's pastoralist children, the Education Development Center is building the capacity of Somali educators and technicians to produce and broadcast interactive radio instruction programmes that deliver official curriculum in reading, basic math, and life skills. Students participate through question-and-answer sessions, drama, and songs.

NDI is seeking to hire a Country Director to oversee the implementation of its legislative strengthening program in Nigeria. The Director will be based in Abuja and will serve as principal liaison with the donor community, representatives from the executive and legislative branch of the Nigerian government, local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and the US Embassy.

The incumbent will be responsible for the day-to-day implementation of
AATF's project portfolio. Other responsibilities will include the monitoring and technical supervision of individual technology transfer projects and the preparation of progress reports.

The incumbent will conceive, design and implement study projects relating to the prevention, management, and resolution of conflict in Africa. The work will entail research and writing for publication, organising workshops and conferences, and representing the Institute at pertinent meetings.

Date: 28-29 September 2004

The National Labour and Economic Development Institute (NALEDI) extends an invitation to your organisation to attend a conference from 28 - 29 September 2004 on "Improving the Impact of Poverty Eradication Programmes in South Africa." Civil society organisations and trade unions have been allocated two delegates per organisation, while all other structures have been allocated one delegate

Deadline: 25 February 2005

The Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies, Center for Civil Society Studies is pleased to announce a call for applications for the International Fellows in Philanthropy Program for the 2004-2005 academic year. This programme based in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, affords an opportunity for advanced study, research, and training for up to eight participants each year who are involved in studying or managing private non-profit, or philanthropic organisations outside of the United States, or working as NGO liaisons in the public or commercial sectors.

Deadline: 15 October 2004

The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office invites applications for post-graduate study in the United Kingdom (UK) under the British Chevening Scholarship scheme. The candidates will be committed to returning to South Africa on completion of their studies to contribute towards its socio-economic development.

Libya has started expelling hundreds of Somalis that had tried and failed to reach Europe. Those on board the first flight have been talking about their ordeals in Libyan prisons and the dangers they faced as they tried to make it to a better life overseas. Mogadishu human rights groups estimate that nearly 2,000 Somalis have either drowned in the Red and Mediterranean seas or disappeared into the long desert between Sudan and Libya over the past six years.

More than 300 delegates from across the African continent are attending the Highway Africa conference in Grahamstown, South Africa. They are debating issues related to the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in journalism. For the latest news and information on the conference visit the Highway Africa website.

Editor of daily newspaper "Le Potential", Freddy Monsa Iyaka Duku was arrested on 13 September then released on bail on 14 September, due to a report he wrote which made "harmful allegations" towards Vice-President Arthur Z'Ahidi Ngoma.

The Synergos Institute invites candidates who are current staff members of grantmaking foundations from any country, for the Senior Fellows Program, launched in 1999 to build the capacity of institutions and individuals involved in grantmaking and philanthropy. Applying a peer-to-peer learning methodology, the programme creates opportunities for foundation colleagues from around the world to learn from one another, to combine energy on issues of mutual concern, and to share knowledge with others.

The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAF) invites applications for Masters students in the field of international relations, politics or journalism for the 2005 SAIIA-KAF Research Internship. Interns are registered on a full-time basis at the University of Witwatersrand, whilst working at the SAIIA.

Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and Rhodes University in Grahamstown, invites applications for a public policy analysis capacity building programme. The programme will focus on two issues: regional institutions and regional development frameworks and African governance monitoring and advocacy and their impact on Southern African countries.

The Regional Programme Manager will be responsible for introducing a regional management system for the projects in the Region; for the overall management of the projects according to GOAL Ethiopia’s policies and procedures with respect to the financial, administrative and human resource management.

The Field Coordinator will manage the Bunia office and participate in the implementation of the DDR National Program (Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration) for child soldiers in the Ituri district, among other duties related to International Rescue Committee projects.

Save the Children, an international relief and development agency seeks a Nutrition Advisor to be responsible for the administration, field fiscal management and implementation of the program goals and the objectives in the USAID grant agreement related to food security.

The Global Rights Morocco field office, in collaboration with 31 local women's rights groups and development associations, has published the second revised version of its manual, "Making Human Rights Real: A Human Rights Education Program for Women in Morocco." Written in Arabic and 420 pages in length, the new version of the Manual is the result of a four year grassroots level campaign by Global Rights and local Moroccan organizations to promote human rights and to enhance legal awareness among illiterate women in Morocco.

The opportunities for education in public schools are still unequal between Black and White children, even after apartheid. Given that school quality affects returns to schooling and earning opportunities in labor markets, the inequality causes income inequality between Black and White. This is according to an International Food Policy Research Institute discussion paper.