Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, The Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) located in Uppsala, invites applications for the vacant position of Research Director. The Institute has, since its founding in 1962 been an important research, documentation and information centre on modern Africa in the Nordic countries.

The 4th British Council Education Fair will open November, providing a forum for the Council and the British High Commission to discuss the gaps between Nigerian students getting admission into United Kingdom institutions and visa issuance for entry into the UK.

Do we really need Shakespeare? Many years have gone by and we still have Shakespeare playing a great role in our education. How come Shakespeare got such an important role? It must have been one of us who made Shakespeare the determining factor of our education. If we know Shakespeare, we are good in English and consequently get a credit or distinction in English.

A new report shows that Zimbabwe's education policy for children with disabilities is skewed, with 67 percent of disabled children having no access to any form of schooling. "Clearly, children with disabilities are the worst disadvantaged, and experience the most difficult barriers in accessing education," said a recently published report by the National Association of Societies for the Care of the Handicapped (NASCOH).

Rising levels of unemployment and poverty are hindering Namibia's development, a human rights watchdog said in its annual review, published this month. The National Society for Human Rights (NSHR) said in its 240-page report covering August 2005 to July 2006 that respect for human rights had deteriorated.

Agenda Feminist Media

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Invites You To The Launch Of Its Nairobi +21 journal

Guest Speakers: Wambui Kiai, Director, School Of Journalism, University of Nairobi

Thursday, 26 October 2006
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Sarova Panafric Hotel

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Libya has reportedly signed a deal with Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project for 1.2 million laptops. The OLPC laptop is a low-cost Linux-based notebook for use in developing nations. The deal is estimated to be worth $250 million and Libya will receive 1.2 million OLPC computers for students, one server per school, a team of technical installation advisers, satellite Internet service, and other network infrastructure.

Agricultural science in Mozambique got a substantial boost last week as a US$8.3 million loan was approved by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. The money will be used to build two agricultural science and technology institutes that together will be capable of taking 500 students, and to fit them out with furniture, educational tools and equipment.

The Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) is outraged that the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has decided not to release the much-awaited report into allegations of a politically-motivated "blacklist" implemented by the Group Executive of News, Dr. Snuki Zikalala, on SABC services. Instead they have chosen to release the findings.

Libyan police have detained about 1 930 illegal migrants over the past 27 days trying to sail to Europe via Italy from the Libyan coast, the Interior Ministry has said. In the same period, the Libyan government deported 3 768 other would-be migrants from several African countries, who had been arrested earlier attempting to cross illegally to Italy, the Ministry added in a statement.

Invitation for Applications and Call for Papers from Young Scholars for Participation in IDEAs Conference in the memory of Guy Mhone on 'Sustainable Employment Generation in Developing Countries: Current constraints and alternative strategies' in partnership with Action Aid and the Department of Economics, Kenyatta University 25 - 27th January 2007, Nairobi, Kenya.

Top quality training on human rights is now available for free online, thanks to a partnership between Fahamu and the OpenCourseWare Consortium. Through the partnership, the Oxford University accredited course 'An Introduction to Human Rights' has been made available on the Fahamu website. The course is designed to provide users with a comprehensive definition of human rights and how these rights are monitored and enforced.

Mango training is coming for the first time to Nigeria and Mozambique. We are delivering two of our most popular courses specially designed for NGOs.

I-Network is an ICT (Information and Communication Technology) organisation that started in 2002. Its major focus is sharing knowledge, advocacy and provision of expertise in ICT4Development. I-Network is looking for someone to fill the post of Office Assistant.

ANTS Uganda is a project within the organisational framework of I-Network Uganda which is a non-profit organisation and a national network consisting of individuals and organisations from the private sector, government and civil society. I-Network provides a platform for sharing knowledge and forming partnerships around the use of ICT to address development challenges and to extend equitable national development.

TARSC and IHRDC under the EQUINET umbrella and with support from CHESSORE are carrying out capacity building on participatory reflection and action (PRA) methods for research and training for a people centred health system. The training uses a toolkit developed by the institutions and peer reviewed through practical use that provides information on areas for strengthening community voice and roles in health systems and examples of participatory approaches for training and research that supports this.

Organizations in the nonprofit and voluntary sector have recognized that information technologies are a vital part of their effective mission achievement. While a large and growing body of practical knowledge already exists, practitioners, managers, and policy makers still lack systematic scholarly research about how information technologies are changing the nonprofit sector and the organizations within it. NTEN and Nonprofit Online News are seeking research papers for a panel and a publication.

The Program Officer, East Africa will work with the Law and Health Initiative (LAHI) of the Open Society Institute Public Health Program (PHP) and the Open Society Initiative for East Africa (OSIEA) in Nairobi to advance law- and human rights-based responses to HIV and AIDS and public health in the region. S/he will report to the LAHI project director in New York and collaborate day-to-day with the OSIEA staff in Nairobi.

The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) invites proposals from researchers for consideration for possible inclusion in its new Multinational Working Group (MWG) on the theme of Youth and Identity in Africa. Youth and youth identity is one of the thematic areas at the heart of the current intellectual agenda of the Council; Child and Youth Studies are also established as a core activity in CODESRIA programming.

The Department of Education has emphasised that communities also need to play their part in the efforts to make schools in the country safe. "In as much as we strive to make our schools safe havens, we also need parents and communities to play a major role in making our schools safer," spokesperson Lunga Ngqengelele said. He said pupils who became criminals came from communities and families, urging parents to be actively involved in their children's schooling.