The Regional Programme Manager (RPM) for DRC in Liberia is responsible for the management, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and continued development of the DRC regional 3-year expansion strategy for Liberia, Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone (Manu River Countries) and for ensuring external relations with authorities, donor representatives, international organisations and NGOs in the region.

Reporters Without Borders has voiced "deep concern about the future of democracy in Burundi" after Aloys Kabura, the state-owned Agence Burundaise de Presse's correspondent in the northern city of Kayanza, was sentenced on 18 September 2006 by a court in Ngozi to five months in prison for "rebellion" and "defamatory statements."

Guinea has made steady progress in increasing primary school enrolment, especially of girls. Yet, schools are overcrowded and the quality of education is poor. Local communities must be key partners with national and international organisations if there is to be further progress in increasing girls’ participation.

Two groups of 56 and 48 clandestine migrants were arrested in Dakar and Thies, east of Dakar, last week by Senegalese authorities. The arrests were the first involving non-African migrants in the country, who were attempting to make it to the Canary Islands from where they hoped to be allowed to stay in mainland Europe.

Recent clashes between Swazi university students and riot police have brought a burgeoning education crisis into sharp relief, but went unreported by the state radio and television networks. Street battles erupted after students marched on Prime Minister Themba Dlamini's offices demanding that the government honour its university scholarship commitments.

SUB Themes:
1.ICT, Gender and Role of Education Planner and Manager
2.I.T and Implication for language education
3.Impact of counseling to women/youth education through ICT
4.Adult education and ICT: towards development and women/youth education

On July 30, 2006, the Congolese people demonstrated their desire for a peaceful and democratic process in the Congo by exercising a basic human right denied to them for the last 40 years: they voted. The long overdue presidential election received praise from all corners of the globe. Unfortunately, when the Independent Electoral Commission announced a run-off election would be necessary, supporters of both leading candidates in Kinshasa responded with violence.

Government is to donate R3 million to a mathematics institute aimed at recruiting African students for training in research and teaching careers.The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) is to be funded to the tune of R3 million in the current year by the Department of Education, Minister Naledi Pandor announced in Muizenberg, Wednesday (September 14).

The government of Libya routinely subjects migrants, asylum seekers and refugees -- primarily from sub-Saharan Africa -- to serious human rights abuses, including beatings, arbitrary arrests, forced returns and in some cases, torture, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Tuesday (September 12).

For the first time in 50 years, Ethiopian authorities have granted amnesty to hundreds of convicted prisoners and commuted the sentences of several others. A total of 237 prisoners were freed and 26, including 11 death-row convicts, had their sentences reduced, the official news agency reported on Tuesday (September 12).

Recent clashes between Swazi university students and riot police have brought a burgeoning education crisis into sharp relief, but went unreported by the state radio and television networks.

eLearning Africa 2007, the second International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training, will take place from the 28th to the 30th of May, 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya under the Patronage of the Kenyan Minister for Education, Science and Technology, the Hon. Dr. Noah Wekesa, MP and will focus on "Building Infrastructures and Capacities to Reach out to the Whole of Africa".

We are seeking a person to train a staff member on basic computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook). This would be a one-on-one training in our offices, most likely an hour every day or a few times a week over several weeks.

The Finance / Administration Officer reports to the Country Representative and the Programme Co-ordinator in Copenhagen. She/He is responsible for the financial administration of the project/programme and supervises the local administrative and logistics staff. In case of absence she/he has to substitute the Country Representative.

Under the supervision of the Director General, he/she carries out the Five - Year strategic Plan of Action and contributes to PIWA’s institutional building.

The African Network for Strategic Communication in Health and Development (AfriComNet) is seeking a qualified and talented person to fill the position of Executive Director. Based in Kampala, Uganda, the Executive Director will head the AfriComNet Secretariat, and will be answerable to a Board of Directors drawn from countries across Africa.

DAWN will hold its third feminist advocacy training programme, the DAWN Training Institute (DTI) in November 2007. It will be a three-week intensive training programme. The date and venue will be announced later. The training programmes are designed for young feminist activists from the South who are engaged in, or have strong interest in, global advocacy work for social and gender justice.

Position available with Mango Tree, a private business and non-profit organization based in Uganda. Duties: Leadership, strategic direction and planning for the business with a 3-4 year outlook; promoting and developing senior client relationships; fiscal sustainability; building a culture of excellence. Qualifications: MBA or equivalent experience, degree, 5+ years in senior management role, 2+ years of overseas development experience, preferably in East Africa.

Building an effective and accountable way to fund science and technology across Africa is a major challenge facing the region's leaders and scientific communities. You are invited to join the debate.

Educationalists know that large classes have a negative impact. Yet they don’t know enough about how skilled teachers still manage to cope with huge student numbers. The high pupil-to-teacher ratios in developing countries will not disappear.