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Daher Ahmed Farah, editor of the newspaper "Le Renouveau" and president of the Movement for Democratic Renewal and Development (Mouvement pour le renouveau démocratique et le développement, an opposition party), was arrested in Djibouti on the morning of 20 April 2003 and placed in solitary confinement at Gabode prison.

Reporters sans frontières (RSF) protested the seizure of the weekly "Indorerwamo"'s ("The Mirror") first issue and called on Internal Security Minister Jean de Dieu Ntiruhungwa to return the seized copies of the newspaper immediately. "This prior censorship demonstrates that press freedom is not guaranteed in Rwanda," said Robert Ménard, the organisation's secretary-general, in a letter to the minister.

On May 3, 2003, the South African chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA-SA), ARTICLE 19- Global Campaign for Free Expression, South African National Editors Forum (SANEF), Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI), Wits Journalism School and the Wits Media Studies Programme will host a panel discussion on censorship laws at the Wits Graduate School for Social Sciences and Humanities from 08:30 - 12:00.

Child soldiers who fought in the Angolan civil war have been excluded from demobilization programs, Human Rights Watch said in a new report. April marks the one-year anniversary of the agreement that brought peace to mainland Angola in 2002. Both the largest opposition group, National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), and the government used child soldiers in the war. Children’s rights groups have estimated that as many as 11,000 children were involved in the last years of the fighting. Some children received weapons and arms training and fought in the conflict. Many others acted as porters, cooks, spies and laborers.

A recently released report documents the complaints of communities affected by the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) and recommends to the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) that conditions at schools in various districts are immediately improved.

The International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG) website functions as a resource both for human rights funders as well as for human rights groups and grantseekers, and includes a searchable database of human rights funding and funders.

This publication from Unesco aims to inform teachers, trainers, educators, parents, youth and students who, one way or another, are confronted with violence in the school or in non-formal community education, and are looking for practical solutions. The project seeks not only to inform them what is best internationally in terms of education for peace and non-violence, but above all to supply concrete pedagogical tools to prevent and transform the violence with which they are confronted on a daily basis at work.

The recently released annual report on Human Rights Practices in Lesotho for 2002 says the Lesotho government generally respected the human rights of its citizens except for unconfirmed allegations of torture by security forces and credible reports of use of excessive force against detainees by the police. The report was released by United States of America’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour.

A Tanzanian fashion model, now well known on the catwalks of Europe, has set up a fund to raise money for AIDS projects in Namibia. The Tausi AIDS Trust Fund, named after its model founder Tausi Likokola, was launched in Windhoek at a luncheon attended by leaders of the local business community. Like many AIDS funds, the Tausi AIDS fund will aim mainly at tapping from "corporate social responsibility" budgets of companies.

UNICEF has urged the Angolan government to support the nation's nascent peace process with increased spending on health and education for children.

The Southern Education Research Alliance's (SERA) Sustainable Rural Development task team, in partnership with Limpopo Provincial Government, invites proposals on rural development to the Greater Giyani Natural Resources Development Programme. The programme aims to utilise local natural resources to leverage economic activity in the Mopani district.

As part of its mandate, the NDA is carrying out activities to strengthen civil society and to engage civil society in dialogue. For this purpose, a network of strategic NGO and CBO partners will be selected in each province to participate in activities around: Dialogue around Poverty Issues with civil society; Capacity Building of the NGO and CBO sector; Project Formulation & Management; and Impact assessment of Poverty Eradication initiatives.

Link FM threw its financial weight behind the House on the Rock last month when it donated R10000 to the home. The House on the Rock is home to 23 children, some of whom were abandoned by parents, some who are Aids orphans and others who have been abused.

American talk show host Oprah Winfrey would have shed a tear or two when homeless people at a local care centre here battled for their free pair of takkies. The expensive athletics shoes were donated by the billionaire in December. Winfrey, together with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, donated 50000 gift packs -- including the takkies -- to schoolchildren as part of the Christmas Kindness project.

The tide is turning for thousands of ex-mine workers in Pondoland after a R2,5 million boost from the National Skills Development Fund. Last week the Mining Qualifications Authority of South Africa (Mqasa), in conjunction with the OR Tambo District Municipality, launched the pilot project for ex-mine workers at Emfundisweni Skills Development and Resource Centre.

The National Development Agency (NDA) Act should be amended urgently to allow non-profit organisations to have greater influence in the budgeting and business planning processes of the Agency. This is one of the principal findings of a recent research study commissioned by the Non Profit Partnership (NPP) and the Centre for Civil Society (CCS) into the NDA Act. The research was commissioned to determine how the NDA could be strengthened to more effectively deliver on its mandate to the non-profit sector.

The Lesotho National Development Corporation has donated 16 computers to 16 high schools, which have consistently demonstrated outstanding academic performance. The donation was handed over by the LNDC Chief Executive, Sophia Mohapi at LNDC premises on the 11th April 2003.

The French Institute of South Africa (IFAS, a research center in social sciences), is proud to announce a conference on security, urban dynamics and privatisation of space in Sub-Saharan African cities (Cape Town, Johannesburg, Ibadan, Lagos, Nairobi, Maputo, Windhoek) from the 23rd to the 25th of April 2003.

Based in Nairobi and reporting to the Director General's Personal Assistant, the Executive Secretary will provide confidential administrative and secretarial support to the Director General's office.