The British-Angola Forum / Catholic Institute for International Relations are holding a conference on Western Foreign Policy towards Angola in the new millennium on the 24th and 25th September. The conference will be held at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London and is open to all those with an interest in Angola. Speaker include Dr. Carlos Feijo, Minister in the Office of the Presidency, Dr. Jorge Chicoti, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rev. Jose Chipenda and many other eminent speaker on Angola. Dame Margaret Anstee will give the opening address at the conference. For further information please contact Teresa O'Shannassy on +44 207 957 5718 or email.

Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF), a pan African women's rights network is seeking a Regional Programme Officer to work in the Regional Office in Harare, Zimbabwe. The ideal candidate should have substantial experience working on African women's rights. More details can be found on our web site at www.wildaf.org.zw.

Ipas, a not-for-profit organization working globally to improve women's lives through a focus on reproductive health, is seeking experienced professionals to develop, manage, and implement on-going work and programs in Nigeria. Our program seeks to have a national impact on the problem of maternal mortality by increasing access to services for people living in rural areas, by providing training to health practitioners, and fostering private-public partnerships.e successful candidates will be advocates
for women's reproductive rights.

A new Africa-centred human resources website has just debuted. The Site claims to connect jobseekers with employers/recruiters.

The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) wishes to appoint a senior research fellow with experience in Social Sciences to be part of its project on Participatory Research Approaches (IPRA).

The Harry Oppenheimer Institute for African Studies funds an annual scholarship for Scholars who are working from within the African Continent beyond South Africa's boarders in the broad area of African Studies.

The Bloomberg School of Public Health and Bioethics Institute, in collaboration with the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Clinical Bioethics, are pleased to announce the availability of a one year training program in research ethics for scientists from sub-Saharan Africa. The fellowship will provide funding for scientists to study bioethics and research ethics, and also to do an independent project in their home country related to research ethics. The program is directed by Drs. Nancy Kass and Adnan Hyder of the Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Experienced and well-qualified professionals, executives and leaders in all fields are invited to apply for admission to the Wits Philosophy Department's challenging part-time Postgraduate Programme in Applied Ethics, which will commence in February 2002.* This programme, which will develop the participants' capacity to reason critically and constructively about ignificant ethical issues, leads to a Postgraduate Diploma (by coursework) in 11/2 years, or a Master of Arts degree (by coursework and supervised research report) in 2-21/2 years.

The dates for these successful seminars for Directors, Board Members and senior staff have been confirmed as 1st - 3rd October 2001.

We are now finalising the list of participants to IDHA 9 ("The International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance") - organised by the Center for International Health and Cooperation, Fordham University, the University of Geneva and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - in Geneva, Switzerland (27 January - 22 February 2002).

This fall, the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research at Harvard (HPCR) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in cooperation with the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School, will be hosting a five-day seminar on international humanitarian law for experienced humanitarian and human rights professionals. The seminar, entitled "International Humanitarian Law and Current Conflicts: New Dilemmas and Challenges for Humanitarian Organizations," will be held from October 29 - November 2, 2001, and will offer participants the opportunity to learn from and engage in lively discussions with faculty experts from Harvard, the ICRC and the field.

On August 8, 2001, Voice of America Television started a new program Special Report Africa on VOA/WORLDNET affiliate stations. The new program will be aired at 1800 GMT immediately before Straight Talk Africa. The first show on August 8, 2001, “The Stigma of AIDS” has Aids activist Reinard Brown and author Reverend Dr. Mankekolo Mahlangu-Ngcobo as studio guests. For the first few months, there will be only one original show produced each month. The Wednesdays of August will see a re-broadcast of “The Stigma of AIDS”. The next show dealing with polio eradication will be first aired on September 5, 2001. Contact: Diane Butts

Fewer and fewer Web projects are worked on by single team members. In the past, work might have been clearly divided with one member coding, one doing graphics, and one generating new content. Nowadays, applications are becoming more complex, and the coding and design efforts must be shared by many team members.

Senior job opportunity - the International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW), based in London but with offices in Bangkok, Kampala and Ottawa, is looking for a new Executive Director. A proven track record in advocacy and policy development is a key requirement. For further information contact Michael Wills of Oxford Human Resource Consultants Ltd.

Scores of governments thought the World Conference against Racism (officially, against Racism, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance) would be just another UN talking shop. But they have been shocked to find themselves in the spotlight as NGOs use the 31 August-7 September event in South Africa to raise a range of issues, from reparations for slavery to migration, from Zionism to caste, from indigenous peoples to sexual intolerance. Follow detailed coverage of the conference from OneWorld.

Diplomatic efforts intensified yesterday to end rows over the Middle East and slavery that threaten to ruin a UN conference on racism that is taking place in South Africa.