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PAMBAZUKA NEWS 75
A weekly electronic newsletter for social justice in Africa
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1.EDITORIAL
DEEPENING DEMOCRACY AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL
Extracts From Chapter 5 Of The Human Development Report 2002
http://www.undp.org/hdr2002
Although globalization has vastly expanded the demands on global
institutions,
it has also heightened a crisis of legitimacy and effectiveness. Large parts
of
the public no longer believe that their interests are represented in
institutions such as the IMF, World Bank, UN Security Council and WTO or
that
the institutions are adequately accountable for what they do. Representation
and accountability have always been weak in these multilateral institutions.
But today the weaknesses are glaring because the institutions are being
called
on by their powerful members to intrude much more deeply into areas
previously
the preserve of national governments especially in developing countries.
Over
the past two decades these institutions have increasingly prescribed and
required structural and institutional reforms. For example, in the 1980s
countries that borrowed from the IMF and World Bank were required to meet
6-10
performance criteria and in the 1990s, some 26.
Efforts to deepen democracy in international institutions must confront the
realities of global power. Powerful countries will inevitably invest more
energy and political capital in institutions that enable their power to be
exercised. Once they are members of an elite club, countries are reluctant
to
lose that power or see it diluted by opening to new members. This explains
why
proposals for reform always encounter stiff resistance. And that is why
broad
acceptance of the principle of democratization has translated into so little
progress at the level of specific proposals.
Although developing countries are deeply affected by the decisions of
institutions such as the IMF, World Bank and WTO, they have little power in
their decision-making. There is an unavoidable democratic deficit in
international organizations because people do not get to directly elect (or
throw out) their representatives. This would be true even if all member
countries of international organizations were flourishing democracies. [...]
That said, however, the democratic deficit does not rule out improving the
representativity of international organizations.
The role of developing country governments in global governance needs to be
bolstered through changes in formal representation. This is a necessary
(albeit
insufficient) condition to redress the existing bias in international
organizations. [...]
What is needed is to rewrite the way seats and votes are allocated within
international organizations, to better recognize the increased stake of
developing countries. Their cooperation and commitment to international
agreements is vital if any international organization is to succeed in
managing
globalization.
For this reason the old rules about representation are no longer viable or
desirable. Put bluntly, the IMF and World Bank will not be able to do their
jobs effectively if they remain tied to structures that reflect the balance
of
power at the end of the Second World War. In the past 55 years their roles
and
duties have changed beyond recognition, as have the expectations of their
vastly increased membership.
Nearly half of the voting power in the World Bank and IMF rests in the hands
of
seven countries (the U.S., Japan, France, U.K.,Saudi Arabia, Germany, and
the
Russian Federation) . This voting power is exercised in the formal decision-
making bodies - the executive boards - of each institution.
Equally important are the informal influences and traditions that shape the
work of these organizations. These informal processes further weight the
scales
in favour of industrial countries. For example, the heads of the World Bank
and
IMF are chosen according to a political convention whereby the United States
and Europe nominate their candidate for each, respectively. Other countries
and
critics rightly brand the process as undemocratic and insufficiently
accountable.
Yet more profoundly, the institutions are often criticized by academics,
industrial country NGOs and developing country analysts for basing their
economic advice and policy conditionality on a narrow worldview that
reflects
the interests of their most powerful members. In particular, they are widely
perceived as being overly accountable to their largest shareholder, largely
through informal influences such as the location and staffing of the
organizations and their susceptibility to pressure on select issues.
These concerns about who the IMF and World Bank represent have been
heightened
as the institutions have begun to prescribe policies over an ever broader
range
of issues. [...] The new role of the IMF and World Bank highlights the need
for
deeper participation by their borrowers: developing countries.
A primary source of contention relates to the shares of developing and
industrial countries in decision-making. Members of the IMF do not have
equal
voting power. Voting weights are based on two components. Each member has a
set
of 250 basic votes that come with membership. The second component is
determined by economic power. Votes accompany country quotas that reflect
the
economic strength of countries. Since the formation of the IMF there has
been a
major imbalance in the evolution of the two sources of voting power.
Basic votes have declined dramatically as quotas have increased. The share
of
basic votes in voting power has declined from 12.4 % to 2.1% . At the same
time, an additional 135 countries have become members, including many
transition economies.
During this period the basic nature of the IMF and World Bank has changed.
They
were created at the end of the Second World War as institutions of mutual
assistance. The IMF would provide resources to any country facing temporary
balance of payments difficulties. The World Bank would help channel
investment
to countries for postwar reconstruction and development. This sense of
mutual
assistance has changed in the intervening years.
Today the IMF and World Bank lend exclusively to developing and emerging
economies. Furthermore, their loans are linked to conditions that
increasingly
impinge on the domestic policies of the state. The result is a new kind of
division between creditor countries on one hand, who enjoy increased
decision-
making power and have used it to expand conditionality, and borrowing
countries
on the other, who view conditionality as externally imposed. This can be
particularly worrisome when there is considerable division of opinion on
that
policy advice, and when the risks associated with the policy advice are
borne
almost exclusively by the people of the borrowing country. [...]
There is now greater recognition of the need for the World Bank and the IMF
to
increase the representation of developing countries. They could do so in a
number of ways.
First, by increasing the proportion of basic votes allocated to each member.
[...] Second, by enhancing the voice of developing countries within the
institutions. Formally, all members of the IMF and World Bank executive
boards
are supposed to appoint the institutions presidents. But by convention,
Europeans select a candidate for director of IMF and the U. S. government
selects the head of the World Bank.[...] A selection committee for such a
post
would enable broader participation and transparency.
Another step would be increasing the number of seats for developing
countries
on the executive boards. At present executive directors from developing
countries represent large constituencies and have minimal input on policy
formation. [...] Third, by making the institutions more accountable for
their
actions, not just to their board members but also to the people affected by
their decisions. Governments are held accountable through a variety of
social,
political and legal institutions. These institutions must also be used to
make
global financial institutions more accountable. Specifically, this means
ensuring transparency and monitoring and evaluating their rules, decisions,
policies and actions. [...]
To be effective, the results of all of these evaluations must be published,
followed up and investigated, and necessary changes undertaken. This is
particularly important for large organizations suffering from considerable
inertia.
Without publication of independent assessments of what organizations are
doing,
it is not only difficult for the public to judge how well or poorly an
organization is undertaking its responsibilities, it is also impossible for
outsiders to offer support to insiders who recognize the need for change. By
publishing critical reports, institutions can catalyse public attention and
external pressure for change, helping to overcome inertia or vested
interests
within the organization. [...]
* For more information and press releases on the Human Development Report,
visit Africa Action at http://www.africaaction.org
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2.CONFLICT, EMERGENCIES, AND CRISES
AFRICA: AFRICANS SOLVING AFRICA'S PROBLEMS
http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.jsp?a=37&o=6597
Peace efforts in Africa suddenly seem to be making progress, with major
breakthroughs toward ending fighting in Congo, Sudan and Burundi in less
than
week.
DRC/RWANDA: KABILA AND KGAME SIGN PEACE DEAL TO END WAR
Without rapid progress towards achieving a comprehensive power-sharing
agreement that includes Congolese civil society, the climate of mistrust and
uncertainty prevailing in the DRC may undercut the political momentum
generated
by the peace deal Tuesday between the DRC and Rwanda, an NGO grouping has
warned.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9303
DRC: ERUPTIONS CONTINUE ON MOUNTS NYAMURAGIRA, NYIRAGONGO
Volcanic eruptions and other activity continued last Saturday on mounts
Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, but
still posed no immediate danger to the nearby city of Goma, Kalendi Sadaka
Kavotha, director of the Goma Volcano Observatory, told IRIN.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9216
DRC: POLICE KILL 14 AUTONOMY DEMONSTRATORS IN BAS-CONGO PROVINCE
Police in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)last Monday shot dead 14
demonstrators demanding autonomy for Bas-Congo Province, in southwestern
DRC,
media sources and a civil society group reported.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9214
ERITREA: OVER A MILLION PEOPLE AT RISK
One million of Eritrea?s 3.7 million total population were at risk from
drought-
associated diseases and malnutrition due to a failure of seasonal rains
aggravated by the aftermath of the recent war with Ethiopia, the UN and the
Eritrean government have warned.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9325
ETHIOPIA: OVER 8 MILLION IN NEED OF FOOD AID
The Ethiopian government has warned that over eight million people are in
need
of food aid after failed rains in the country.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9213
NIGERIA: ATTACK BY ARMED GROUP CLAIMS 15 LIVES IN PLATEAU
At least 15 people died when an armed group launched an attack on policemen
deployed to trouble spots in Nigeria's central Plateau State, police sources
said last Saturday.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9266
NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL BODYGUARDS FIRE INTO CROWD
http://www.africantimes.com/articlepg1.asp?ID=50304
Soldiers escorting President Olusegun Obasanjo fired into a crowd of
protesters
Monday in the northern city of Kano. A number of people were wounded and
some
were feared killed, witnesses said.
SOMALIA: FIGHTING CONTINUES IN BAIDOA
http://www.africantimes.com/articlepg1.asp?ID=50460
Heavy fighting continued raging on Wednesday for the second consecutive day
in
Baidoa town between the forces of the president of the southwestern regional
government of Somalia and those of his deputy chairmen in the Rahanwein
Resistance Army faction.
SUDAN: GOVERNMENT DENIES LAUNCHING OFFENSIVE IN OIL REGION
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=29109
The Sudanese government on Wednesday denied claims by southern rebels that
government forces had killed more than 1,000 people in a major offensive in
south Sudan's main oil region.
SUDAN: MIXING OIL AND BLOOD
A First-hand Account Of Life And Politics Inside Sudan
http://www.amnestyusa.org/amnestynow/sudan.html
Diplomatic efforts may help peace to finally gain a toehold in Sudan and
offer
relief to the country's hapless civilians. Then again, this initiative may
be
yet another false hope, leaving an interminable war to satisfy its
insatiable
appetite for victims.
UGANDA: BRUTAL REBEL ATTACK IN UGANDA
http://www.africantimes.com/articlepg1.asp?ID=50181
Rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have killed 42 civilians in an
attack in northern Uganda, says the Ugandan army. The army said the rebels
attacked a village near the northern town of Kitgum last Wednesday and used
machetes and clubs to cut and beat their victims to death.
WEST AFRICA: ECOWAS SETS UP EARLY WARNING SYSTEM, PLANS MILITARY BASES
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has set up an early-
warning satellite-communication system and plans to establish two military
bases to facilitate rapid deployment of peacekeeping troops in conflict
situations.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9215
WESTERN SAHARA: UN MISSION MANDATE EXTENDED BY SIX MONTHS
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208010011.html
The Security Council has extended the mandate of the UN Mission for the
Referendum in Western Sahara (French acronym - MINURSO) for six months
ending
on 31 January 2003, the Council reported on Tuesday. Armed conflict broke
out
in 1975 when Morocco annexed Western Sahara, after Spain withdrew from the
northwestern African territory. In 1991, both sides signed a ceasefire and
allowed the deployment of MINURSO.
ZIMBABWE: EMERGENCY FOOD DISPUTE SETTLED
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208010010.html
The United States and Zimbabwe have reached agreement on supplying emergency
food to the famine-stricken southern African nation, U.S. Assistant
Secretary
of State for Africa Walter Kansteiner says.
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3.RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
AFRICA: DEMOCRATISATION INITIATIVES IN AFRICA: DONOR-DRIVEN LIBERAL SOCIAL
ENGINEERING?
http://www.id21.org/society/s8cjh1g1.html
As Africa emerges from decades of authoritarian rule, what role should
donors
play in fostering democracy? Are democratisation programmes working? Are
they
based on an analysis of how civil society functions in Africa or are donors
creating a new elite to promote economic liberalisation and limited forms of
procedural democracy?
ANGOLA/NIGERIA: U.S. SHOULD SPOTLIGHT ABUSES
As Walter Kansteiner, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, traveled
to
Angola and Nigeria this week, Human Rights Watch urged him not to overlook
serious human rights concerns in both countries. Human Rights Watch said
that
this Africa visit was an opportunity for the Bush administration to
integrate
human rights into its meetings.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9220
KENYA: SUCCESSION RACE HOTS UP
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2158364.stm
Uhuru Kenyatta, who appears to be President Daniel arap Moi's chosen heir,
now
has three cabinet ministers racing with him to be the ruling party's
presidential candidate. Raila Odinga, Katana Ngala and Musalia Mudavadi have
said they will fight Mr Kenyatta, son of Kenya's first president, for the
Kenya
African National Union (Kanu) nomination ahead of the elections due later
this
year.
LIBERIA: LIFE-THREATENING RISKS FOR PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS
Politically motivated assassinations and violent attacks against
pro-democracy
individuals went unpunished and led to a culture of impunity under the rule
of
President Charles Taylor of Liberia, concluded a human rights meeting on the
situation in Liberia, held in Accra on 22-23 July.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9367
LIBERIA: MILITARY COURT ORDERS GOVERNMENT TO PRODUCE DETAINEES
Liberia's Court Martial Board has ordered the Liberian government to produce
by
7 August the ?living bodies? of three men who were arrested a month ago.
Several human rights groups, including Amnesty International and Reporters
Without Borders, had accused the government of violating the men's
constitutional rights by refusing to bring them to court.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9219
MALI: LOW TURNOUT FOR MALI'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION
http://www.africantimes.com/articlepg1.asp?ID=50244
Voting ended on Sunday in the final round of Mali's parliamentary elections,
with low turnout to decide most of the seats in the impoverished West
African
country's assembly.
NIGERIA: COURT INVALIDATES ELECTION COMMISSION'S REJECTION OF PARTIES
Nigeria's court of appeal last Friday invalidated the grounds on which the
country's electoral body denied applications by 27 groups for registration
as
political parties, IRIN news reports.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9265
RWANDA: JUSTICE OR THERAPY?
http://hrw.org/editorials/2002/ictr0724.htm
In the debate over justice and reconciliation after the Rwandan genocide,
the
question has been raised of how best to restore health to a society smashed
by
devastating violence. One prescription ? substituting therapy for justice ?
ventures into dangerous moral territory.
SOMALIA: SOMALILAND PARTIES AGREE ON CONDITIONS FOR FAIR POLLS
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=29124
Registered political parties in the self-declared republic of Somaliland
have
agreed on conditions necessary for holding free and fair elections in the
region, IRIN reports.
SWAZILAND: REPRESSION IS BEING IGNORED, CLAIMS ACTIVIST
http://www.sabcnews.com/africa/southern_africa/0,1009,39608,00.html
Repression in Swaziland is being ignored by the international community
because
of a misguided perception that its people live in traditional peace and
harmony, an opposition activist says. "We have not resorted to violence and
it
would be our choice not to do so," Ignatius Dlamini, the secretary general
of
the banned Peoples United Democratic Movement (Pudemo), told a seminar at
the
Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria.
ZIMABABWE: MUGABE PARTY DECLARED WINNER OF URBAN ELECTION
http://zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=4827
President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu PF party was declared the winner last
night of controversial mayoral elections in a northern town, in a rare urban
victory over the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). The MDC
immediately dismissed the result as a result of rigging.
ZIMBABWE: FURY AS ZIMBABWE OFFICIAL HELD
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2155353.stm
Zimbabwe has denounced the UK authorities after a senior figure in President
Mugabe's party was stopped in London for defying an EU travel ban. Joseph
Malinga, Deputy Secretary for the disabled in Zanu-PF, was held - along with
his wife - on his arrival at London's Gatwick airport by British officials
as
he attempted to get on a plane to New York.
ZIMBABWE: GOVERNMENT DISMISSES SANCTIONS' IMPACT
Zimbabwe's Minister of Home Affairs John Nkomo has dismissed the impact of
expanded European Union (EU) sanctions on the country's ruling elite,
despite
five government officials being denied entry to Europe last weekend.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9268
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4.CORRUPTION
ANGOLA: AS GUERRILLA WAR ENDS, CORRUPTION NOW BLEEDS ANGOLA TO DEATH
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=40620
Whether it is army officers smuggling gems, government officials demanding
multi-million-pound bribes for oil contracts or teachers wanting money for
exam
certificates, millions of pounds are being misappropriated every week. And
with
more than one million of its 11 million population in need of food aid after
the end of decades of civil war, corruption in Angola means yet more human
suffering.
ETHIOPIA: COMMISSION ASKS TO RETRACT CORRUPTION CHARGES
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208010216.html
The Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission has asked for charges to be
withdrawn
against former top government officials and for new charges to be
formulated.
This after the accused have been detained for 14 months without bail.
KENYA: ANTI-CORRUPTION POLICE UNIT STEPS UP WAR ON GRAFT
http://allafrica.com/stories/200207280013.html
The Anti-Corruption Police Unit has established a secretariat to oversee
training of personnel in the fight against the vice.
NIGERIA: ELECTORAL COMMISSION PROBES MEMBER OVER GRAFT ALLEGATIONS
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=40630
The anti-corruption war may have been extended to the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) as the commission probes one of its commissioner
over an alleged 395m nairas (3.1m dollars) contract scam.
NIGERIA: HOUSE WANTS LIST OF BANKS INVOLVED IN FINANCIAL CRIMES
http://allafrica.com/stories/200207260154.html
The House of Representatives has written to the Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN),
Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) and the National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to furnish it with names of commercial banks in
the
country involved in financial crimes.
NIGERIA: OBASANJO PURSUES CORRUPTION CASE
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/africa/2151324.stm
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked his justice minister for an
explanation after legal proceedings against a top official accused of
corruption were dropped.
SOUTH AFRICA: 'EMBARRASSED' WOERFEL SAYS YENGENI ASKED FOR DISCOUNT
http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.jsp?a=11&o=6574
Former African National Congress (ANC) chief whip Tony Yengeni asked Michael
Woerfel to get him a luxury car at a 50 percent discount, the businessman
said
last Friday.
SOUTH AFRICA: MBEKI COMES OUT AGAINST GREED AND CRIME
http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1138740-6078-0,00.html
African National Congress (ANC) president Thabo Mbeki has come out against
the
concept of treating "avarice as legitimate sin".
SOUTH AFRICA: STATE MOVES TO ACT AGAINST PRISON CORRUPTION
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=40641
Moving swiftly on startling evidence of prison corruption and mismanagement
heard recently by the Jali Commission of Inquiry, the government has set up
a
team of investigators which will swing into action to probe the allegations.
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5.HEALTH
AFRICA: DENGUE FEVER RISK RAISED BY POOR WATER SUPPLY AND TRASH DISPOSAL
http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/07/07302002/ap_47984.asp
Bad water supply and trash disposal in fast-growing cities in poor nations
is
increasing the risk of a potentially fatal mosquito-borne disease, the World
Health Organization (WHO) said Monday.
BURUNDI: ELEVEN DIE OF SUSPECTED MENINGITIS - UN AGENCY SAYS
Since 1 July, 11 of the 21 people in Burundi's Ngozi Province suspected to
have
contracted meningitis have died - with the first cases occurring in the
communes of Kiremba, Mwumba, Busiga, and Ruhoro; the UN Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported last Thursday.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9225
CHAD: CHAD PASSES LAW ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
http://www.unfpa.org/modules/dispatch/issues2002/july02/chad.htm
The Chadian Parliament has passed a law guaranteeing protection for the
reproductive health and rights of its citizens. The new law, adopted on 20
March, draws mainly from a regional document prepared at a meeting of West
African parliamentarians in Dakar in 1999. Under the terms of the new law,
it
would be an offence to engage in any form of sexual violence, including
female
genital cutting, forced marriage, domestic violence or sexual slavery.
CONGO: POLIO VACCINATION CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED AFTER ONE MONTH DELAY
After a one-month postponement due to a series of political elections, the
Republic of Congo (ROC) launched on Thursday this year's nationwide campaign
to
vaccinate 682,640 children aged five years and under against polio, with
assurances of access to all districts of the troubled Pool region, according
to
the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9227
DRC: UNICEF MOBILISES TO FIGHT CHOLERA IN KATANGA
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has mobilised 10 mt of emergency
relief supplies worth US $64,000 to fight a cholera outbreak in Kalemie, in
the
north of Katanga Province, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
(DRC),
according to a UNICEF press release issued last Wednesday.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9228
GAMBIA: RELIGIOUS LEADERS FROWN ON POPULATION CHECKS
http://allafrica.com/stories/200207260374.html
Religious leaders in the country have made denunciations against what they
called the indiscriminate application and distribution of contraceptive
devices, which are designed to check population growth at the national
level.
KENYA: MALARIA OUTBREAKS PREDICTED
http://allafrica.com/stories/200207310027.html
Another malaria outbreak could hit the country by the end of the year, the
Ministry of Health has warned. This comes in the wake of predictions that
East
Africa will experience El Nino.
LESOTHO: ALMOST A THIRD OF BASOTHOS HIV POSITIVE
http://allafrica.com/stories/200207310007.html
Almost a third of Lesotho's population is infected with HIV/Aids, the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Maseru announced on Tuesday. The
announcement was made during a workshop to determine how best to deal with
HIV/Aids in the landlocked country.
MALI: UNICEF BEGINS MALI ANTI-TETANUS DRIVE
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2157089.stm
The United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) has begun a major campaign to
vaccinate thousands of women against tetanus in Mali in an attempt to halt
the
passing of the disease to newborn babies. Last year tetanus killed 30,000
women
in developing countries across the world.
SOUTH AFRICA: CALL FOR GOVERNMENT ENDORSEMENT OF AIDS FUNDING TO
KWAZULU-NATAL
The dispute between the South African government and the Global Fund to
Fight
Aids over funding to KwaZulu-Natal was an ?unnecessary controversy? that was
damaging South Africa's reputation with the Fund and the international
community. More importantly, it was causing a delay in the implementation of
programmes to prevent further AIDS deaths and new HIV infections. This is
according to a statement signed by a host of organisations and individuals,
including the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), the South African Medical
Association and Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9368
SOUTH AFRICA: DUAL METHOD USE IN SOUTH AFRICA
Research Paper
http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/2811902.html
Dual method use is featured in South Africa's new reproductive health
policies
as an important means of family planning as well as of prevention of
infection
with HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, little
is
known about current levels and predictors of dual method use in South Africa
or
about interventions that might promote dual protection.
SOUTH AFRICA: MBEKI CRITICIZES GLOBAL FUND
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=12559
South African President Thabo Mbeki on Thursday criticized officials in
charge
of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for approving a
$60
million grant to KwaZulu-Natal province that had not received clearance from
the central government, as stipulated in the fund's rules.
SOUTHERN AFRICA: MALARIA THREAT ON HEALS OF DROUGHT
The coming of the rains in Southern Africa in the next few months will end
the
region's drought but usher in a new threat - an upsurge in malaria, Africa's
number one killer.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9226
TANZANIA: AIDS 'INCITEMENT' SONG BANNED
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2149686.stm
Government officials say a controversial song, in the national language
Swahili, contains a verse that has been inciting people to go out and catch
the
disease. Music lovers insist the song was meant to scare people from forced
marriages, a practice prevalent among the Wazaramu ethnic group living in
Tanzania's coastal region.
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6.EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE
AFRICA: MILLIONS OF AFRICAN CHILDREN ARE OUT OF SCHOOL
http://allafrica.com/stories/200207300036.html
An estimated 24 million African children are out of school, while of those
enrolled, only 61 per cent reach fifth grade, a report by the Forum for
African
Women Educationists (FAWE) has disclosed.
AFRICA: NO QUICK FIX: TACKLING THE AIDS EPIDEMIC THROUGH COMBATING POVERTY
http://www.id21.org/society/s5bei1g1.html
How is the HIV/AIDS epidemic affecting children and young people? What is
being
done to address the consequences of the epidemic and what are the possible
ways
forward? Save the Children UK research suggests that HIV/AIDS is now the
greatest threat to child development in many parts of the world and that it
is
only by combating the root causes of poverty that the HIV/AIDS epidemic can
be
tackled.
BURKINA FASO/NIGER: 500,000 CHILDREN TARGETED IN ANTI-POLIO CAMPAIGN
Burkina Faso and Niger are to conduct a joint campaign to vaccinate at least
500,000 children aged 12 months to five years, officials of the World Health
Organization (WHO) in the Burkina Faso capital, Ouagadougou, told IRIN.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9267
CAMEROON: IRIN FOCUS ON ABANDONED CHILDREN
Most of the children at the Saint Theresa Charity Centre in Ngaoundere, some
622 km north of the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, were taken there at an
early
age. "We receive children abandoned in the streets or in garbage dumps as
well
as newborns who lost their mothers at birth," said Sister Agnes Nana, who
was
temporarily in charge of the centre when IRIN visited it in late June.
"We've
received newborns who were still carrying their umbilical cord."
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9229
ETHIOPIA: FOCUS ON PRIMARY EDUCATION
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=29084
In southeastern Ethiopia, a woman like Sedo Osman is a rare sight. She is
one
of a handful of women teachers striving to get more girls into schools.
ETHIOPIA: UNICEF CONCERNED OVER ROUND-UP OF STREET CHILDREN
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) expressed concern last Friday
over
claims that several hundred homeless children have been rounded up from the
streets of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9231
NIGERIA: HOW STAKEHOLDERS VIEW THE DECLINE OF NIGERIA'S PRIMARY SCHOOLS
http://www.id21.org/education/e1pf1g1.html
Communities play a vital role in Nigeria's primary schools, helping to
build,
maintain and run them. But is the 'social capital' of community
participation
in education being eroded? How far can parents and communities fill the gap
when government provision of services is lacking?
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: HIV 'INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT' CAUSE OF CHILD MORTALITY
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=12533
HIV/AIDS is an "increasingly important cause" of mortality in children under
five in sub-Saharan Africa, according to an analysis in the 27 July issue of
the Lancet.
WEST AFRICA: CHILD LABOUR RAMPANT IN COCOA SECTOR, NEW STUDY SAYS
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=29102
Exploitative child labour is still rampant in cocoa-producing communities of
West Africa, fresh findings from a joint study by the region's governments,
the
United States and other stakeholders of the international cocoa industry,
show.
ZAMBIA: PEER-LED AIDS EDUCATION IN ZAMBIA
http://www.id21.org/education/h5psi1g4.html
Do African adolescents know enough about AIDS to protect themselves against
infection? What is the best way to educate them about the risks of HIV? A
report from Population Services International evaluates a peer-led HIV
prevention programme in a secondary school in Zambia.
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7.WOMEN AND GENDER
AFRICA/GLOBAL: SECURITY COUNCIL URGED TO INCLUDE WOMEN IN PEACEKEEPING
Background And Position Paper On Gender Unit At DPKO
http://www.peacewomen.org/un/ngo/ngopub/DPKOgenderunit.html
In Security Council Resolution 1325, member states urge the incorporation of
a
gender perspective into peacekeeping operations and urge the
Secretary-General
to include gender components in field operations. In the same resolution,
the
Security Council calls on all actors to adopt a gender perspective in peace
negotiations and post-conflict reconstruction, and expresses its willingness
to
ensure that missions take into account gender considerations.
AFRICA: VOICES OF THE POOR - CRYING OUT FOR CHANGE
http://www.id21.org/society/s5brc1g1.html
How do poor people view poverty and wellbeing? What are their problems and
priorities? What is their experience of the institutions of states, markets
and
civil society? How are gender relations faring within poor households and
communities?
AFRICA: WOMEN MUST BE EQUALS IN AU, SAYS SA PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER
http://allafrica.com/stories/200208010001.html
Women were noticeably absent from the structures of the Organisation of
African
Unity (OAU), with virtually no positions of influence within the continental
body during its 39-year existence. That is set to change in the OAU's
successor, the AU, says Frene Ginwala, South Africa's parliamentary speaker.
KENYA: CONTAINING A DEBASING TRADITION
http://allafrica.com/stories/200207260316.html
Although the government has criminalised female genital mutilation, it must
still go the extra mile to eradicate the outdated practice from the 55
districts where it is prevalent.
MALAWI: FAMINE, AIDS DEVASTATING MALAWI WOMEN
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/984
Southern Africa's famine is especially devastating for women in Malawi,
where
widows have no property rights and AIDS leaves grandmothers to care for
hungry
orphans.
NIGERIA: WOMEN END SIEGE OF CHEVRONTEXACO FACILITIES
The last of a series of sieges by women protesters on facilities of
ChevronTexaco in southeastern Nigeria's Niger Delta has ended following an
agreement between representatives of the protesters and the US
transnational,
company officials said last Friday.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9235
SENEGAL: NATIONAL NETWORK OF RURAL WOMEN IN SENEGAL
http://www.enda.sn/pronat
This network is an initiative of the Dimitra Project coordination unit in
West
Africa, which covers seven countries. The network has been established in
Senegal with the mission of expanding throughout these various countries.
The
fields of action of this network range from training and information for
women,Äôs associations, to the creation of links between development
partners,
the development of local knowledge, action to promote solidarity amongst
associations, and measures to support income-generation activities.
Contact: [log in to unmask]
SIERRA LEONE: REFUGEE WOMEN AND THE CHALLENGE OF REINTEGRATION
http://www.refugees.org/news/press_releases/2002/071902.cfm
During a recent site visit to West Africa, the U.S. Committee for Refugees
(USCR) spoke with more than 30 Sierra Leonean women and girls?refugees,
internally displaced, and returnees?about their experiences and the
reintegration obstacles they face in Sierra Leone. Many of the women and
girls
had lost spouses, parents, children and other family members in the fighting
or
had suffered or witnessed atrocities.
UGANDA: FAO DENOUNCES THE RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS TO INFORMATION BY RURAL
WOMEN
http://www.fao.org/english/newsroom/news/2002/7600-en.html
In the context of the Know How Conference 2002 held last week in Kampala,
Uganda, on the collection and dissemination of information relevant to
women,
the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has denounced the limited
access
by rural women to the new information technologies.
ZIMBABWE: POSITIVE WOMEN: VOICES & CHOICES
Women And AIDS Support Network (WASN)
http://www.kubatana.net/html/archive/hivaid/020701wasn.asp?sector=HIVAID
The International Community of Women living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) developed a
project encouraging HIV positive women to share and document their
experiences
of living with HIV, particularly in relation to sexual and reproductive
health
and needs. In Zimbabwe, Positive Women: Voices and Choices has been quite
outstanding in its process and outcomes. HIV positive women, from
resource-poor
mainly rural communities, were elected by their support groups to be trained
to
collect data and analyse the findings. The process of teamwork gave the
women
skills and self-confidence and they are now strong advocates from their
communities, representing the issues of HIV positive women in many fora and
making presentations at high-profile, national and international events.
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8.REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION
ANGOLA: HUNGRY UNITA SOLDIERS SURRENDERING IN NAMIBIA
Hungry UNITA soldiers and their families who have crossed into Namibia are
being transported back across the border to quartering areas in southern
Angola
by the Namibian Defence Force (NDF), which has only a limited amount of food
to
spare the former rebels.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9243
ANGOLA: LANDMINES SERIOUS THREAT TO RETURNING IDPS
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=29097
The British-based Mines Advisory Group (MAG) has raised concern over the
movement of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Angola and their
settlement
in areas that are ?littered with anti-personnel landmines?.
ANGOLA: LARGE NUMBERS OF REFUGEES RETURNING HOME
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=29114
Thousands of Angolans continue to spontaneously return to their homeland
following the end of that country's decades-long civil war, said the office
of
the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
BOTSWANA: KALAHARI RESERVE RESIDENTS APPEAL AGAINST EVICTION
Residents of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) have appealed against
a
government decision to cut basic services to those living in the reserve.
Heard
on 11 July, the appeal by Roy Sesana and 247 other residents, against a
previous High Court ruling against them, was referred back to the High Court
in
Lobatse.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9277
CONGO: 66 000 DISPLACED IN POOL REGION
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=29085
About 66,000 people are currently displaced in the Pool region, just
northwest
of Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, since fighting broke out
in
late March, the UN country team reported on Monday.
DRC: WFP TO PROVIDE FOOD AID FOR 39,000 DISPLACED BY WAR
http://www.irinnews.org/print.asp?ReportID=28992
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will provide aid to some
39,000
people displaced by war in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
WFP
Regional Director for Central Africa Holdbrook Arthur arrived in the
Congolese
capital, Kinshasa, last Wednesday to meet with government authorities on
matters of food security and WFP aid.
ETHIOPIA: 225 ERITREANS REPATRIATED FROM ETHIOPIA
http://www.africantimes.com/articlepg1.asp?ID=50369
A total of 225 Eritreans left Ethiopia Tuesday for home under the auspices
of
the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), said the ICRC in a
press
release.
ETHIOPIA: GOVT ORDERS EVACUATION OF CAMPS NEAR ADDIS ABABA
Dotted around the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, there are at least 14
camps
for internally displaced people (IDPs). They house more than 17,000 people,
and
disease is rife.Now, however, the government wants them to move on. Already
the
police and local authorities have cleared three camps.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9280
LIBERIA: OVER 90,000 IDPS NOW DEPEND ON WFP AID
Some 93,000 people displaced by fighting in Liberia now depend on supplies
provided by the World Food Programme (WFP), according to the UN agency,
which
said some 43,000 of the beneficiaries were living in camps near the capital,
Monrovia.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9241
UGANDA: 2,000 CONGOLESE FLEE INTO UGANDA
http://www.newvision.co.ug/detail.php?story=47250
AN estimated 2,000 DR Congolese refugees have fled Bundibugyo district
following ethnic clashes between Hema and Lendu in Ituri region, reports The
New Vision newspaper.
ZIMBABWE: CHARITY WARNS OF STARVATION
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=4831
Save the Children, the UK-based international aid agency, on Monday warned
of
mass migration of starving people from Zimbabwe to neighbouring South Africa
within the next three months.
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9.RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA
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10.ENVIRONMENT
AFRICA/GLOBAL: POLITICAL CLIMATE COOLS FOR FIGHT ON GLOBAL WARMING
http://enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/07/07312002/reu_47992.asp
The world woke up to global warming at the 1992 Rio Earth summit, but 10
years
on, what some consider the planet's biggest environmental danger has fallen
off
the agenda of a major follow-up conference. Next month's summit of world
leaders in Johannesburg will focus on poverty, not pollution ? a worry for
some
environmentalists who say the poor will suffer first if climate change is
not
stopped.
AFRICA: NINE AFRICAN NATIONS WANT TO SELL IVORY STOCKS
http://ens-news.com/ens/jul2002/2002-07-29-19.asp#anchor3
The number of southern and east African countries that could seek approval
to
sell their ivory stocks from the Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species (CITES) meeting in November has risen to nine. Five
nations
had announced their intention to sell ivory earlier this year in advance of
the
CITES meeting in November.
AFRICA: RESTORING ECOLOGICAL HEALTH AND ENHANCING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
http://www.earthisland.org/ggn/communitysolutions2.html
With cut-and-run industrial logging now running roughshod across the world's
last remaining rainforests, old-growth stands, and other intact forest
ecosystems - along with the many indigenous peoples and communities that
depend
upon them - the need to shift to sustainable ways of relating to forests has
never been more urgent.
AFRICA: UN PROJECT DOCUMENTS EROSION ON AFRICA?S COASTLINES
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=4318&Cr=Africa&Cr1=coasts
With the coastline in parts of Africa receding rapidly, a new United Nations
project aims to call attention to the problem and foster dialogue on
solutions,
the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reports.
DRC: VOLCANIC ASH THREATENS ANIMALS
A large plume of ash over Mount Nyimuragira, which erupted last Thursday,
poses
no immediate danger to man, but may hurt animals in the Masisi area, west of
the volcano, Dario Tedesco, the resident volcanologist of the UN Office for
the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said on Sunday.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9248
NAMIBIA: CHEETAH TAKES CENTRE STAGE
http://www.namibian.com.na/
Namibia's fight to conserve its endangered Cheetah population has been
boosted
by support from internationally acclaimed conservationist, Kuki Gallman. The
Italian-born poet, conservationist and founder of the Gallman Memorial
Foundation (GMF) pledged botanical expertise to help protect the cheetah
during
a gala dinner and auction in Windhoek aimed at raising N$100 000 for the
Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF).
SOUTH AFRICA: BETTER FARMING TECHNIQUES? ALTERNATIVES TO EXTENSION IN SOUTH
AFRICA
http://www.id21.org/society/s2bjr1g1.html
How can farmers improve their soil fertility management strategies? Does
extension work aid this process and help address problems faced by
smallholders? Are alternative approaches providing effective advisory
services
to resource-poor farmers with a focus on inclusion and willing participation
needed?
UGANDA: $2M FOR GORILLA SECTOR
http://www.newafrica.com/news/articlepg1.asp?ID=50364&countryid=52
Uganda's world famous rare mountain gorilla tourism has received a US$2
million
(sh3.6billion) boost from the USA for the conservation of the endangered
primates in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mgahinga National Parks in
southwestern Uganda.
ZAMBIA: ZAMBIA TO ACCEPT U.S. TRANSGENIC FOOD AID
http://ens-news.com/ens/jul2002/2002-07-29-01.asp
Zambia is expected to import genetically modified maize (corn) from the
United
States to feed its 2.3 million starving citizens, according to the
Biotechnology Trust of Africa, a regional charitable trust.
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11.MEDIA
ALGERIA: TV PRESENTER MURDERED
Reporters Without Borders says it is shocked at the murder on 26 July of
Algerian TV presenter Mourad Belkacem and called on the authorities to
investigate at once the circumstances and motives for the killing.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9313
GAMBIA: CONGOLESE CORRESPONDENT ARRESTED
On 29 July, RSF called for the immediate and unconditional release of
journalist Guy-Patrick Massoloka, a Banjul-based correspondent for the Pan
African News Agency (PANA) of Congolese nationality. Massoloka was arrested
by
National Intelligence Agency officials on 19 July and is still being held
without charge.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9312
KENYA: CENSORSHIP, JAIL AND STATE CONTROLS
http://www.indexonline.org/news/20020727_kenya.shtml
Kenya aims to follow Zimbabwe's example with the introduction of its new
media
law and stiff controls on the political opposition. Journalists and rights
activists alike are equally worried.
NIGERIA: GOVERNOR'S AGENTS TERRORISE JOURNALISTS
Happenings in the present and recent past in Enugu State Of Nigeria have
shown
the hostility of the incumbent governor, Chimaroke Nnamani, towards fair and
objective news reporting by journalists posted to his state. His reactions
have
been characterised by assault and deportation of journalists from his state.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9334
RWANDA: THREE JOURNALISTS SENTENCED TO "PREVENTATIVE DETENTION"
On 23 July, Robert Sebufirira, Elly MacDowell Kalisa, and Emmanuel
Munyaneza,
all journalists with the independent weekly "Umuseso", were sentenced to 30
days of "preventative detention" by a court in Rwanda's capital, Kigali.
They
are currently in the city's central prison.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9311
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12.DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION AND POVERTY: NEW VIEWS ON AN OLD PROBLEM
http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/journals/2804102.pdf
Family planning alone will not necessarily reduce poverty in developing
countries, but neither will many of the present models of economic
development.
On the other hand, a slower rate of population growth, combined with sound
and
equitable economic development and the reduction of gender inequality,
appears
increasingly likely to achieve that goal.
RETHINKING RURAL DEVELOPMENT: WHAT STRATEGIC CHANGES ARE NEEDED?
http://www.id21.org/society/s1cca1g1.html
Rural development should be central to poverty reduction. Three quarters of
the
1.2 billion people surviving on less than one dollar a day live and work in
rural areas. Rural people are twice as likely as their urban counterparts to
be
poor. However, rural development faces a loss of confidence: funding has
been
falling, and governments and donors are scrambling to rethink policy. What
new
directions should rural development policy take?
THE WORLD BANK AND PRIVATISATION: A FLAWED DEVELOPMENT TOOL?
http://www.id21.org/society/s7bkb1g1.html
Does privatisation effectively encourage development and reduce poverty?
Should
the World Bank's approach to privatisation be re-examined? Research by the
University of Greenwich analyses the fundamental areas of privatisation
policy
and practice, focusing in particular on Africa, where the World Bank has
keenly
supported privatisation in many countries.
NIGERIA: COUNTRY STRUGGLES UNDER WEIGHT OF FOREIGN DEBT
http://search.ft.com/search/article.html?id=020726002019
International campaigners have joined the government in asking why Nigeria
is
ineligible for debt reduction under the heavily indebted poor countries
(HIPC)
programme set up in 1996 by the International Monetary Fund and the World
Bank
and extended three years later. Nigeria is excluded even though its per
capita
income levels and ratio of debt to gross national product are comparable
with
those of the 42 countries included in the HIPC initiative, which covers
every
other state in mainland west Africa south of the Sahara.
SOUTH AFRICA: PROTESTORS AGAINST ELECTRICITY DISCONNECTIONS FACE COURT
http://www.resist.org.uk/reports/background/soweto.html
Township dwellers in South Africa are fighting for basic services, such as
water and electricity. On 9 June, Soweto residents marched to the home of
the
Mayor of Greater Johannesburg, Amos Masondo. Their organisation, Soweto
Electricity Crisis Committee (SECC), led by Trevor Ngwame, had been set up
several weeks before. SECC reports that twenty thousand more houses are
being
disconnected from electricity in Soweto every month.
ZAMBIA: STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT, RURAL LIVELIHOODS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Journal Article
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=PURJ2DRJ7M111RUE
This presents, in concise form, some of the main findings of the Zambian
component of a study carried out in four African countries between 1997 and
2000. A political economy approach is used to examine the interaction
between
segments of government, donors, the private sector, and rural communities,
both
historically and in recent times. It is found that the structural adjustment
framework adopted in 1989 has modified the interplay of forces contending
for
control over natural resources, but not to the benefit of rural communities
and
the poor in general. Some recommendations are advanced for policy review,
changes in administration, and legislative change.
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13.INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY
AFRICA: COMPUTERS IN SCHOOLS: AN UNAFFORDABLE LUXURY?
http://www.id21.org/education/e4ac2g1.html
Is there a role for computers in secondary education in the South? While
most
schools in the world still lack electricity and phone connections, should
pedagogy precede technology? What are the costs of ICT provision? What
should
schools and education planners consider before trying to join the
e-revolution?
FREE HACKER SOFTWARE CALLED HUMAN RIGHTS WEAPON
Free Speech Tool
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/18602.html
Hacktivismo (http://hacktivismo.com), purported human rights hacker group,
have
released a free steganography program which allows activists to exchange
banned
content over the Internet. This article contains links to the software and
various articles about it.
ICTS IN AFRICA - PART 2
From The Communication Initiative
This is the second in a planned double issue collaboration focusing on
Information & Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Africa. The first
installment included just some of the all-embracing, bilateral and
multilateral
Africa initiatives, and some of the policy frameworks developed on a country
level. This issue focuses on some of the regional, community, issue-specific
and "on-the-ground" ICT initiatives and resources in Africa. We have found
such
a wealth of resources, we will be publishing a third installment later. It
will
focus on youth/child initiatives, radio/internet initiatives and
information,
bulletins and journals, prizes and additional resources and portals.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9230
Contact: [log in to unmask]
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14.eNEWSLETTERS AND MAILING LISTS
ICT NEWS UPDATES
http://www.ugabytesinitiative.org
UgaBYTES ICT news updates is a monthly, electronic newsletter produced by
The
UgaBYTES Initiative. The newsletter brings to the fore opportunities and
challenges facing ICTs in rural areas, especially in Africa. The newsletter
is
intended for practitioners of ICTs for rural development, organizations
working
for and on behalf of rural communities and ICTs. To subscribe to the
UgaBYTES
ICT news updates please send a mail to [log in to unmask]
and
in the subject line include ?subscribe?.
NEW LISTSERVER FOR WORLD SUMMIT
http://www.sdissues.net
The Sustainable Development Issues Network (SDIN) is a coalition of
nongovernmental issue-based caucuses and networks established during the
year
before the World Summit on Sustainable Development. The purpose of the
coalition is to provide mutual support and exchange of information among NGO
caucuses and networks promoting sustainable development. We would like to
announce and invite you to join a new listserver
(http://sdissues.net/sdin/discuss.aspx) hosted by SDIN to encourage
substantive
discussion and dialogue on the important issues and strategies of concern in
the World Summit on Sustainable Development. In the remaining weeks before
the
Summit there are many topics and questions of concern to participants and
observers that will need to be addressed by NGOs.
WORLD SUMMIT LISTSERVERS
WSSD listservers carrying information about the Summit include:
*http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csdlistserver.htm - UN Summit Secretariat
listserver;
*http://iisd.ca/enb/2002summit-l.asp - International Institute for
Sustainable
Development's 2002 Summit list;
*http://www.worldsummit2002.org/ - Heinrich Boell's WSSD newsletter;
*http://lists.healthdev.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?join=earthsummit2002 -
Stakeholder
Forum's EarthSummit2002 list;
*http://earthsummit.open.ac.uk - Earth Summit for All features discussions
on
education for sustainable development.
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15.FUNDRAISING
BURKINA FASO : EU TO FUND WATER PROGRAM IN SEMI-ARID COUNTRY
http://allafrica.com/stories/200207250611.html
The EU has agreed to provide Burkina Faso with 16 million euro (US $15.9
million) for water management activities aimed at reducing rural poverty,
and
to support the private sector.
BURKINA FASO: EU TO FUND WATER PROGRAM IN SEMI-ARID COUNTRY
The EU has agreed to provide Burkina Faso with 16 million euro (US $15.9
million) for water management activities aimed at reducing rural poverty,
and
to support the private sector.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9371
BURUNDI: WORLD BANK SIGNS $36 MILLION DEAL TO FIGHT HIV/AIDS
Burundi and the World Bank signed a US $36-million agreement last Thursday
to
support a multisectoral project to combat HIV/AIDS in the war-torn country.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9372
CONGO: US TO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION FOR INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS
A US$24 000 programme to educate indigenous populations in several regions
of
the Republic of Congo on their basic human rights will begin in August.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9369
ETHIOPIA: IRISH AID TO TACKLE DROUGHT
http://allafrica.com/stories/200207250166.html
Ireland has pledged Euros 250,000 to tackle drought in eastern Ethiopia, the
Irish embassy in Addis Ababa said. The money will be used to help Kereyou
pastoralists whose livelihoods are in danger from the lack of rain. The
funding
is part of Ireland's Euros 3.69 million Africa-wide programme to tackle
emergencies across the continent.
GHANA : GHANA TO GET 60 MILLION DOLLARS FROM SPAIN
http://allafrica.com/stories/200207290919.html
The government of Spain is to provide Ghana with 60 million dollars for the
execution of projects of high priority in the country. Mr. Amponsah-Bediako
said the two governments have already signed a framework agreement and the
money would be used to undertake a number of projects to improve the welfare
of
the people.
MADAGASCAR: DONORS PLEDGE US $2 BILLION IN AID
In a show of support for the country's new administration, international
donors
at the weekend pledged US $2.3 billion in aid to Madagascar over four years.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9370
MADAGASCAR: DONORS PLEDGE US $2 BILLION IN AID
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=29068&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=MADAGASCAR
In a show of support for the country's new administration, international
donors
at the weekend pledged US $2.3 billion in aid to Madagascar over four years.
RWANDA: GLOBAL FUND GIVE US $14 MILLION TO FIGHT HIV/AIDS
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=28983
Rwanda is to receive a US $14-million grant from the Global Fund for
HIV/AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria, Health Minister Ezechias Rwabuhihi said. Under the
proposal Rwanda submitted to the fund, the government would use the money to
expand health services to all the country's districts, the radio reported.
Specifically, it reported, the services would include treatment of selected
opportunistic infections associated with HIV/AIDS, and the programme to
prevent
mother-to-child transmission of the virus.
SOUTH AFRICA : TAPPING LOCAL RESOURCES
http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.jsp?a=67&o=6615
NGOs can be sustained by mobilising funds from their communities, thereby
reducing dependence on donor and foundation grants -- if the Ashoka Citizen
Base Initiative (CBI) is anything to go by. This strategic shift for
organisational sustainability was displayed earlier this week when Ashoka
presented five South African organisations with R250 000 in prize money for
demonstrating their ability in tapping resources from the communities they
serve.
SOUTH AFRICA: GERMANY GIVES R125M TO SA HOUSING
http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1141414-6078-0,00.html
The German government has allocated another R125-million to a South African
fund which loans money to poor people living in rural areas to build houses.
The Rural Housing Loan Fund (RHLF) has improved the living conditions of
200,000 people by lending money to over 34,000 households.
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16.COURSES, SEMINARS, AND WORKSHOPS
AFRICAN WOMEN PUBLIC SERVICE FELLOWSHIP NOMINATION
The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York
University
has announced, as part of their international initiative, the creation of
the
African Women Public Service Fellowship. The fellowship was established to
expand the opportunity for African women to prepare for public service in
their
home countries. The fellowship awards for these programs will support
tuition,
housing, travel to and from the United States, and a small stipend to cover
books and miscellaneous expenses.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9264
PRIVACY, OPEN SOCIETY & THE CHALLENGE OF SEPTEMBER 11TH
Preliminary Annoucement
A one-day public conference organized by Privacy International and the
Electronic Privacy Information Center will take place at The Old Theatre,
London School of Economics, on 6 September to discuss the future for civil
liberties and open society in the aftermath of September 11. The conference
will bring together key figures from throughout the world to discuss
developments in privacy and surveillance, free speech and censorship,
national
security, international government co-operation, freedom of information, law
enforcement capability, financial privacy, identity and tracking systems and
the role of civil society.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9292
THE FORD FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAM
The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) provides
opportunities for advanced study to exceptional individuals who will use
this
education to become leaders in their respective fields, furthering
development
in their own countries and greater economic and social justice worldwide.
The
International Fellowships Program provides support for up to three years of
formal graduate-level study leading to a masters or doctoral degree. Fellows
are selected from countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America,
and Russia, where the Ford Foundation maintains active overseas programs.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9294
THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN POST-CONFLICT
SITUATIONS
A conference on the United Nations and the protection of human rights in
post-
conflict situations will be held at the Human Rights Law Centre at the
University of Nottingham in the UK on 12 and 13 September. The conference
will
consider the UN and human rights protection in post-conflict situations. As
the
largest provider, as well as the organisation that, to a large degree, has
the
responsibility for setting the standards in this area, a critical evaluation
of
the UN's involvement should be a significant contribution to the development
of
best practice in this area.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9293
TRAINING COURSE IN CONSULTANCY SKILLS IN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN HEALTH
The Training Course in Consultancy Skills in International Cooperation in
Health ? taking place between 18 November and 6 December in Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania -intends to improve knowledge and skills in planning, writing,
editing
as well as how to assess the quality of consultancy reports in the field of
international public health.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9296
TRAINING SENIOR MANAGERS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Galillee College, the leading management institute in Israel training senior
managers from developing countries, is offering tuition scholarships to
attend
the Environmental Management Program, scheduled for October 9 - 28, 2002.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9295
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17.ADVOCACY RESOURCES
CAMPAIGN FOR AIDS FUNDS
http://www.actsa.org/HIV/action_intro.htm
The international campaign to improve access to treatment for people living
with HIV/AIDS has seen some recent successes. But the battle is not yet won.
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has joined Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA)
in
a new campaign phase to lobby the British government to secure more
assistance
in the battle against AIDS through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis
and Malaria, which was set up in 2001. Join the campaign and write to Clare
Short, the Secretary of State for International Development.
SILENCED VOICES: CHEIKH KONE
Cheikh Kone, a journalist from the Ivory Coast, is one victim among many
languishing in Australia's detention camps. His detention without charge or
trial, with no accusation even that he has committed any crime at all, is
now
entering its twenty-first month. Armed robbers and those guilty of violent
crimes often fare better. Please write letters to the Australian authorities
politely asking that Cheikh Kone be released from detention and that he be
given adequate legal representation.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9273
STOP WORLDBANK FOREST DESTRUCTION
The World Bank has released its long awaited draft policy on forests. The
proposed policy threatens most of the world's remaining forests with
environmentally damaging industrial forest management financed by taxpayers
through the World Bank. It is inappropriate for the World Bank to subsidize
rainforest destruction. Please tell them so by registering your concern.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9274
US NGOS ASK: "WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE US?"
Groups Encouraged To Sign NGO Statement For World Summit On Sustainable
Development
US NGOs, citizen and public interest groups are asking for your signature to
a
statement addressing critical priorities and concerns about the positions
and
actions of the U.S. government at the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable
Development in Johannesburg, South Africa this month. Originally produced
and
delivered at a press conference last month in Bali, Indonesia at the final
preparatory meeting for the Summit, the statement responds to the question
asked throughout the two weeks of the meeting: "What are we going to do
about
the United States?"
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9272
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18.JOBS
BURUNDI: ASSISTANT COUNTRY DIRECTOR
Search For Common Ground
We are seeking an Assistant Country Director, to be based in Bujumbura,
Burundi. Reporting to the Country Director, and working closely with the
project managers, he/she will help develop and execute the strategy of the
Search for Common Ground in Burundi program, being responsible particularly
for
the day to day management of the branch offices and for the overall
operations
management of the Bujumbura center.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9291
DRC: CHILD PROTECTION ADVISER
United Nations Organization Mission In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
The CPA should enable the SRSG to ensure that the rights, protection and
well-
being of all children are a priority throughout the peacekeeping process,
the
consolidation of peace and the re-building of the war-affected country.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9315
DRC: SENIOR DEMOBILIZATION OFFICER
United Nations Organization Mission In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Under the supervision of the Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation,
Resettlement and Reintegration (DDRRR) Coordinator, the incumbent will
coordinate with other agencies, governmental and non-governmental
organizations, on the elaboration of durable solutions for these groups and
to
involve the specialized agencies and other potential partners in planning
for
DDRRR, and especially the durable solutions, and to ensure that this is
incorporated into the agencies wider plans and programs.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9316
EAST AFRICA: PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Intermediate Technology Development Group-Eastern Africa (ITDG-EA)
ITDG-EA would like to appoint a qualified individual to assist the
Fundraising
and Marketing Manager in fundraising and media relations for all its
projects.
This involves offering cross-programme support in fundraising, quality
assurance, social science and project design and development. The post is
initially for six months with the possibility of an extension.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=9284
ERITREA: COUNTRY DIRECTOR
CARE International USA
http://www.fpa.org/jobs_contact2423/jobs_contact_show.htm?doc_id=116790
Reporting to the Regional Director the Country Director (CD) is responsible
for
providing overall leadership of CARE International's relief and development
programs in the assigned country.
MALI: FIELD REPRESENTATIVE
The Carter Center
http://www.fpa.org/jobs_contact2423/jobs_contact_show.htm?doc_id=116503
The Carter Center is seeking to hire a temporary Field Representative in
Mali
to help the Center assess programming prospects in the area of development
planning and cooperation.
RWANDA: HIV/AIDS PROGRAMME OFFICER
World Vision International
http://www.fpa.org/jobs_contact2423/jobs_contact_show.htm?doc_id=116527
Working in collaboration with Burundi, E-DRC and Rwanda country programme
directors, you will facilitate the development of HIV/AIDS initiatives.
SIERRA LEONE: PROGRAM DIRECTOR
International Catholic Migration Commission
http://www.fpa.org/jobs_contact2423/jobs_contact_show.htm?doc_id=116606
The Program Director will be responsible for developing and coordinating
programs for community services to Liberian refugees and
rehabilitation/reintegration programs for returning Sierra Leonean refugees
and
IDPs to the eastern districts of the country.
SOUTH AFRICA: REGIONAL EMERGENCIES COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
Save The Children
http://www.fpa.org/jobs_contact2423/jobs_contact_show.htm?doc_id=116500
Working in our Southern Africa Regional Office your remit will be to ensure
that the organisation is prepared to respond effectively to an increase in
media and international interest to the current crisis in Southern Africa.
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19.BOOKS AND ARTS
BOTSWANA: THE KHOE AND SAN. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. VOL.1
Shelagh Willet & Stella Monageng Et.al
http://www.africanbookscollective.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_New_Titles_5
8.ht
ml#994
Compiled by the University of Botswana which houses a unique collection of
contemporary published and unpublished written material on the indigenous
minority of Southern Africa, The aim was to make this literature available
in
one collection, and thus promote research on, with, and by, this minority.
The
volume lists over a thousand bibliographic entries covering the social
sciences, languages and history, as well as publications from national and
regional San organisations. Short abstracts of each entry are linked to a
list
of keywords and authors.
FROM LEOPOLD TO KABILA: A PEOPLE'S HISTORY
Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja
http://www.palgrave-usa.com/catalogue/catalogue.asp?Title_Id=1-84277-052-7
As this book shows, the People of the Congo have suffered throughout the
past
century from a particularly brutal experience of colonial rule, and a series
of
post-independence political conflicts. But as this insightful political
history
of the Congolese democratic movement of the 20th century decisively makes
clear, its people have not taken these multiple oppressions lying down.
Instead, they have struggled both to establish democratic institutions at
home
and to free themselves from exploitations abroad.
FROM RIO TO JOHANNESBURG: THE GLOBALIZATION DECADE
Kenny Bruno And Joshua Karliner
http://www.corpwatch.org/campaigns/PCD.jsp?articleid=3190
A new book, Earthsummit.biz, describes the growing role of corporations in
global decision making in the ten years between the Rio Earth Summit and the
upcoming Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Special Issue On Africa
http://www.riia.org/riia/index.html
This special issue of International Affairs (Vol 38 No 3, July 2002)
includes:
* Patrick Chabal - The quest for good government and development in
Africa: is NEPAD the answer?
* Alex de Waal - What's new in NEPAD?
* Simon Maxwell and Karin Christiansen - Negotiation as simultaneous
equation:
building a new partnership with Africa.
* Mahmood Mamdani - African states, citizenship and war: a case-study.
* Larry Swatuk - The new water architecture in southern Africa: reflections
on
current trends in the light of Rio+10.
* Nana Poku - Poverty, debt and Africa's HIV/AIDS crisis.
* Ian Taylor and Paul Williams - The limits of engagement: British foreign
policy and the crisis in Zimbabwe.
* Firoze Manji and Carl O'Coill - The missionary position: NGOs and
development
in Africa.
SOUTH AFRICA: NEW CHILDREN'S BOOK EXPLAINS SCIENCE OF AIDS FOR SOUTH AFRICAN
KIDS
http://www.africantimes.com/articlepg1.asp?ID=50233
A green pock-faced monster with red eyes and fangs is depicted as the HIV
virus
in a new children's book that seeks to explain the science of AIDS to South
African children.
UNITING A DIVIDED CITY: GOVERNANCE AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN JOHANNESBURG
Jo Beall, Owen Crankshaw And Susan Powell
http://www.earthscan.co.uk/asp/bookdetails.asp?key=3742
For those attending the World Summit on Sustainable Development or planning
any
sort of visit to Johannesburg, South Africa, this book will make interesting
reading. Johannesburg has become the imagined spectre of our urban future -
catastrophic urban explosion, social fracture, environmental degradation,
escalating crime and violence, and rampant consumerism alongside grinding
poverty.
WE ARE THE POORS
Ashwin Desai
http://www.monthlyreview.org/wearethepoors.htm
We Are the Poors follows the growth of the most unexpected of community
movements, beginning in one township of Durban, linking up with community
and
labor struggles in other parts of the country, and coming together in
massive
anti-government protests at the time of the UN World Conference Against
Racism
in 2001. It describes from the inside how the downtrodden regain their
dignity
and create hope for a better future in the face of a neoliberal onslaught,
and
shows the human faces of the struggle against the corporate model of
globalization in a Third World country.
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