>From: Ylva Hernlund <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [WASAN] FW: KABISSA-FAHAMU-SANGONET NEWSLETTER 36 - JUSTICE ON HOLD: IMPUNITY IN KENYA (fwd) >Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 20:31:18 -0700 > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 17:35:54 -0700 >From: Charlotte Utting <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [WASAN] FW: KABISSA-FAHAMU-SANGONET NEWSLETTER 36 - JUSTICE ON > HOLD: IMPUNITY IN KENYA > > > >---------- >From: "Kabissa-Fahamu-SANGONeT Newsletter" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 21:40:09 -0400 >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: KABISSA-FAHAMU-SANGONET NEWSLETTER 36 - JUSTICE ON HOLD: IMPUNITY >IN KENYA > >KABISSA-FAHAMU-SANGONET NEWSLETTER 36 * 7862 SUBSCRIBERS >This Newsletter is an advocacy tool for social justice. It is open to any >organisation committed to this goal. You can use this Newsletter to tell >others about your work, events, publications, and concerns. The quality and >range of information depends on you. > >CONTENTS: 1. Editorial, 2. Conflict, Emergencies, and Crises, 3. Rights and >Democracy, 4. Corruption, 5. Health, 6. Education and Social Welfare, 7. >Women and Gender, 8. Refugees and Forced Migration, 9. Racism and >Xenophobia, 10. Environment, 11. Media, 12. Development, 13. Internet and >Technology, 14. eNewsletters and Mailing Lists, 15. Fundraising, 16. >Courses, Seminars, and Workshops, 17. Advocacy Resources, 18. Jobs, 19. >Books and Arts, 20. Letters and Comments > >If you have e-mail access, you can get web resources listed in this >Newsletter by sending a message to [log in to unmask] with the web address >(usually starting with http://) in the body of your message. > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >1.EDITORIAL > >JUSTICE ON HOLD: IMPUNITY IN KENYA >By Mutuma Ruteere, Kenya Human Rights Commission >Ten years ago, Kenyan leaders wrote a new chapter to its history. In a >series of well-publicised meeting, senior government leaders, including the >Vice President, declared war on Kenyans supporting democratic reforms. >Immediately thereafter, on October 29, 1991, the first houses were torched >and the first drops of blood shed in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. It >was the beginning of a campaign of violence that the Kenya Government – even >to this day - seeks to explain away as ethnic violence. > >By 1994, over 1,500 Kenyans were dead and hundreds of thousands homeless. >Since then the ghost of violence has regularly visited Kenya. In 1997, this >caravan of death set up camp at the coastal region leaving up to a hundred >people dead and hundreds of thousands of others homeless. Evidence >implicated the complicity of senior politicians and government officials. > >The Kenya Human Rights Commission estimates that in the last decade >state-sponsored violence has left over 4,000 people dead and nearly 6,000 >forced to flee their homes. Another recent survey put the figure of those >not yet resettled at 228,744. > >Ten years on, the perpetrators of these crimes still freely walk the breadth >of the country. Many retain their places of honour in the cabinet. Those >senior civil servants who failed to stop the violence have never been >disciplined. Security officials who failed defend those attacked still >remain at their posts. None sleeps uneasy for fear that the arm of justice >may yet catch up with them. > >Neither has any of them resigned for their shameful failure. None has yet >been called to account. Their victims are either dead or in no position to >bring them to justice. Justice is still doled out on their terms. And >because they preside over the government, they have defined the limits on >who gets punished and who does not. > >Impunity has become the by-word for governance in Kenya. From the looting of >government corporations to the daylight execution of suspects by the police, >the hydra of impunity has been reproducing itself. It now the single most >serious threat to what remains of the justice system in Kenya. > >This is why the independent Kenya Human Rights Commission has started a >campaign to stem this tide of impunity. The Commission’s campaign seeks to >ensure, among other things, resettlement of victims of state-sponsored >terror and individual accountability for human rights violations. The >campaign against impunity in Kenya is not isolated from the tide of world >events shaping our reality. Few can ignore the impact that the Pinochet case >has had on the fight against impunity. That case has set a precedent for >what other dictators could face. Pinochet is now a milestone on that road >that justice may yet be done even when it takes years. And there are several >others. Several countries now have laws facilitating the prosecution of >foreigners for international crimes committed abroad. > >The world over, boltholes for violators of human rights violators are >getting sealed. There are several, well known torturers within the Kenyan >police force. Those who bankrolled the orgies of political violence in the >Rift Valley and the Coast provinces in Kenya are well known. They have >names. They have faces. Their names are on every victim's lips. Naming these >violators is one way of blowing off their veil of comfort. Their victims >have been named. Just as those who have survived atrocities have had to wear >their identities as sufferers so should the perpetrators too wear the >identities of shame. > >It might be argued that the mere naming of underwriters of death is too >feeble a response; a meaningless endeavour. However, history counsels that >naming names of violators is a powerful first step in the road to justice. >Even governments with the most brazen records of human rights violation will >deny their guilt. Impunity only thrives best under the cloaks of anonymity. >It is a badge of arrogance only won in the security of the collective. > >Yet, it will never be possible in Kenya to bring to justice all the >violators of human rights. It has never been possible anywhere in the world. >Decades after its nightmare of disappearances, Argentina is yet to bring to >account the bulk of its military that authored the terror. Having relived >its pain of apartheid, through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, >South Africa hopes it has drawn the line on its past. None of the architects >of apartheid has been booked for appointment with justice. Zimbabwe has its >own chamber of horrors. The Matabeleland massacres of the Mugabe government >have remained shielded from public scrutiny. Mugabe did not begin his orgy >of violence with the commercial farmers. Up to 20,000 Zimbabweans are >believed to have been killed in the 1980s violence, largely executed by >Mugabe’s 5 Brigade. > >The Kenyan campaign is anchored on the belief that peace and reconciliation >can only be anchored by justice. Individual perpetrators must bear personal >responsibility for certain rights violations. It is individuals who torture >and kill and burn houses. There is now universal jurisdiction for certain >violations that constitute international crimes. In deed we are, but a few >steps from an international criminal court. > >The struggle against impunity in Kenya, as elsewhere, will require a >combination of strategies. From court action to sustained political >pressure. To be effective it will not be just a campaign restricted to Kenya >but one that takes advantage of developments at the international level. >That is why it involves an alliance of actors. There are no illusions that >it will be easy. The Kenya Government still leans its weight on all >institutions of justice. Part of the battle will be institutional reform. >Even at the international level there are real difficulties to be overcome. >Many of the powerful governments have abetted in the perpetuation of >impunity. Trade and national interests all too often have been allowed to >trump human rights. We only need to look at the diplomatic dance being >played out over Sudan since it started drilling oil. > >The fight against impunity will be not bear quick results. But then, no such >struggles have been easy. >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >2.CONFLICT, EMERGENCIES, AND CRISES > >BIN LADEN 'SET FOR MOVE TO SOMALIA' >http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/archive/3-10-19101-1-7-18.html >US intelligence officials believe that Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda >organisation may be moving its operations base out of Afghanistan to >Somalia. Bin Laden may also be planning to follow. > >BIO AND CHEMICAL ATTACK DEFENCES URGED >http://www.paho.org/English/DPI/px010924.htm >The United Nations health chief has urged countries around the world to set >up defences against biological and chemical attacks. > >BLAIR PROMISES TO STAND BY AFRICA >http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1575000/1575428.stm >British Prime Minister Tony Blair has described the current state of poverty >in Africa as "a scar on our consciences". And he said that if the world as a >community focused on it, it could be healed but if not "it will become >deeper and angrier". > >BURUNDI: PEACE MEETINGS MAKE PROGRESS SAYS MANDELA >http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/burundi/20011002.phtml >Nelson Mandela, the chief mediator of the Burundi peace talks, said on >Monday that leaders of the Great Lakes countries had agreed to "a number of >issues" that had been hindering implementation of the Burundi peace >agreement, Radio Tanzania reported. > >DRC CEASEFIRE UNDER THREAT >http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1571000/1571974.stm >The much vaunted ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of Congo is looking >more precarious by the day. > >DRC: ANNAN PRESENTS UPDATE ON RECOVERY AND RECONSTRUCTION >http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/drc/20011002.phtml >A report released on Monday by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on economic >aid to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) says that transparency and >liberalisation advocated by Kinshasa at the political and economic levels, >and with respect to human rights, offers a "real opportunity to end the >crisis". > >GLOBAL SECURITY AFTER THE ATTACK ON AMERICA >Resolution Of The African Group >We, the African scholars, researchers, academics, practitioners and others >from Africa and the diaspora who attended the Open Forum, STRONGLY CONDEMN >AND ABHOR the attack in America (on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon) >causing the reckless destruction of life and property by persons yet >unidentified; and as Africans, we stand for a humane, just, fair and >democratic world order and community that promotes and defends the sanctity >of human life and dignity everywhere. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3144 > >KENYA: FORGOTTEN TERRORISTS AND THE LONG ROAD TO HEALING >http://www.gemininewsservice.com/default.asp?content=articlesmp&id=369 >In the last major terrorist attack on US installations, 244 people were >killed and 5,000 injured in East Africa more than three years ago. Nairobi >was the worst hit, with 226 fatalities. A Gemini News Service correspondent >looks at how the city rebuilt itself - and how its residents are still >trying to come to terms with the act of outrage. > >LIBERIA: BORDER REOPENS WITH SIERRA LEONE, GUINEA >http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/wa/countrystories/liberia/20011001.phtml >Liberia's President, Charles Taylor, on Friday announced the reopening of >its borders with neighbouring Sierra Leone and Guinea, the pro-government >Radio Liberia International (RLI) reported. > >SUDAN TO RELEASE OPPOSITION LEADERS >http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1573000/1573096.stm >Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has halted the trial of several opposition >activists accused of plotting with the United States against Sudan. > >SUDAN: GOVERNMENT SAYS IGAD TALKS "CRUCIAL" FOR PEACE >http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/sudan/20011002.phtml >A senior adviser to Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir has said the >IGAD-sponsored peace process is a crucial part of efforts to end Sudan's >18-year civil war, AFP reported on Monday. > >SUDAN: US SANCTIONS REMAIN IN PLACE >http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/sudan/20011001.phtml >The US said on Friday that it would continue to impose restrictions on Sudan >despite the UN Security Council's decision on Friday to lift its five >year-old sanctions, news agencies reported. > >UN FINDING A PLACE IN WAR AGAINST TERRORISM >http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/sept01/19_47_049.html >China, Egypt, Iran and Pakistan are calling for a U.N.-sponsored coalition >against terrorism. The move offers the world body a chance to reassert >itself but Washington has some reservations. > >UN: ANNAN URGES GLOBAL ACTION AGAINST TERRORISM >http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/wa/countrystories/other/20011002.phtml >UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday urged all countries of the world >to join the international fight against terrorism, warning that without >united, global action the effort would fail. > >ZIMBABWE: LAND TALKS COLLAPSE >http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=2680 >Talks between white farmers and the Zimbabwean government over land seizures >and lawlessness on farms collapsed in deadlock last week. > >ZIMBABWE: NO DEAL ON VIOLENCE, SAYS GOVT >http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=2679 >President Robert Mugabe's government insists Zimbabwe did not agree to curb >violence on white-owned farms under the Abuja land deal. > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >3.RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY > >ANGOLA: GOVT MEETS UN FACT FINDING MISSION >http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/Frm_note.htm >A UN technical team is on an 'exploratory mission' in Angola to learn about >the country's peace process and the consolidation of democracy. > >ERITREA: ITALIAN AMBASSADOR ASKED TO LEAVE >http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/eritrea/20011002a.phtml >The government of Eritrea has asked Antonio Bandini, the Italian ambassador >in Asmara, to leave the country following European Union (EU) protests over >alleged human rights violations in Eritrea in the last two weeks. > >GUINEA-BISSAU: OPPOSITION WANTS PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON VOLATILE SITUATION >http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/wa/countrystories/guineabissau/20011002.phtml >Leaders of opposition parties in Guinea-Bissau agreed on Tuesday to press >for the holding of an extraordinary session of the National Assembly to >discuss the situation in the West African country, a diplomatic source in >the capital, Bissau, told IRIN. > >KENYA TEAM TAKEN TO TASK OVER RAPE REPORT >http://www.nationaudio.com/News/DailyNation/29092001/News/News18.html >A report which exposes the rape of children during ethnic clashes puts Kenya >on the spot at a United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child meeting >in Geneva. > >KENYA: OGIEK CASE TO BEGIN OCTOBER 4 >The case in which the Ogiek community in Kenya has taken the government to >court over the fate of their Mau Forest land will begin on October 4. The >Ogiek, a forest dwelling Kenyan community has been fighting for their right >to remain on their ancestral land in the Mau Forest, Rift Valley Province of >Kenya. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3187 > >KENYA: SIX BEATEN TO DEATH IN POLICE CELL HORROR >http://www.nationaudio.com/News/DailyNation/Today/News/News69.html >Six people have been found battered to death in a cell at Thika police >station, in the outskirts of Nairobi. Five of them were found dead in the >tiny room, with injuries all over their body, while a sixth died while being >taken to hospital by police. > >NAMIBIA: SPECIAL FORCES SHOOT CIVILIANS >http://www.namibian.com.na/2001/September/news/0118C76330.html >Human rights monitors say two civilians were shot dead by a detachment of >Special Field Force on a routine patrol along the Okavango River, some 130 >km east of Rundu. > >NIGERIA RATIFIES INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT STATUTE >http://www.iccnow.org >On Thursday, September 27, the Federal Republic of Nigeria ratified the Rome >Statute of the International Criminal Court, thereby becoming the 39th State >Party to the treaty. > >SCALE OF HUMAN BONDAGE OUTSTRIPS SLAVERY >http://www.oneworld.org/ni/issue337/keynote.htm >About 27 million people are shackled in conditions akin to slavery around >the world today. This number is higher than during the heyday of the >colonial slave trade, says Dinyar Godrej in the latest online edition of New >Internationalist. > >TANZANIA: SMALL SCALE GOLD MINER DEATHS >Mining Watch Canada and the NGO Working Group on the Export Development >Corporation join with environmental and human rights groups in the United >States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Tanzania to call for an >independent investigation into allegations of mass killings and forced >relocation of small scale miners at the Bulyanhulu gold mine in Tanzania in >1996. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3123 > >UGANDA: PARLIAMENT URGED TO REJECT PROPOSED NGO LAW >http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/uganda/20011002.phtml >Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday called on the Ugandan Parliament to >reject a proposed law which it claimed would threaten the legitimate >activities of civil society. > >ZIMBABWE: CHITEPO KILLERS NAMED >http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=2709 >Top Zanu commanders from the Dare Rechimurenga and the Zanla High Command >killed former Zanu chairman, Herbert Chitepo, in Zambia in 1975, a special >report by a Zambian commission into the late leader's mysterious death >reveals. > >ZIMBABWE: HUMAN RIGHTS BRIEFING >A Briefing Paper For SADC Leaders >Between 1980 and 2000 Zimbabwe was a relatively peaceful, stable and >generally tolerant country. It is now being torn apart by violence and the >ZANU (PF) government is now constantly inciting racial hatred. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3158 > >ZIMBABWE: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT >This brief report has been produced to underscore the difficulties in >accepting that elections, be they by-elections or the Presidential election, >can be free and fair in the current situation. The persistence of organised >violence and torture seem to mitigate against any acceptance that the >conditions for holding elections are even close to desirable. The current >by-election in Chikomba constituency provides an interesting case study of >the electoral process in Zimbabwe currently. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3157 > >ZIMBABWE: JUDGES FREE MUGABE TO SEIZE FARMS >http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,562095,00.html >The revamped Zimbabwean supreme court delivered a temporary ruling yesterday >which upheld President Robert Mugabe's "fast track" seizures of white-owned >land. > >ZIMBABWE: RIGHTS GROUPS REPEAT CALL FOR ELECTION MONITORS >http://www.fingaz.co.zw/fingaz/2001/September/September27/300.shtml >Civic bodies are being hampered by pro-government militia from carrying out >voter education in some rural areas, ahead of Zimbabwe's 2002 elections. > >ZIMBABWE: TSVANGIRAI "I'LL BE ZIMBABWE'S NEXT PRESIDENT" >http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=2710 >MDC Party leader Morgan Tsvangirai told a jubilant rally in Bulawayo that he >would easily win the presidential elections, due before April, in which he >would challenge President Robert Mugabe. > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >4.CORRUPTION > >GAMBIA: TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL TO OBSERVE ELECTIONS >http://library.northernlight.com/FB20010928730000353.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0# >Transparency International, an anti-corruption coalition that strives to >counter the impact of corruption on international and nation business >transactions, is preparing to monitor the forthcoming election in The >Gambia. > >GHANA’S ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY CLAIMS A VICTIM >http://www.worldpress.org/1001cover8.htm >When Ghana’s new president, J.A. Kufuor, declared “zero tolerance for >corruption” in his inaugural address, most Ghanaians welcomed the move. Yet >public opinion appeared to have shifted when the policy claimed its first >victim, the naive-looking, ever-smiling youth and sports minister, Mallam >Isa. > >GOVERNMENT AND CDC RESORT TO COERCION TO FAST-TRACK COEGA >The suspension of John Carr by the department of Minerals and Energy is the >most damning indictment of government and the Coega Development >Corporation's handling of the Coega project to date, say the Southern >African Public Service Accountability Monitor. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3217 > >KENYA: CANDIDATES MUST VOW TO FOLLOW CODE OF ETHICS >http://allafrica.com/stories/200109250232.html >Candidates aspiring to vie for parliamentary and civic seats on the >Democratic Party of Kenya ticket must subscribe to its code of ethics. > >NIGERIA: BILL OUTLAWING BAIL BOND FEES PASSES SECOND STAGE >http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/news2/nn834614.html >BAIL bond is not a saleable commodity in Nigeria, but the police are known >to be collecting varying amount of money from sureties, usually in >thousands. > >SOUTH AFRICA: ANC ARREST OVER ARMS DEAL >http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1576000/1576887.stm >A senior official of the African National Congress has been arrested in >South Africa on charges that he profited from a controversial multi-billion >dollar arms deal in 1999. > >THE CONTOURS OF GLOBAL CORRUPTION >http://www.transparency.org/documents/press-releases/2001/2001.08.30.10iacc. >html >The first ever edition of the Global Corruption Report, the new definitive >annual overview of the state of corruption around the globe from >Transparency International, will be released on October 15. It features >analyses of party funding, money laundering and corruption in the diamond >trade, and in-depth regional reports from across the globe, all supplemented >by a data and research section. Regional reports also focus on trends in >corruption and anti-corruption activities. > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >5.HEALTH > >AFRICA MALARIA VACCINES >What Is In The Pipeline For Africa? >29-31 October 2001, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The founding Conference of >the African Malaria Vaccine Testing Network (AMVTN) was held in Arusha, >Tanzania during February 1995. The second AMVTN Conference was held in 1998 >in Accra, Ghana. In between the AMVTN Conferences, we have mainly organized >training workshops, which have benefited over 200 African scientists and >associated staff. Given the progress being made in malaria vaccine research >and development the 3rd Conference of the AMVTN is now planned for >Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from 29-31 October 2001. For more information >contact: >Prof. W. L. Kilama, Chairman/Coordinator African Malaria Vaccine Testing >Network C26/27 Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology Building >P.O. Box 33207 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3176 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >ANGOLA: SLEEPING SICKNESS SCARE BLAMED ON POOR LIVING CONDITIONS >http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/Frm_note.htm >The Angolan government has warned that at least four million Angolans run >the risk of catching sleeping disease, due to the precarious conditions of >housing and sanitation. > >BIRTH PREPAREDNESS AND COMPLICATION READINESS TOOL >Many more women and newborns would survive childbirth if they received the >care they need when they need it. This issue is addressed by the Birth >Preparedness and Complication Readiness (BP/CR) tool that has been developed >by the Maternal and Neonatal Health Program (a partnership of JHPIEGO, >JHU-CCP, PATH, CEDPA) to facilitate the advance preparation and rapid action >that can reduce delays in deciding to seek care, reaching care and receiving >care. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3173 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >DRC: WHO BEGINS RETURN TO BRAZZAVILLE >http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/congo/20011002.phtml >The World Health Organisation regional office for Africa begins its return >to Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, on Tuesday after a four-year absence >caused by civil war, the UN agency reported. > >GLOBAL HEALTH WORKERS 'CAUTIOUS' ABOUT ANALYSING ATTACK ON US >http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm >Some global health workers are now "cautious" about making the case that the >security of developed countries is linked to the health of underdeveloped >nations, according to Nils Daulaire, president and CEO of the Global Health >Council. > >ISLAM WITH THE INTERNET COULD DO MUCH TO PREVENT DISEASE >http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/323/7314/694/b >Modern public health has paid little attention to prevention tailored >towards Muslims even though the Islamic population now numbers over 1 >billion. Religion is a major component of the social life of many >communities throughout the world, but in disease prevention we often use the >concept of "one size fits all," with little recognition of religion or >culture. Religion's positive influences can be incorporated into a strategy >for health promotion and disease prevention by using recent developments in >information technology. > >NAMIBIA: GOVT GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO AIDS PROJECT >http://www.namibian.com.na/2001/September/news/0118C67E28.html >The Namibian cabinet this week instructed Health Minister Libertina Amathila >to go ahead with the introduction of a pilot programme for Aids drugs. > >RESEARCH BRIEFS ON THE FEMALE CONDOM >http://www.fhi.org/en/topics/fc/index.html >Family Health International has published a series of online research briefs >and other materials on the female condom. The briefs summarize the latest >scientific data and are designed to assist program managers and policy >makers to determine the appropriate role for the female condom in >reproductive health programs. > >SOUTH AFRICA: AMBIVALENCE OVER ANTI-RETROVIRALS REMAINS >http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm >The South African government continues to resist efforts to supply its >citizens with antiretroviral drugs, the "only medicines known to slow the >replication" of HIV, the Washington Post reports. > >SOUTH AFRICA: CENSUS AVOIDS ISSUE OF HIV/AIDS >http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/sa/countrystories/southafrica/20011002a.phtml >South Africa's national census which starts next week, will not include >questions on HIV/AIDS, as the topic was "too sensitive", Motale Phirwa, >National Census Manager of Statistic South Africa, told IRIN on Tuesday. > >SOUTH AFRICA: GOVT IN SECRET AIDS TRIALS >http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/news.html#snake >The South African government's oil agency, the Central Energy Fund, has >pumped at least R80-million into an unproven, coal-based HIV/Aids treatment >that is being tested on Tanzanian soldiers. > >SOUTH AFRICA: TOBACCO CONTROLS WIN OUT >http://www.idrc.ca/reports/read_article_english.cfm?article_num=1021 >A tax imposed by South Africa's government on tobacco sales as part of an >anti-smoking drive has led to a decisive fall in cigarette consumption over >the last eight years, according to new research. > >UGANDA TO PROVIDE NEVIRAPINE FOR ALL PREGNANT WOMEN >http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm >The Ugandan Health Ministry is considering a mandate to require that all >pregnant women receive nevirapine, a drug that can reduce vertical HIV >transmission by up to 50%. > >ZIMBABWE: UP TO 60,000 BORN WITH HIV EACH YEAR >Between 40,000 and 60,000 children are born HIV positive in Zimbabwe every >year, according to a senior health official. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3119 > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >6.EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE > >IN A BOOKLESS SOCIETY, WHY START WITH BOOKS? >http://www.idrc.ca/media/Fuchs_e.html >The USAID officer, committed and caring fellow, said to me: "Richard, >computers in schools? Uganda is still a bookless society. They need books, >not computers!" I had to think about this before replying: "In a bookless >society, why start with books?"—a digital variant of Wayne Gretzky's >injunction to "skate to where the puck is gonna be!" > >KENYA: SCHOOLS HIT BY FRESH WAVE OF STUDENT RIOTS >http://allafrica.com/stories/200110010477.html >A new wave of student unrest hit the country yesterday. > >MALAWI: GIRLS STILL DROPPING OUT FROM SCHOOL >Pupil enrolment increased a staggering 63 percent when Malawi introduced >free primary school education in 1994, but education authorities are still >battling to keep young girls in class. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3143 > >TARGETING YOUNG MEN IS KEY IN FIGHT AGAINST AIDS >http://www.panos.org.uk/aids/press_release_youngmen&hiv.htm >Agencies involved in the ongoing battle against HIV/AIDS must target young >men or risk devastating effects in the long-term, warns a new joint report >from the Panos Institute and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS >(UNAIDS). > >THE INTERNATIONAL BASIS FOR INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION >Pieter Batelaan And Fons Coomans (ed.) >http://erc.hrea.org/Library/curriculum_methodology/batelaan99.html >The goal of this publication is to make international human rights treaties >more known and particularly those that consider teaching and education as >effective means to shape international human rights standards into reality. > >ZIMBABWE: GIVING GIRLS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES >http://www.camfed.org/Programmes/Secondary_Education/Zimbabwe_-_Secondary/Gi >rls__Stories/girls__stories.html >The entire educational infrastructure for secondary education in Zimbabwe is >in dismal shape - teachers are scarce, buildings are deteriorating and >crucial educational materials are becoming a luxury. An ever-growing number >of families are forced to make the choice as to which of their children >should attend school. And boys are the favourites. Camfed, an organisation >that works for disadvantaged girls in sub-Saharan Africa, is trying to >change that. > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >7.WOMEN AND GENDER > >GENDER, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES >http://www.aed.org/learnlink/Publications/Gender_Book/Home.htm >This new study examines the current state of gender and IT, in terms of the >opportunities and obstacles women encounter. It also makes important >recommendations for planners, policymakers, and educators. You can download >a pdf copy of the executive summary or the full publication for free. > >NEW WEB RESOURCE TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN >A comprehensive new web site containing more than 5,000 items from over 400 >organizations is now available for professionals working around the globe to >end violence against women. The site allows the user to access policy >documentation, articles and publications on the latest research, training >materials and curricula, and communication materials such as videos, >brochures and posters. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3265 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >WOMEN LIVING UNDER MUSLIM LAWS (WLUML) >STATEMENT ON ATTACKS IN THE USA >"We know that indiscriminate violence and terrorism by state and non-state >actors are a global phenomenon. We are particularly aware of the human cost >of terrorism and war frequently perpetrated in the name of religion or >belief systems. However we regard all of these as assaults on the principle >of respect for civilian life." >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3213 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS RESOURCES >http://www.wougnet.org/links.html#WHRRW >The purpose of the Women's Human Rights Resources Web Site is to provide >reliable and diverse information on international women' human rights via >the Internet. The site is developed by the Bora Laskin Law Library of >University of Toronto, Canada. > >WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS BUILDING PEACE >ENAWA - European and North American WomenAction has a dossier devoted to >messages by women's organizations and feminists, developing a culture of >peace. Women's organizations are invited to send their messages, statements >and petitions to the IIAV for posting on the ENAWA site. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3189 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2002 >Interview With Director Of Network For Human Development >The Women's Action Agenda 21 was originally the platform used to lobby for a >consideration of women and gender in the United Nations Conference for >Environment and Development (UNCED), in Rio de Janeiro, 1992 (also known as >the Rio Earth Summit). In 1991 women started getting prepared for the Summit >and in November 1991, 1500 women from 83 countries met in Miami for the >World Women's Conference for a Healthy planet. The Women's Action Agenda 21 >grew out of this meeting. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3145 > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >8.REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION > >AFRICA'S LANDLESS: BEGGARS IN THEIR OWN HOUSE >http://www.oneworld.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi?root=129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Epe >acelink%2Eit%2Fafrinews%2F66%5Fissue%2F66%5Fissue%2Ehtml%23editorial >Most former British colonies are characterised by glaring land inequalities. >Such sad status was part of the agenda during the recent UN conference >against racism and related intolerances. > >BOTSWANA: UN TACKLES REFUGEE QUESTION >http://www.gazette.bw/tbg_head4.htm >The United Nations High Commission for Refugees said southern Africa remains >the most war-torn region in the world, at a meeting in Gaborone aimed at >building regional consensus on the controversial refugee question. > >DRC-ANGOLA: ANGOLAN REFUGEES FLEE TO DRC AMID RENEWED FIGHTING >http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/drc/20011002c.phtml >Fighting in northern Angola has sent a new wave of refugees into the >Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN High Commissioner for >Refugees (UNHCR) reported on Tuesday. > >GETTING HOME IS ONLY HALF THE CHALLENGE: >Refugee Reintegration In War-Ravaged Eritrea >http://www.refugees.org/pub/recent.cfm#eritrea >Within the near future, as many as 160,000 Eritrean refugees who fled to >Sudan during Eritrea’s 30-year war for independence expect to repatriate >with the assistance of UNHCR. Based on a USCR site visit to Eritrea in >February 2001, this report assesses this refugee reintegration into Eritrea >after a decade-long stay in Sudan. > >REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS AT WCAR >http://www.icva.ch/cgi-bin/browse.pl?doc=doc00000432#wcar >The third World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, >Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance (WCAR), held in Durban from August 31 to >September 8, has received largely negative press. But for those of us >present in Durban, this was not the whole picture. The voices of thousands >of victims of racism and xenophobia were heard and the achievements in many >areas were far-reaching. Not least amongst these, were gains made in the >defence of refugee and migrants' rights for which NGOs, in particular, >should be especially proud. > >SUDAN: MID YEAR REPORT >US Committee For Refugees >http://www.refugees.org/world/countryrpt/africa/Mid_countryrpt01/sudan.htm >The war has left an estimated 2 million persons dead in southern and central >Sudan since 1983. At the beginning of 2001, approximately 4 million Sudanese >were internally displaced, and 420,000 Sudanese were refugees in neighboring >countries. Despite the war, some 360,000 refugees from other countries >resided in Sudan. > >WORLD REFUGEE SURVEY 2001 >US Committee For Refugees >http://www.refugees.org/world/worldmain.htm >A must-read for policy makers, government leaders, journalists, educators, >relief workers, and humanitarians alike: the World Refugee Survey 2001 >provides exclusive insight and expert analysis of the most up-to-date issues >facing refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide. > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >9.RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA > >INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATIONS: REPORT ON BRITISH RACISM >Race Think-tank Publishes Damning Indictment Of Government's Record >The Institute of Race Relations is set to publish a wide-ranging report >exposing racism in British government policy, institutions and popular >culture. The report, entitled 'The three faces of British racism', shows how >racism has worsened under a government which claims to be leading the fight >against it. The report focuses on asylum policy and reform of the criminal >justice system as the main areas in which the promise held out by the >Macpherson Report has been squandered. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3216 > >SOUTH AFRICA: BIN LADEN FUNDED ANTI-SEMITIC GROUP >http://allafrica.com/stories/200110020193.html >The appearance of a pro-Hitler pamphlet at the World Conference Against >Racism (WCAR) held in Durban was one of many ironies attesting to the >continuing strength of raw anti-Semitism. It was published by the >Durban-based Islamic Propagation Centre International, now revealed to have >received at least US $3 million (about R27 million) from Osama bin Laden. > >THE ROLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AT WCAR >http://www.hrea.org/lists/wcar/flowers.html >Although "measures of prevention, education, and protection aimed at the >eradication of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related >intolerance" had been declared a central theme of the World Conference >Against Racism (WCAR), this observer found disappointingly little >examination of education of any kind, especially human rights education, as >a tool to prevent and combat racism. > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >10.ENVIRONMENT > >EARTH SUMMIT LOOKS BACK 10 YEARS >http://www.foei.org/whatsnew/press2001/25_september_rio.htm >Governments of Europe and North America meeting yesterday to plan the agenda >for next year's United Nations Earth Summit in Johannesburg agreed they will >not go beyond pledges made at the last Earth Summit in 1992. > >FAO: TOO MANY VESSELS CHASING TOO FEW FISH >http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/OIS/PRESS_NE/PRESSENG/2001/pren0158.htm >Countries could get more fish from the oceans if they allow overfished >stocks to recuperate, reduce wastage and manage fisheries resources better, >said FAO Director-General, Dr. Jacques Diouf, in Reykjavik (Iceland) today. > >GOVERNMENTS TRADE AWAY EARTH SUMMIT? >http://www.foeeurope.org/press/governments_trade_away.htm >Friends of the Earth International today criticised the Governments of >Europe and North America for putting trade priorities above people and the >planet in their plans for next year's Earth Summit. > >KENYA: HUMANS REACH OUT TO THE GREAT APES >http://ens-news.com/ens/sep2001/2001L-09-26-02.html >Support for an international effort to save the Earth's remaining great apes >was pledged Tuesday by the government of the United Kingdom in a move >welcomed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). > >MALI: THOUSANDS AFFECTED BY FLOODS >http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/wa/countrystories/mali/20010926.phtml >Two people have died and 2,350 others have been affected by floods in Mali >that have destroyed 1,817 houses and washed away 870 ha of farmland, the >Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on >Tuesday. > >NAMIBIA: ENVIRONMENT SECRETARY RESIGNS >http://www.namibian.com.na/2001/September/news/011823D6EF.html >Environment and Tourism Permanent Secretary Tangeni Erkana has resigned from >his post in unclear circumstances. > >NAMIBIA: NEW CONSERVATION AREAS DECLARED >http://www.namibian.com.na/2001/September/news/01181FA565.html >Two areas in the Kunene region at Puros and Ehirovipuka have been earmarked >by the government for conservation. Five percent of the country's land now >falls under government conservation efforts. > >SOMALIA: FLOOD ALERT ISSUED >http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/somalia/20011002.phtml >Serious floods are likely to occur between October and November this year in >southern Somalia. > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >11.MEDIA > >BOTSWANA: VICTORY FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION >http://www.namibian.com.na/2001/September/news/0118C79205.html >In what is regarded as a victory for media freedom and freedom of >expression, the Botswana High Court this week declared a government ban on >advertising in two newspapers unconstitutional. > >BURKINA FASO: SIX NEW RADIO STATIONS >Six private FM radio stations were licensed on Tuesday by Burkina Faso's >communication commission, which regulates broadcasting in the West African >country, PANA reported. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3199 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >DRC: UN TO LAUNCH RADIO STATION >Radio Station Expected In November >The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) has confirmed >that a network of UN-sponsored peacekeeping FM and shortwave radio stations >is expected to begin with the November inauguration of its 24-hour >headquarter station in Kinshasa. A name for the station has yet to be >selected, and it will not mention either of the main sponsors - the UN or >the Fondation Hirondelle. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3106 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >ERITREA: CONCERN OVER GOVERNMENT CLAMPDOWN ON JOURNALISTS >Newspaper Pressure Groups Express >The World Association of Newspapers and the World Editors Forum have written >a letter of protest to Eritrean President Isayas Aferwerki to express their >"serious concern at the government's closure of Eritrea's eight private >newspapers". The letter was sent in response to the indefinite closure on >government orders of the country's free press last week. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3109 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >NAMIBIA: MEDIA ACCESS TO MILITARY >Government Tables Law Curbing Media Military Coverage >The Media Institute of Southern Africa said in a statement on Wednesday that >it was "gravely concerned" about the restrictive provisions contained in the >proposed Defence Bill. The Namibian government on Tuesday tabled a law aimed >at limiting media coverage of security and defence issues. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3108 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >SENEGAL: PRESS FREEDOM >CPJ Protests Against Deterioration Of Press Freedom >The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Monday expressed "deep >concern" at what it described as the increased harassment of Senegalese >journalists by government authorities since President Abdoulaye Wade took >office in April 2000. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3107 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >SIERRA LEONE: SEVEN JOURNALISTS THREATENED WITH ASSASSINATION >The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is gravely concerned for the >safety of seven Sierra Leonean journalists, all longtime critics of the >government who received identical anonymous death threats during the last >week. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3180 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >SWAZILAND: NEWSPAPER EDITOR KILLED >http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/sa/countrystories/swaziland/20011002.phtml >The editor of Swaziland's state-owned newspaper was shot dead on Monday >morning, apparently in an attempted carjacking, agencies reported. > >ZIMBABWE: MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT >Media Update # 2001/38 >The week under review witnessed increasingly hysterical attempts by the >state controlled media to convince its audiences that the government had >fulfilled its obligations to the Abuja Accord but that white farmers and >ex-Rhodesian racists resident in Australia were attempting to bury the >agreement by discrediting the government’s land reforms at the upcoming >Commonwealth Heads of >Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Brisbane. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3188 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >ZIMBABWE: SO-CALLED MEDIA ETHICS COMMITTEE SETS UP SHOP >http://www.mweb.co.zw/zimin/index.php?id=3770&pubdate=2001-09-21 >The government-appointed Media Ethics Committee is set to be a permanent >fixture on Zimbabwe's media scene after locating a head office and >recruiting permanent staff. > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >12.DEVELOPMENT > >'PROMISES NO LONGER ENOUGH' SAY COUNTRIES SEEKING FAIR TRADE >http://www.gemininewsservice.com/default.asp?content=articlesmp&id=314 >Trade ministers from the world's poorest countries are demanding that >Western countries fulfill their promises and open up their markets to goods >from poor countries. But even if the richer members of the World Trade >Organization agree to this (and it is far from certain), reports Gemini News >Service, a question remains: will they get fair prices for their goods? > >CAN DEBT RELIEF=POVERTY REDUCTION? >http://forum.oneworld.net:8080/~debtchannel >The fourth and last debate in DebtChannel's debt forum has begun. The >subject? "How to ensure that debt relief is translated into poverty >reduction?" One basic and key element in this respect that doesn't just >apply to debt relief but to public expenditure more widely, says the topic >introduction, is to ensure that the money allocated to specific programmes >actually gets to the beneficiaries. Join in with your views and arguments, >or to take issue with those posted there. > >DEHYDRATING CONFLICT >http://www.worldwatch.org/forum/water_fparticle.html >Remember the last time two nations went to war over water? Probably not, >since it was 4,500 years ago. But today, as demands for water hit the limits >of a finite supply, more than 50 countries on five continents might soon be >spiralling toward water disputes unless they move quickly to strike >agreements on how to share the rivers that flow across international >boundaries. > >GM CROPS UNDERMINE SADC FOOD SECURITY >A recent "Sustainable Food Security for All by 2020" conference, held in >Germany, further strengthened the belief that Northern countries are not >totally committed to attaining global food security but rather, more >interested in increasing their profits. > >IMF SAYS MORE DEBT RELIEF CAN BE GIVEN TO SOME COUNTRIES >http://www.worldbank.org/developmentnews/ >The IMF has decided that additional debt relief can be given to some >countries that complete the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) program >but whose debt burden remains unsustainable, reports Reuters. > >IS GLOBALIZATION DOOMED AFTER SEPTEMBER 11? >http://www.worldbank.org/developmentnews/ >"John Gray of the London School of Economics spoke for many last week when >he declared that the era of globalization was over. "The entire view of the >world that supported the markets' faith in globalization has melted down ... >Led by the US, the world's riches states have acted on the assumption that >people everywhere want to live as they do. As a result, they failed to >recognize the deadly mixture of emotions-cultural resentment, the sense of >injustice and a genuine rejection of western modernity-that lies behind the >attacks on New York and Washington ... The idea of a universal civilization >is a recipe for unending conflict, and it is time it was given up."" > >NAMIBIA: GOVT TAKES UP LAND ISSUE >http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2001sep/features/26sep-namibia.html >Namibia will introduce a land tax on commercial farmland to augment >government's efforts in developing the neglected communal areas as well as >to acquire more commercial land for resettlement purposes. > >POVERTY TO RISE IN WAKE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS IN US >Millions More People Condemned To Poverty In 2002 >http://www.worldbank.org/developmentnews/stories/html/100101a.htm >The September 11 terrorist attacks in the US will hurt economic growth in >developing countries worldwide in 2001 and 2002, condemning as many as 10 >million more people to live in poverty next year, and hampering the fight >against childhood diseases and malnutrition, the World Bank says in a >preliminary economic assessment released today. > >SADC JOINS IN REJECTING NEW ROUND >WTO Faces Self-inflicted Demise >http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2001sep/features/26sep-sadc.html >With less than two months left before the fourth ministerial conference of >the World Trade Organisation, in Doha, Qatar, the multilateral trading body >finds itself in a fragile state. No consensus seems to have emerged between >North and South regarding issues to be on the agenda for the November >meeting. > >SEVEN LEADERS AND A DEVELOPMENT PARADOX >http://www.gemininewsservice.com/default.asp?content=articlesmp&id=377 >As governments queue up to volunteer for the US-led coalition against >terrorism, one victim could be another global alliance that has taken 10 >years to build. Since the Cold War's end, the world has witnessed a massive >debate on development and calls to eliminate poverty. Gemini News Service >examines an invisible victim of the 11 September carnage in the US. > >SUB-STANDARD GROWTH HITS AFRICA'S POOREST HARDEST >http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/poverty/unctad.htm >With a projected growth rate of just over 3 per cent for the next decade, >Africa's fortunes are unlikely to improve. This figure, marginally above >population growth, is only half the target set by the United Nations 10 >years ago to tackle the economic and social challenges of the continent. A >new report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development says >that two decades of sub-standard growth have hit the poorest fifth the >hardest, their incomes dropping by 2 per cent a year. > >TAKING STOCK OF TRADE >http://www.oneworld.net/campaigns/trade/front.shtml >More harm than good? That is the question that is sought to be answered by >OneWorld, the world's leading online network for human rights and >sustainable development. We have launched a campaign website on trade in the >lead up to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Meeting in Doha, >Qatar set for 9-13 November 2001. Keep up with the news, actions, background >information and possible solutions by reading what OneWorld and its partners >have to say. > >UGANDA: PLAN FOR THE MODERNISATION OF AGRICULTURE >http://www.wougnet.org/Documents/FAO_IP/pma_ug.html >We know that more than 80% of the population in Uganda depends on >agriculture production. For the rural population - more than the 85% of the >total population - agriculture is the main way of making a living either as >pure subsistence farmers or with a little semi-commercial farming. The Plan >for Modernisation of Agriculture (PMA) - a central element of Uganda's >poverty eradication strategy - is key to enabling the rural population to >improve their livelihood and ensure food security through changing >subsistence agriculture to doing farming as a business. > >UN: MILLENNIUM SUMMIT'S ANTI-POVERTY GOALS DOUBTFUL >http://www.worldbank.org/developmentnews/ >The UN said yesterday the world may not be able to cut poverty in half in >all countries by 2015, a goal endorsed by more than 150 national leaders at >last year's UN Millennium Summit, Dow Jones reports. > >WTO OPTIMISTIC OVER AGREEMENT ON TALKS >http://www.worldbank.org/developmentnews/ >WTO Director-General Mike Moore said yesterday he was optimistic ministers >would agree to a new round of global trade liberalization talks when they >meet in Qatar in November, as WTO members studied draft proposals for a >negotiating agenda and related decisions on implementing past agreements, >reports the Financial Times. > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >13.INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY > >COMMENTARY: ANOTHER WORM, MORE PATCHES >http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-7239473-0.html >If, like many nonprofits, you're using Microsoft IIS on your servers, the >Gartner Group says it's time to reevaluate. The constant procession of worms >and viruses is driving costs up dramatically. (from >http://news.gilbert.org/) > >DEMOGRAPHICS: HALF A BILLION ONLINE >http://www.nua.ie/surveys/analysis/weekly_editorial/archives/issue1no197.htm >l >The latest editorial from NUA Internet Surveys provides interesting data, >disaggregated by region, about Internet access around the world. It's full >of interesting pieces of information such as this one: "If we take a >whirlwind tour around the world's regions, we can see that Internet >penetration remains low in most developing countries. In Africa, for >example, almost all countries have a penetration rate of less than 2 >percent." >There is further data about people with Internet access in Africa. Included >is a link to the actual data tables themselves and the research methodology. >An easy, informative read. >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >EMAIL TURNS 30 YEARS OLD >http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011001/tc/tech_email_anniversary_dc_1.html >Can you believe that email is 30 years old? This article explores the >history of the first email message. It also discusses how email has become >an application most of us can't live without. Well – most of us with an >Internet connection, that is. > >FREEPLAY AND MOTOROLA LAUNCH WIND-UP MOBILE PHONE POWER SOURCE >http://66.8.39.94/Sections/telecoms/2001/0109271332.asp?CiRestriction=freepl >ay&motorola >Freeplay Energy Group and Motorola will co-brand and distribute a wireless >phone power source. The wind-up accessory is expected to provide three to >six minutes of talk time and several hours of standby time for each >45-second hand-cranking session. >(via Balancing-Act's News Update 79) > >HEWLETT PACKARD-COMPAQ MERGER: IMPLICATIONS FOR AFRICA >http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/current1.html >For most international IT companies Africa is often their smallest market. >As it sits at the bottom of the pile, it does not usually merit much >attention. Since late last year Hewlett Packard has been operating two >divisions in Africa: one for South Africa and another for the rest of the >continent. With its recent merger with Compaq and its e-Inclusion programme >these things might have a wider significance than the usual shifts in sales >channel arrangements. Russell Southwood looks at how Hewlett Packard would >like this change to affect its work. >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >INTERNET RESEARCH >http://www.brightplanet.com/deepcontent/index.asp >Bright Planet's Deep Content page features some in-depth articles, tutorials >and tools for Internet research. Much of the Web is 'invisible' to >mainstream search engines. Learn how to access specialised databases at this >site. >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >LINUX: REFERENCES AND REVIEWS >The free, open-source operating system LINUX is often cited as a good option >for organisations and individuals. It's free - many cannot afford to >purchase Windows and all the software that goes with it. This review >provides links to various web sites about the practical implications of >installing Linux on your desktop. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3142 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >REFORMING TECHNICAL COOPERATION FOR CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT >United Nations Development Programme >http://capacity.undp.org/ >While technical cooperation (TC) has undoubtedly contributed to very >significant development successes around the world, it also continues to >perpetuate many counter-productive practices. Is TC, as currently practised, >part of the solution to underdevelopment or too often part of the problem? >Globalization, the information revolution, democratization and increasing >capacities in the South have profound implications for development at large >and for the way in which technical cooperation can adequately contribute to >developing needed capacities. You are invited to join this inquiry to >examine, question and scrutinize the fundamentals of technical cooperation >and capacity development. > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >14.eNEWSLETTERS AND MAILING LISTS > >AFRICA THROUGH THE EYES OF WOMEN >The West knows about Africa's leaders - Mandela, Mugabe, Moi, Obasanjo - and >their failures and achievements. But rarely does it think about the >tribulations of the oppressed African woman. This is probably because women >never seem to own enough, fight or kill enough to make headlines in most >African countries. The setting up of the first ever women's Internet >newspaper, Africanwoman, might change all this. A group of 36 women from >Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Ghana have originated the project. The paper >will largely constitute news and features that seek to paint the true >picture of Africa through the eyes of women. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3215 > >BREAKING PLOUGHSHARES INTO PEACE'S VOL 2:9 >September 2001 >Encouraging to see the growing awareness of the advantages of conservation >tillage on our continent. Spurred on by, for example, the draft problems of >the south (as highlighted in John Asburner's visit to Swaziland and Lesotho) >and the brief planting 'window' of the Sudan, farmers throughout Africa are >turning to conservation tillage and, although there remain many unsolved >constraints, the linking of commercial and subsistence initiatives (as in >the Simdlangetshwa Field Day) and the international exchange of ideas and >channeling of research resources facilitated by ACT, is lending momentum to >the 'agrarian revolution'. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3233 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >LIVE RADIO WEBCAST: INT'L WOMEN LEADERS DISCUSS 9/11 WORLD TRADE CENTER >ATTACKS >http://www.learningpartnership.org/WLP/events/2001/peace.html >Please join us next week on a live radio webcast discussion with women >activists and leaders from around the world concerning their reactions in >the aftermath of the recent terrorist attacks in the U.S. See details on our >website about how you can join in. >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >TOOLS FOR THE TEKS UPDATE: 9-27-2001 >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3234 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >15.FUNDRAISING > >CHARITIES COULD SUFFER FALLOUT FROM US ATTACKS >http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu/ >According to a study by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University the >World Trade Center and Pentagon terrorist attacks may have unpredictable >effects on Americans' charitable giving. > >MAMA CASH >Grant Program For Women's Economic Empowerment >On 1 August 2001, Mama Cash launched a new program: Economic Empowerment for >women. This means that the program is now ready to give out grants to small, >innovative or starting women's groups. Overall, Mama Cash aims to broaden >the economic basis of the women's movement itself, to assist groups working >for economic justice worldwide, and to contribute to gathering, >consolidating and mobilising the knowledge of women to engender economic >changes. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3266 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >SOUTH AFRICA: INVITATION TO A FUNDRAISING BANQUET >Friday 5th October 2001 >The National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS is a >non-governmental organization (NGO) of people living with HIV or AIDS. Its >major purpose is to mobilise people living with HIV/AIDS, supporting PLWHA >programs, represent, at all levels, their concerns and issues and running >educational and leadership development workshops, seminars and campaigns. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3235 > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >16.COURSES, SEMINARS, AND WORKSHOPS > >CONFERENCE ON GLOBALIZATION'S IMPACT ON THE DISENFRANCHISED >Orlando, 6-9 March 2002 >http://ucfed.ucf.edu/cies2002/index1.html >The University of Central Florida's College of Education, in conjunction >with the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) and Indiana >University, will host the 46th annual meeting of CIES in Orlando, Florida on >March 6-9, 2002. The theme of the conference is "The social construction of >marginality: Globalization's impact on the disenfranchised". Panels, papers, >and symposia proposals are due by November 1, 2001. > >DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE FINDER >http://www.dlcoursefinder.com/ >The International Distance Learning Course Finder is the world's largest >online directory of e-learning courses from 130 countries. This universal >distance education resource has information on over 55,000 distance learning >courses and programs offered from a multitude of universities, colleges and >companies. > >SOUTH AFRICA: COMPUTER COURSES FOR DISADVANTAGED >Offer Valid Until Oct 31, 2001 >The Community Education Computer Society - a computer training NGO >established in 1985 for the technological empowerment of the historically >disadvantaged - now offers several computer courses for up to 33% discount >to organisations and individuals. >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >SOUTH AFRICA: GAY AND LESBIAN RADIO DAY - INVITATION TO A SEMINAR >Capetown, 11 October 2001 >South Africa’s ground-breaking Constitution outlaws discrimination on the >basis of sexual orientation. But despite this, particularly in the poorer >communities, many gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people across >the country face discrimination and prejudice. Aside from a couple of glossy >publications catering for the more advantaged, this community has very >little access to media through which to express their views, tell their >stories, or receive positive messages about themselves. The programme, In >the Pink, on Bush Radio, is the first and only radio programme dedicated to >gays and lesbians, but it is a lonely voice. Idasa’s Democracy Radio >Project, the Triangle Project, and Idasa’s Chapter 2 Network, are getting >together to host a day-long workshop for radio producers in Cape Town and >surrounding areas, focusing on the gay and lesbian community. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3239 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >SOUTH AFRICA: NURSING CONFERENCE >19-20 June 2002, Johannesburg >www.wits.ac.za/fac/med/nursing >"Reshaping the Nursing Landscape" will be the second conference of its kind >to be hosted by the Department of Nursing Education, University of the >Witwatersrand. The organisers are calling for abstracts for oral and poster >presentation. Closing date: 28 November 2001. > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >17.ADVOCACY RESOURCES > >A GROWING OPPOSITION >http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=special&s=nichols20011021 >Nonprofit organizations working for peace are showing a growing vitality in >the wake of the 9-11 attacks. > >ANTI-WAR PETITION >Please read, copy to new e-mail, sign and forward to friends - the petition >is going to the UN. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3227 > >EFFECTIVE CAPACITY BUILDING IN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS >http://www.venturephilanthropypartners.org/info-url_nocat2026/info-url_nocat >.htm >Effective Capacity Building in Nonprofit Organizations, published in August >2001 by Venture Philanthropy Partners, brings some common language to the >discussion of capacity building and offers insights and examples of how >nonprofits have pursued building up their organizational muscle. The report >contributes to the growing national conversation about how to help >nonprofits become stronger, more sustainable and better able to serve their >communities. McKinsey & Company prepared the study at the request of VPP. >McKinsey also developed a practical assessment tool for this report that >nonprofits can use to measure their own organizational capacity. We hope >that nonprofits and funders alike find value in this report. > >SOUTH AFRICA/LONDON: PROTESTS TO FOCUS ON ZIMBABWE CRISIS >Simultaneous Protests In Pretoria And London At The Start Of CHOGM Meeting >To coincide with the start of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting >in Brisbane, Australia on Saturday 6 October, there will be two large, >colourful, and peaceful demonstrations - one in London, and one in Pretoria. >It is very important that a strong protest is registered, to make sure that >the delegates to CHOGM fully appreciate the importance of holding the >government of Zimbabwe to the public promises it recently made in Abuja and >Harare. Pretoria : Starts at noon at the Union Buildings. London : Starts at >noon on Saturday 6 October outside the Zimbabwe High Commission. > >URGENT ACTION ALERT: IN DEFENSE OF FREEDOM >Privacy advocates are urging U.S. citizens who are concerned about >maintaining our constitutionally protected civil liberties to sign the "In >Defense of Freedom" statement before Congress votes on proposals to expand >electronic surveillance and include all hacking offenses in the >anti-terrorism bill drafted in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist >attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3226 > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >18.JOBS > >POVERTY / HEALTH JOBS IN AFRICA >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3236 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >SOUTH AFRICA: MRC'S AFRICA FELLOWSHIPS AVAILABLE >The South African Medical Research Council (MRC) and the South African AIDS >Vaccine Initiative (SAAVI) invite applications for one-year travelling >research fellowships in health research, with preference given to proposals >which address the MRC's research priorities (see below) and particularly to >those addressing HIV/AIDS research. While applications for shorter periods >of three to twelve months may be considered, applications for the full >twelve-month period are encouraged. The purpose of the fellowship is to >build research capacity and strengthen research collaboration within Africa >and between African >scientists. The fellowship may be held in South Africa for non-South African >applicants, or in any other African country for South African applicants. >The award will commence no earlier than May 2002, and will cover the >fellow's return travel from home to host country, the fellow's salary >(calculated on South African scales, in US$) in the host country, and >reasonable research costs in the host country. Five such fellowships may be >awarded. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3238 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >VACANCY: RESEARCH SPECIALIST - SAVING NEW BORN LIVES INITIATIVE >Save the Children, an international relief and development agency, >seeks a Senior Research Specialist to oversee global research activi- >ties for The Saving Newborn Lives Initiative (SNL). >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3237 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >19.BOOKS AND ARTS > >'THOSE WHO DETECT A PESSIMISTIC VIEW OF AFRICA ARE MISTAKEN' >Africultures Interview With Ahmadou Kourouma >http://www.africultures.com/actualite/sorties/anglais/kourouma.htm >After the success of Ahmadou Kourouma's penultimate novel En attendant le >vote des bêtes sauvages, the Ivoirian writer's latest work, Allah n'est pas >obligé (Editions du Seuil), has erupted onto the French literary scene this >autumn, where it has been nominated for several and won one of the country's >top literary awards. Over to the author. > >GOING GLOBAL: TRANSFORMING RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT NGOS >By Marc Lindenberg And Coralie Bryant >Based on a unique inside perspective, this is the first book-length >comprehensive study of the big Northern-based international relief and >development NGOs. Lindenberg and Bryant show how these organizations are >managing the transformative changes globalization demands, how NGOs >themselves are organizing on a global basis, and how they are responding to >new challenges of accountability, evaluation and organizational learning. >The authors examine the growing significance for NGOs of complex >emergencies, peacebuilding and advocacy work, as these new contexts grow in >importance compared with traditional development project work. ISBN >1-56549-135-1. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3175 >Contact: [log in to unmask] > >GOVERNANCE FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE >The World Humanity Action Trust Publications >The WHAT Commissions have highlighted urgent issues in the management and >over-exploitation of three of the world’s key resources – fisheries, >agricultural bio-diversity and freshwater supplies. The common conclusion is >that action is needed now, at both the global and national levels, to >improve radically the systems we have for governing the use of these >resources. >Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=3174 > >THE ZANZIBAR FILM FESTIVAL >http://www.africultures.com/actualite/sorties/anglais/zanzibar.htm >Zanzibar islands are famous for many things. Their exquisite beaches and >splendid resorts are a haven for holiday makers. Their spices make many >chefs around the world very proud of their work and the involvement in >slavery adds a dark side to an otherwise illustrious past. The Islands are >now home to the Zanzibar International Film Festival (Ziff) of the Dhow >Countries now in its fourth year. The festival, arguably the largest >cultural event of its kind in East Africa, has effectively tapped into their >rich and diverse historical and cultural heritage. > >ZAMBIA: FILM INDUSTRY STRUGGLES TO FIND ITS ROOTS >http://www.times.co.zm/news/viewnews.cgi?category=19&id=1001068466 >The Zambian film industry is struggling to find itself, after Touch of the >Sun, one of the country's first local productions, was a flop. > >/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\ > >20.LETTERS AND COMMENTS > >ABUBAKAR MATABARO >Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania >Thanks a lot for your objectives analysies you made concerning the Us >attacks. I have learnt a lot about the "why" of the issue which was hidden >in the international mass media. Keep it up. > >TEBOHO FOKANE >Is the world so far gone into madness that the US can get away with what it >pleases? Because what the US does the rest of the world follows. It is like >the popular child in the playground that everyone wants to be friendly with, >even to the detriment of the school.The US is the home of the drug trade, >pornography, irreligion and every other ungodly practise in the world. Their >dominance of negative enegy on the internet testifies to this. I am a South >African who lived through a greater terror than hijacked planes landing on >skyscrapers. The smell of teargas and the pain of rubber bullets I know >firsthand. I was lucky. I survived and bear no animosity to those who >created a system whose aim was white supremacy. Today we Africans have the >vote, but are economically worse off. White supremacy has succeded. If the >terrorist aim is to ensure that America loses faith in the rule of law, then >they have succeded. The last superpower should champion the oppressed >instead of oppressing our champions. I believe America has a role to play in >world peace. The first act they should perform is to demilitarise their >country. This is something that ordinary taxpaying Americans should do, as >its their hard earned money. 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