PAMBAZUKA NEWS 98
A weekly electronic newsletter for social justice in Africa
CONTENTS: 1. Editorial, 2. Conflict, Emergencies, and Crises, 3. Rights and
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1.EDITORIAL
EMBRACED BY BRAZIL AND SHUNNED BY SWITZERLAND: THE STORY OF THE TWO TREVORS
Patrick Bond
"Africa didn't really shine here," South African finance minister Trevor Manuel
told a press conference in snowy Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic
Forum last week. "There is a complete dearth of panels on Africa."
Nevertheless, in any five-star hotel gathering of powerbrokers, backslapping is
crucial, no matter how artificial the camaraderie. Here is how former
Johannesburg Star newspaper editor Peter Sullivan witlessly described the Davos
experience for Sunday Independent readers this week:
"The SA contingent worked hard to get investment but partied equally hard: a
real 'jol' was had by all with great jiving from Kader Asmal, Trevor Manuel and
Alec Irwin (sic), while Bertie Lubner and his wife boogied the night away. We
also drank a few bottles of KWV's best red." (Too many, apparently, to
subsequently spell trade minister Erwin's name correctly.)
Sullivan regaled with stories of meeting "the beautiful Queen Rania of Jordan",
Bill Gates and Bill Clinton. But as one shrewd journalist - not the social-
climber Sullivan - reported on January 28, "Among the many snubs Africa
received here was the decision by former US president Bill Clinton to cancel
his presence at a press conference on Africa today to discuss the New
Partnership for Africa's Development. Forum officials said Clinton did not give
reasons for not attending."
The ingratitude!
Recall that over the previous eighteen months, Thabo Mbeki, Manuel and Erwin
had either hosted, chaired or played a crucial backroom role on globalisation's
equivalent of a big-five hunting safari - mainly for the benefit of the Davos
club:
* At the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, Mbeki shot down NGOs and
African leaders who argued in favour of reparations for
slavery/colonialism/apartheid.
* Ten weeks later at the World Trade Organisation's Doha ministerial summit,
Erwin split his continent's delegation to prevent a Seattle-style denial of
consensus by African trade ministers, in the process promoting multinational
corporate interests.
* Then, at the UN's Financing for Development conference in Monterrey, Mexico
last March, Manuel was summit co-chair and endorsed the World Bank and
IMF "Washington Consensus", relegating debt relief to the status of a dead duck.
* A few months later, at the Kananaskis, Canada Summit of the G8 powers, a
grovelling Mbeki departed with a handful of peanuts for his hungry and now
badly wounded African elephant - and yet, against all evidence to the contrary,
declared that the meeting "signifies the end of the epoch of colonialism and
neo-colonialism".
* Finally, at Johannesburg's World Summit on Sustainable Development, Mbeki
undermined standard UN democratic procedure, advanced the privatisation of
nature, and did virtually nothing to genuinely address the plight of the
world's majority.
A little sympathy from the world's ruling class for Pretoria's men in kneepads
would surely have been in order - even if just the face-saving sort, for the
cameras, as is normally the case.
So let's leave the grey-monied set in favour of a hot, sunny, colourful place
crowded with ordinary grassroots activists who took the world's problems rather
more seriously last week. In Porto Alegre, Brazil, the World Social Forum
attracted 100,000 leftist delegates from across the globe who
insisted, "Another World is Possible!"
Here at least, South Africa - especially Soweto campaigners for free
electricity, water, medicines, education and housing - shone as brightly as a
house reconnected late at night thanks to Operation Khanyisa.
Several times in Porto Alegre, I witnessed the passion with which former Soweto
city councillor Trevor Ngwane addressed the crowds, moving the agenda from
basic human rights, to continent-wide organising in the year-old Africa Social
Forum, to his widely-applauded declaration that the World Bank must now be
defunded and decommissioned.
"Weakening the power of Washington is our main challenge," Ngwane
announced, "especially now that Bush is in heat after Middle Eastern oil, and
because the IMF and World Bank show they will not reform."
Moreover, the World Social Forum has spawned a variety of localised social
forums of labour, women, environmentalists, community militants, church
activists, and youth. In conjunction with the African Social Forum which met
last month in Addis Ababa, Ngwane has been mandated to help get a Southern
African Social Forum off the ground.
Decentralisation will help avoid, as Canadian author Naomi Klein warns,
domination by the new "big men" of the left: Brazilian president Lula Inacio da
Silva and embattled Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Crucial for a coming
generation of bottom-up social forums, says Klein, is the chance to replant
Porto Alegre's most radical seeds: "The ideas flying around included
neighbourhood councils, participatory budgets, stronger city governments, land
reform and co-operative farming - a vision of politicised communities that
could be networked internationally to resist further assaults from the IMF, the
World Bank and World Trade Organisation."
Icy Davos and friendly Porto Alegre will clash again - as elites marginalise
Africa through intensified globalisation and as social forums break out across
Africa uniting to demand, as Asian intellectual Walden Bello suggests,
economic "deglobalisation". Which forum philosophy will prevail?
On two previous occasions, South Africa's famous two Trevors - Manuel and
Ngwane - have seen their respective teams square off. Once, during an April
2000 clash covered by SABC's Special Assignment ("Two Trevors go to
Washington"), Manuel chaired the World Bank board of governors for two days
while Ngwane taught 30,000 protesters outside to toyi-toyi.
And again last August, when Manuel was negotiating some meaningless treaty or
other at the Sandton Convention Centre, Ngwane and 20,000+ demonstrators
marched over from Alexandra to demand that the elites pack up and end their
charade.
With the world's environmental and developmental crises worsening ever more
rapidly, lubricated by petro-warrior George Bush, can any conclusion be reached
about the latest confrontation? Perhaps only this: one Trevor was cold and
lonely fighting a battle he can never win; the other was flush with the warmth
of solidarity, basking in the resurgence of a humanistic but uncompromising
international left.
* Patrick Bond teaches at Wits University and recently authored ‘Unsustainable
South Africa: Environment, Development and Social Protest’, published by
University of Natal Press. This article was due to appear in the Sowetan
newspaper on February 7.
* Send comments on this editorial for publication in the Letters and Comments
section of Pambazuka News to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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2.CONFLICT, EMERGENCIES, AND CRISES
AFRICA: AU SETS UP SECURITY COUNCIL
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32087
Noting that Africa has armed itself to the teeth to tackle its raging
conflicts, the African Union (AU) on Monday agreed to set up a UN-style
Security Council, known as the Peace and Security Council (PSC). However, its
formation still has to be ratified.
Related Links:
* Mugabe slams political interference
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32084
* Critical time for AU summit
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32059
* AU shuts up shop
http://allafrica.com/stories/200302040514.html
CAR: REBELS GAIN GROUND
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2728427.stm
The government of the Central African Republic has sent troops from its
Congolese allies to stop a rebel advance on the CAR's second largest military
base.
DRC: TORNADO KILLS 164 IN CENTRAL CONGO
http://news.yahoo.com/news?
tmpl=story2&cid=515&ncid=723&e=6&u=/ap/20030205/ap_on_re_af/congo_deadly_tornado
A tornado tore through remote villages in central Congo, killing 164 people,
destroying homes and ruining crops, the country's top health official said
Wednesday.
DRC: UN REPORTS "ALARMING" MOVEMENTS OF ARMED FORCES IN THE EAST
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32069
The UN Mission (MONUC) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on
Saturday reported having received "alarming" information regarding troop
movements on the part of the Kinshasa government, the Kigali government, the
Kampala government, and various armed factions in eastern DRC, and warned
of "imminent" attacks.
IVORY COAST: ANTI-GOVERNMENT RIOT ROCKS ABIDJAN
http://www.gvnews.net/html/DailyNews/alert3504.html
Opposition demonstrators in Cote d'Ivoire stormed onto the streets of Abidjan,
Sunday, one week after pro-government supporters launched a series of anti-
French rallies in the commercial capital. Sunday's violent protests were
sparked by the alleged killing of a celebrated satirical actor and comedian,
known to have close links with Cote d'Ivoire's political opposition and
considered to be among the opposition's staunchest allies.
NIGERIA: ETHNIC CLASHES ERUPT IN SOUTHERN OIL TOWN
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32076
At least 12 people have been killed and more than 30 houses razed in three days
of renewed ethnic violence in Nigeria's southern oil town of Warri, residents
said on Monday.
NIGERIA: EXPLOSION KILLS AT LEAST 40 IN LAGOS
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32073
At least 40 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a blast on Sunday
in Nigeria's economic capital, Lagos, officials and rescue workers said. The
police authorities said they were investigating the cause of the explosion,
which was still unknown.
SOMALIA: FACTIONS FACE SANCTIONS FOR CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32085
Somali factions attending peace talks underway in Eldoret, Kenya, face
expulsion or other sanctions if they continue to violate the ceasefire
agreement, Kenyan Foreign Minister Kalonzo Musyoka warned on Monday.
SOUTH AFRICA: ANC AND COSATU AGAINST THE ATTACK ON IRAQ
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=905
COSATU this week joined its alliance partner, the African National Congress
(ANC), and millions of people across the world in support of a call against the
US’s intention to attack Iraq. President Thabo Mbeki wrote in last week’s ANC
Today that the destruction of any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq should be
achieved peacefully and further stated that the ANC was not aware of
information that suggested Iraq has not cooperated with the UN’s weapons
inspectors team.
SOUTH AFRICA: MANDELA LOSES PATIENCE WITH BUSH OVER IRAQ
http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=15596
Former South African president, Nelson Mandela has lost patience with diplomacy
and launched a scathing personal attack on U.S. president George W. Bush for
his apparent determination to take military action against Iraq, if the middle-
eastern country does not prove it has no weapons of mass destruction to the
satisfaction of the United States.
Related Link:
* Mbeki highlights differences with UK over Iraq
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/uk_politics/2718191.stm
SOUTHERN AFRICA: WORLD MUST GALVANIZE TO STAVE OFF TOTAL COLLAPSE
http://www.europaworld.org/week114/worldmust31103.htm
Although swift food aid deliveries have mitigated a humanitarian crisis in
southern Africa, a horrifying new disaster looms as HIV/AIDS ravages the
region, threatening the very existence of whole countries, two United Nations
envoys warned after a weeklong inter-agency mission to the region.
SWAZILAND: FAMINE SET TO CONTINUE
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=910
According to agencies monitoring the Swaziland famine only 20-40 percent of the
farming land has been cultivated in central parts of Swaziland this year and
those lands cultivated are expected to produce low yields.
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3.RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
CONGO: RIGHTS GROUPS SEEK REVISION OF OUTDATED LAWS
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32132
Activists in the Republic of Congo (ROC) have called on the government to bring
outdated laws on human rights into line with international conventions, and to
ratify the International Criminal Court. The appeal was issued on 31 January,
at the conclusion of a major multi-sectoral human rights conference held in the
capital, Brazzaville.
KENYA: WAVE OF WORKERS STRIKES CONTINUES COUNTRYWIDE
http://allafrica.com/stories/200302030951.html
A wave of strikes continued to sweep across the country this week as thousands
of workers downed tools over various grievances. In the recent past, there has
been a wave of workers strikes country-wide protesting exploitative employment.
MALAWI: STUDENTS RIOT OVER 'THIRD TERM'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2713395.stm
Students in Malawi have set fire to the ruling party offices over President
Bakili Muluzi's attempt to alter the constitution to stay in power.
NIGERIA: POLL DATE WILL NOT BE SHIFTED, SAYS INEC
http://allafrica.com/stories/200302050438.html
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has turned down a request
by the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari
for the date of the presidential polls to be adjusted. In a February 3 letter
to the INEC, Buhari asked for an adjustment, saying the elections - due for
Saturday, April 19 - fell within the Christian holy week of Easter.
NIGERIA: THE U.S. AND NIGERIA: THINKING BEYOND OIL
Most Nigerian and outside analysts agree that Nigeria neither faces nor poses a
significant external security threat. The real security threats to Nigerians
are internal, and directly related to the economic and social issues. As
poverty, AIDS, and inequality increase, can the country avoid a return to
military rule? Can politicians and the military dampen and manage conflicts
among Nigeria's diverse peoples, or will they exploit and exacerbate the
divisions? Can the police and justice system improve their capacity to provide
protection against both violent crime and its white-collar counterpart? In the
long term, Nigeria's role as a force for regional stability will depend on
answers to these questions. This is according to an article published by Africa
Action, that includes information on US policy towards Nigeria, the problem of
debt and public investment and the Nigerian diaspora.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13052
RWANDA: RELEASED GENOCIDE SUSPECTS BEGIN RE-EDUCATION
http://allafrica.com/stories/200301310110.html
Some 19,000 genocide prisoners granted provisional release by President Paul
Kagame began two months of re-education last Friday at solidarity camps
throughout the country's 11 provinces and the City of Kigali.
SOUTH AFRICA: COSATU ASSURES MEMBERS OVER DEREGISTRATION
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=906
COSATU this week admitted that six of its affiliated trade unions were among
those the labour department has found to be in contravention of the regulations
of the Labour Relations Act and thus being targeted for possible action against
them.
SOUTH AFRICA: SOME ANC POLICIES AND DECISIONS UNILATERAL - SADTU
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=907
The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) general secretary has
blamed lack of engagement and consultation within the tripartite alliance for
the frequent differences between the African National Congress (ANC) and its
partners, COSATU and the SA Communist Party.
SUDAN: PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'S MISSION
http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/recent/AFR540032003!Open
Amnesty International delegates visiting the Sudan in the first official
mission allowed for 13 years welcomed the growing openness in the country, but
expressed concern at continuing arbitrary and incommunicado detention, unfair
trials as well as the forced recruitment of children and displacement of
civilians by all sides in the armed conflict.
ZIMBABWE: BEN-MENASHE A CROOK, SAY TSVANGIRAI'S DEFENCE LAWYERS
http://allafrica.com/stories/200302040222.html
Defence lawyers in the treason trial of MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and two
senior party officials have described the State's star witness, Ari Ben-
Menashe, as "an internationally-renowned crook".
ZIMBABWE: CIVIC BODIES FAIL TO MAKE IMPACT
http://allafrica.com/stories/200301300337.html
Zimbabwe's once vibrant civic movement is facing its greatest challenge as the
country sinks deeper into economic and political chaos, but analysts and
ordinary Zimbabweans say civil society is failing the test amid worsening
government repression and public apathy.
ZIMBABWE: COMMISSION COLLECTS DATA ON RIGHTS ABUSES
http://www.theindependent.co.zw/news/2003/January/Friday31/1225.html
There may be a glimmer of hope for Zimbabwe's ever-growing list of victims of
politically-motivated human rights abuses, the Zimbabwe Independent has learnt.
The London-based Accountability Commission - Zimbabwe project, an organisation
launched recently, has started to gather information on human rights violations
with a view to setting up a special court to try perpetrators of violence.
Rwanda and Sierra Leone have similar courts.
Related Link
* Tear-gas used to break up Zim meeting
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=899
ZIMBABWE: TORTURED MDC ACTIVIST DIES
http://allafrica.com/stories/200302040207.html
Edison Mukwasi, 29, the former MDC youth provincial chairman for Harare
province, died on Sunday at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare after his alleged
torture by the police over the years. Mukwasi had been in and out of hospital
after sustaining internal injuries after being allegedly tortured by the police.
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4.CORRUPTION
ANGOLA: FISCAL TRANSPARENCY TO TOP AGENDA AT DONOR CONFERENCE
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32077
Angolan authorities would have to show a greater commitment to financial
transparency at an upcoming international donor conference if it is to succeed
in securing the external support needed to kick-start its national
reconstruction programme, analysts said on Monday.
BOTSWANA: COURT DISMISSES KEMOKGATLA'S APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION FOR CORRUPTION
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=51510
Former department of roads director Kebonyekgotla Kemokgatla's freedom bid
failed after the Court of Appeal dismissed his appeal against a four-year jail
term on Monday. Kemokgatla was convicted on a charge of corrupt practices by a
Gaborone magistrate's court and sentenced to a custodial sentence of four
years, two and a half years of which were suspended on condition he was not
convicted of a similar offence during the period.
GHANA: GOVERNMENT HAS NO SOLUTION FOR CORRUPTION
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=51513
Deputy minister for finance Dr. Gheysilka Adombila Agambila has conceded that
despite the president's declaration of zero tolerance for corruption, the
government is still groping in the dark in its attempt to deal with the
situation.
KENYA: SLUM HOUSING IS BIG BUSINESS FOR NAIROBI POLITICOS
In late 2001, Nairobi's Kibera slum experienced a bloody conflict over rents.
By the time the police had brought the fighting under control, 15 people had
died while many more were injured. The violent confrontation was to later spill
over into Ngu Nyumu in Korogocho slums. The "rent revolt" had an interesting
beginning, with the then president Daniel Moi and then minister for energy
Raila Odinga, now Minister for Roads and Housing, being accused of being agents
provocateur for urging tenants not to pay hiked rents.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13038
NIGERIA: NIGERIA STRUGGLES TO SHAKE OFF ECONOMIC LEGACY OF YEARS OF MILITARY
MISRULE
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=51467
The test for President Olusegun Obasanjo and other candidates in the Nigerian
election is to answer critics who say modest progress in areas such as inward
investment, tackling corruption and industrial diversification falls well short
of the systemic change needed to encourage the development of the private
sector and relieve the poverty of most of the country's 120m people.
SOUTH AFRICA: 'ALLEGATIONS WILL BE TREATED FAIRLY'
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=51443
Allegations of corruption which New National Party leader Marthinus van
Schalkwyk had made against two senior NNP members, as well as a complaint which
the Democratic Alliance made against Van Schalkwyk, would be treated similarly,
Public Protector Lawrence Mushwana said.
ZAMBIA: PRESSURE ON MWANAWASA TO RESIGN
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32136
Pressure is mounting on Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa to step down and call
fresh elections following damaging testimony before the Supreme Court
suggesting electoral fraud helped him into office last year.
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5.HEALTH
AFRICA: IMPACT OF PATENTS ON ACCESS TO HIV/AIDS DRUGS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
http://www2.cid.harvard.edu/cidwp/092.pdf
This paper by the Center for International Development (CID), uses sales data
on HIV/AIDS drugs in a sample of 34 low and middle income countries between
1995 and 1999 to assess empirically the impact of patents on unsubsidized
access to a new drug therapy. The main finding is that patent rights do have a
negative effect on unsubsidized access to HIV/AIDS drugs. Between 1995 and
1999, switching all HIV/AIDS drugs from a patent regime to a no patent regime
would have actually increased access to therapy at least by 30%.
BOTSWANA: BOTSWANA AIMS TO BRING SAFE SEX CLOSER TO HOME
http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=2140451
Botswana plans to treble its distribution of condoms in a bid to curb the
spread of AIDS in the country, which has one of the world's highest infection
rates, the health minister said on Thursday. The aim of a new government drive
is to hand out enough condoms so that most of the African country's 1.7 million
people will not have to go more than a kilometer to get hold of one.
GUINEA: YELLOW FEVER KILLS 24
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32095
An outbreak of yellow fever in Guinea had killed 24 people by 23 January out of
43 cases in southern Guinea's Macenta and Kerouane prefectures, the World
Health Organisation (WHO) reported on Monday.
MALAWI: HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC AFFECTING LABOUR, ECONOMY
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=915
Continued deaths due to HIV/Aids related illness continue to claim a vast human
resource and threatens to largely affect the labour sector, the Ministry of
Labour has said.
MOZAMBIQUE: CHOLERA CASES INCREASE IN NAMPULA
http://allafrica.com/stories/200302050491.html
The number of cholera cases reported in the northern Mozambican province of
Nampula has now reached 65, since the first case was diagnosed about two weeks
ago, reports Wednesday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
NAMIBIA: NEW HOPE IN HIV/AIDS STRUGGLE
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=914
The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria has given Namibia 113
US million dollars over five years in what could prove to be a turning point in
the country's campaign to fight the three diseases, analysts say.
SOUTH AFRICA: ANTI-RETROVIRAL LESSONS
http://www.health-e.org.za/view.php3?id=20030110
While the Treasury and Department of Health number-crunch to determine whether
government can afford anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment in public health, a
number of small ARV programmes are already up and running. Several others are
in the pipeline, the most ambitious being the SA Medical Association pledge to
raise R80-million to set up two ARV pilot projects in each province to treat 9
000 people.
Related Link:
* SA govt heeds calls for free anti-Aids drugs
http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?a=11&o=15219
SOUTH AFRICA: KZN GRANT IN THE CLEAR
People living with HIV/AIDS in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) are set to finally benefit
from the US $72 million granted to the province nearly eight months ago by the
Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13046
SOUTHERN AFRICA: EXPERTS PREDICT A SURGE IN MALARIA INCIDENCE
http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=15595
When summer rains returned to Southern Africa in 2003, following a year of
drought, malaria experts predicted incidences of malaria would surge. Regional
tourism boards have cautioned visitors to take preventive medicines before
visiting countries in the region, and mosquito eradication measures have been
stepped up. Thus far, a new malaria epidemic has been avoided, with no reports
as of January of extensive illness. But the malaria season is just beginning,
and will extend through April.
SWAZILAND: UPHILL STRUGGLE FOR SAFE SEX CAMPAIGN
The first survey of Swazis' sexual behaviour and attitudes toward HIV/AIDS has
found that high awareness of the pandemic has not translated into less risk-
taking behaviour, and that HIV-positive people remain unwilling to admit their
status.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13110
TANZANIA: MUSLIM LEADERS PRAISED FOR LEADING BY EXAMPLE
Senior Muslim figures who recently underwent voluntary HIV tests were praised
this week by health officials for "leading by example, rather than just talking
about what people should do". The leaders, who included 14 sheikhs, imams and
religious teachers from around Tanzania, chose to undergo the tests following a
meeting earlier this month, during which Muslims discussed their role in the
prevention of the spread of HIV/AIDS in Tanzania.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13109
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6.EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE
AFRICA: UK HOSPICE FORUM SEEKS PARTNERS FROM AFRICA
Are you working in a hospice or palliative care unit in Africa? The UK forum
for hospice and palliative care worldwide is looking for new members from
Africa. The forum works to facilitate twinning and information exchange between
hospices in the UK and overseas and to assist members in understanding the
latest issues in the changing world in which they operate to enable them to
adapt appropriately.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13175
DRC: ICRC REUNITES 140 CHILDREN WITH THEIR RELATIVES
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32062
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reunited 140 children with
their families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in a two-day
operation last week. "All the children were reunited with their families, from
whom they had been separated for several months - or several years in some
cases - owing to the conflict," the ICRC reported on 30 January.
ETHIOPIA: MALNUTRITION RATES ON THE INCREASE
http://allafrica.com/stories/200302050068.html
Malnutrition rates in Ethiopia are gradually increasing despite widespread
efforts to help millions of people facing starvation in the country, according
to aid organisations.
GHANA: REFUGEE CHILDREN NEGLECTED
http://allafrica.com/stories/200302050582.html
One hundred and fifty Liberian refugee children at the Buduburam Camp in the
Central Region have been neglected by their biological parents and are having
to fend for themselves.
MALAWI: MALAWIAN BOYS AT GREATER RISK OF DYING THAN GIRLS
http://allafrica.com/stories/200301100414.html
Boys in Malawi have twice the risk of dying in their first few years as do
girls-an observation researchers describe as both surprising and
unexplainable. "Basically, it is well known that a bit more boys than girls are
born in all populations," said Dr. P. Ashorn of the University of Tampere
Medical School in Finland.
MOZAMBIQUE: FLOODS, DROUGHT IMPACT NEGATIVELY ON CHILDREN
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32093
Heavy flooding in 2000 and 2001 and a subsequent drought and food crisis have
had an extraordinarily negative impact on children in Mozambique, Save the
Children Fund (SCF) said in a new report.
MOZAMBIQUE: PROJECT HOPES TO BOOST PRIMARY EDUCATION
http://allafrica.com/stories/200302050469.html
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is to inject CA $20
million (about US $13.2 million) into a project to support education in
Mozambique through the procurement of learning and teaching materials.
SIERRA LEONE: BUILDING A FUTURE FOR AN AFRICAN VILLAGE
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/story.jsp?story=373843
When the author Aminatta Forna returned to Rogbonko, the village in Sierra
Leone where her late father was born, she found a community too poor to educate
its children. So she decided to found a school.
SOUTH AFRICA: MANDELA PARK AEC OPENS SCHOOL FOR THE POOR
http://southafrica.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/3000.php
The Mandela Park Anti-Eviction Campaign, responding to issues raised in
community meetings, has opened a school at Andile Nose Community Centre, in
Govan Mbeki Road, Khayelitsha. This school is a response to the exclusion of
students from government schools because they cannot afford school fees, or
because they are too old.
TANZANIA: SWEDEN TO PROVIDE US $50 MILLION TO SUPPORT PRIMARY EDUCATION
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32074
The governments of Sweden and the United Republic of Tanzania signed an
agreement on 31 January under which Sweden will provide 455 million kronor (US
$50 million) to support Tanzania's 2003-06 Primary Education Development Plan.
UGANDA: NORTHERN CHILDREN PREVENTED FROM ATTENDING SCHOOL
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32128
Officials in the district of Lira, northern Uganda, have launched an appeal to
finance 36 temporary "learning centres" for children displaced by insecurity
caused by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group.
WEST AFRICA: CHILD TRAFFICKING - A POLICY RESPONSE
http://unicef-icdc.org/publications/pdf/insight7.pdf
Trafficking is one of the most serious challenges faced by children in the
world today. The UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre has identified policy
solutions in eight African countries. The report is available online.
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7.WOMEN AND GENDER
AFRICA/GLOBAL: COALITION AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN WOMEN
http://www.catwinternational.org/
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) is a non-governmental
organisation that promotes women's human rights. It works internationally to
combat sexual exploitation in all its forms, especially prostitution and
trafficking in women and children, in particularly girls. Visit their web site
to find out more.
AFRICA: REPRODUCTIVE CHOICE AND WOMEN LIVING WITH AIDS
http://216.122.213.218/pdf/Repro_Choice_HIV_AIDS.pdf
One area in which stigma and discrimination affect women living with HIV/AIDS
(WHA) is reproductive health. This report summarizes available information
concerning barriers and discrimination that WHA face in exercising their full
sexual and reproductive rights concerning pregnancy. It is based on an
extensive review of the literature and interviews with key informants in
Australia, India, Kenya, South Africa and Thailand.
AFRICA: UNION SET TO LOWER WOMEN'S RIGHTS STANDARDS
If a draft protocol on the rights of women in Africa was passed in its current
form by the African Union, the union would for the first time set lower
standards than those already existing regionally and internationally, according
to a letter sent to the African Union on behalf of Equality Now and the
participants of an NGO meeting on the protocol held recently in Addis Ababa.
Click on the link below to read the letter and a mark-up of the protocol
showing where it falls below international standards.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13177
AFRICA: ZERO TOLERANCE TO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION CONFERENCE
http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/wed/feb5w17.htm
African leaders and international organisations begun a three-day conference in
the Ethiopian capital to declare, “zero tolerance” of the widespread practice
of female genital mutilation. The conference, also to be attended by African
first ladies, intends to declare 6 February a “World Day for zero tolerance for
female genital mutilation,” said the Inter-African Committee on Traditional
Practices, the organiser of the conference.
BENIN: GROUPS WELCOME NEW LAW BANNING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=15538
Rights groups have welcomed a new law, banning all forms of female genital
mutilation in Benin. ''I am pleased with the passage of the law, because, of
all the countries in the sub-region, Benin was the last to outlaw female
genital mutilation,'' says Genevieve Boko Nadjo, president of WILDAF-Benin, a
non-governmental organisation (NGO) dealing with women issues.
CONGO: RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS RAISED IN WOMEN'S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE
http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/ED8BA3E3E0AADB51C1256CBE002CFE
D3?opendocument
Since ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women in 1983, the Republic of the Congo had eliminated
discriminatory laws and drafted other legislation to ensure gender equality,
that country's representative has told the Convention's monitoring body.
ETHIOPIA: WOMEN PROTEST AGAINST FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
http://allafrica.com/stories/200302050110.html
Four wives of African presidents joined hundreds of women in Addis Ababa on
Tuesday to call for zero tolerance to female genital mutilation. The wives of
leaders from Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Mali and Guinea condemned the traditional
practice as barbaric and called for international action against it.
KENYA: RIGHTS GROUPS CONDEMN RAPE BY POLICE
Kenyan women's rights groups have expressed outrage at recent incidents in
which policemen have been accused of rape, and urged the authorities to take
appropriate action to instil discipline within the force in order to stamp out
such crimes.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13178
KENYA: WOMEN COMPLAIN OVER LATEST APPOINTMENTS
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32066
Barely a month in power, the new government of President Mwai Kibaki is coming
under fire from certain sectors regarding the latest senior appointments. The
latest voice of discontent has come from the Federation of Women Lawyers
(FIDA) - Kenya chapter, which claimed that recent political appointments were
particularly unfair to women.
KENYA: WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAMS SKYROCKET
http://www.wenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1204
Once a sport restricted to men, soccer is slowly picking up among young women
in Kenya. When the country's soccer federation launched a women's league, it
quickly attracted a dozen teams.
NIGERIA: EMPOWERING WOMEN FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
http://allafrica.com/stories/200302030817.html
Touched by the prevalent poverty among rural women, a non-governmental
organisation is providing micro credit facilities to women at the grassroots
with the conviction that it will empower them economically. The Women
Organisation For Gender Issues (WOGI) grants small loans to women who have
viable business proposals. The beneficiaries of the loans are expected to repay
within a 12-month period. The loan is interest free.
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8.REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION
ANGOLA: DEMOBILISED SOLDIERS REMAIN DEPENDENT ON AID
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32079
UN officials in Angola have noted that the government's programme for the
resettlement of former UNITA combatants is behind schedule, and that tens of
thousands of soldiers are expected to be dependent on humanitarian aid for at
least another year.
BOTSWANA: PROSECUTION OF TORTURED BUSHMEN DROPPED
Thirteen 'Bushmen' who were being prosecuted for allegedly 'over-hunting' have
had the case against them dropped after Botswana authorities refused to produce
a witness to confirm their accusations. The men, from the Central Kalahari Game
Reserve, were tortured by wildlife officials and police when they were first
arrested in August 2000.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13018
CAR: HUMANITARIAN COORDINATION UNIT SETS UP BODY TO HELP IDPS IN BANGUI
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32065
The UN-NGO humanitarian coordination body in the Central African Republic (CAR)
has set up a commission to identify all internally displaced persons (IDPs) who
have fled war-ravaged parts of the country to Bangui, the capital, according to
a local UN official.
ERITREA/ETHIOPIA: EXPULSION SUFFERING LINGERS
Citizens and residents expelled by both Ethiopia and Eritrea during their 1998-
2000 border war should be offered repatriation and the restoration of
citizenship, Human Rights Watch has said in a new report. The 64-page
report, "The Horn of Africa War: Mass Expulsions and the Nationality Issue,"
recounts the plight of almost one hundred thousand citizens and residents of
both countries who were uprooted and deprived of their residence and
nationality without a semblance of due process.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13035
ETHIOPIA: SOME 150,000 REFUGEES IN ETHIOPIA
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-01/30/content_713799.htm
The latest figures released by the United Nations indicate that as many as
148,737 refugees are residing in Ethiopia. According to a report by the UN High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the refugees include 50,906 Somalis, 93,500
Sudanese, 3,871 Eritreans and 460 Ethiopians.
KENYA: KENYA'S CASTAWAY'S: THE OGIEK AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES
http://www.minorityrights.org/Dev/mrg_dev_title7_kenya/mrg_dev_title7_kenya.htm
The Ogiek, who number around 20,000, are arguably the largest hunter-gatherer
community in Kenya. They have identified themselves as an indigenous people, as
defined in Article 1(b) of International Labour Organisation Convention No.
169,1 and the United Nations (UN) and the African Commission on Human and
Peoples' Rights have recognized them as such. This report from Minority Rights
International focuses on the displacement of the Ogiek people from their land,
their underdevelopment and the threat to their culture. It also assesses the
impact on the Ogiek of the loss of their land.
NIGERIA: THE OGONI OF NIGERIA: OIL AND EXPLOITATION
http://www.minorityrights.org/Dev/mrg_dev_title6_nigeria/mrg_dev_title6_nigeria_
6.htm
Since oil was discovered in Ogoni in 1958, the Ogoni people have waged an
uneven struggle with successive governments that are allied with oil companies.
Exploitation of oil resources has failed to take adequate account of the rights
of minorities and indigenous communities, or of the environment, concludes a
Minority Rights International report.
SUDAN: OIL DISPLACED ALLOWED TO RETURN HOME
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32127
The government of Sudan and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army
have committed themselves to "effect the immediate voluntary return" of
civilian populations displaced in the country's main oil-producing area,
Western Upper Nile (WUN), to their homes.
TANZANIA: LACK OF FOOD LEADS TO RATION CUTS IN REFUGEE CAMPS
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32067
Starting this week, refugees in Tanzanian camps will have their rations cut by
up to 50 percent due to the lack of any "major food contributions" over the
last six months, an employee of the World Food Programme (WFP) said on
Monday. "Our pipeline is running on empty," Mario Leeflang, WFP pipeline
officer, told IRIN from the Tanzanian commercial capital, Dar es Salaam.
ZIMBABWE: FARM WORKERS, URBAN VULNERABLE NEED TO BE ASSISTED, REPORT SAYS
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32037
NGOs and humanitarian actors have highlighted the need to include displaced
farm workers in emergency relief programmes in Zimbabwe. They also pointed out
the need to include urban areas in nutrition assessments - as urbanites
struggle to cope amid food shortages and a failing economy.
ZIMBABWE: MIGRANTS 'FLOOD' NEIGHBOUR
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2709829.stm
Botswana is unable to cope with the massive flow of illegal immigrants from
Zimbabwe, says the head of its immigration service. Roy Sekgororwane told the
French news agency, AFP, that Botswana was sending back 1,600 people every
month to Zimbabwe.
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9.RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA
SOUTH AFRICA: YOUTH COMMISSION SAYS DA IS RACIST
http://www.sabcnews.com/politics/the_parties/0,1009,52212,00.html
The National Youth Commission (NYC) has accused the Democratic Alliance of
racism, in reaction to a DA comment that it should be disbanded. Monde Mkalipi,
a commission spokesperson, says it remains a product of progressive youth
formations that aims were to reconstruct and develop South Africa.
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10.ENVIRONMENT
AFRICA: NATURE, WEALTH, AND POWER: EMERGING BEST PRACTICE
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=901
Building on lessons learned from more than 20 years of natural resource-based
development in rural Africa, this document presents principles and action steps
intended to serve as a guide to investment there. Programmes that integrate
nature (environmental management), wealth (economic concerns), and power (good
governance) have shown promising results.
AFRICA: WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE – NOT A DROP TO DRINK?
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=908
Can we accurately determine the benefits of water and sanitation projects?
Until recently, success was seen in terms of input and output. But does this
really tell us how sustainable the projects are? This report provides a
methodology that measures potential outcomes for communities of water provision
and sanitation.
BOTSWANA/ZIMBABWE: SA KEEPS FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE BAN IN PLACE
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=902
South Africa's ban on livestock products from Botswana and Zimbabwe will remain
in force until authorities are satisfied there is no longer a risk of
contamination from foot and mouth disease, a Department of Agriculture
spokesman says.
BOTSWANA: COUNTRY BRACES ITSELF FOR DROUGHT
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=920
Botswana, like the rest of southern Africa, is bracing itself for a drought and
its impact on food security. Only four percent of available land for
cultivation was ploughed this rainy season, the Minister of Finance Baledzi
Gaolethe warned in his budget speech.
ETHIOPIA: NATURAL ENVIRONMENT UNDER THREAT FROM RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMMES
http://irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=32036
The UN Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia (EUE) has warned that resettlement
programmes can devastate natural environments and threaten indigenous groups.
It said "colossal deforestation" and widespread environmental damage almost
always went hand in hand with such programmes.
KENYA: INVASIVE SPECIES THREATEN AFRICA'S WETLANDS
http://ens-news.com/ens/feb2003/2003-02-05-07.asp
Invasive species are devastating Africa's wetlands, crowding out native species
and costing billions of dollars in environmental and economic damage, warns a
new report from international conservation groups. The groups have released a
booklet describing the seven worst offenders, hoping to draw attention to the
problem and promote ways of controlling - and perhaps profiting from - the
invaders.
KENYA: UNEP LOOKS AT MAKING GREEN COOL
http://ens-news.com/ens/feb2003/2003-02-05-06.asp
Hoping to make sustainable living more "cool," the United Nations Environment
Programme is launching a new initiative aimed at improving the image of
environmentally friendly lifestyle choices. The plan, devised with the help of
social scientists, was announced Tuesday at the agency's weeklong Governing
Council meeting in Nairobi.
KENYA: WORLD ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS BEGIN WEEKLONG MEETING IN NAIROBI
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-02-03/s_2499.asp
World environment ministers began a week of meetings in Nairobi on Monday on
how to balance economic development and increasingly open trade with
environmental concerns. Much of the talk at the opening of the 22nd meeting of
the Governing Council of the U.N. Environment Program, a biannual get-together,
focused on how to build on the agreements and initiatives that came out of
least year's World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South
Africa.
RWANDA: RWANDA JAILS POACHERS FOR KILLING RARE GORILLAS
http://www.enn.com/news/01-31-2003/s_2441.asp
Three Rwandan poachers convicted of killing two endangered mountain gorillas
and stealing a baby one have been fined and sentenced to four years in prison,
an official said last Thursday.
ZAMBIA: ZAMBIA TO OFFER FREE LAND TO BOOST FOOD PRODUCTION
http://www.enn.com/news/2003-02-05/s_2485.asp
Zambia will offer thousands of hectares of free farmland in a bid to end
persistent food shortages and encourage agricultural exports, finance ministry
officials said this week.
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11.MEDIA
AFRICA: A FRESH START FOR AFRICA?
African leaders recently came together to draw up an ambitious new African
initiative for the 21st Century, that focuses on working to end the continent's
many conflicts and building democratic, accountable government based on the
rule of law. The initiative also recognises that democracy and stability are
intimately linked to economic development, decent education and infrastructure.
In “A Fresh Start for Africa?” Tanzanian journalist Adam Lusekelo asks how
realistic is this initiative and how can it best be implemented? A Fresh start
for Africa? will be broadcast on the BBC World Service from 20th February.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13039
DRC: JOURNALIST ARBITRARILY DETAINED FOR THE PAST MONTH
Reporters sans frontières (RSF) has expressed concern about the arbitrary
detention of journalist Kadima Mukombe. The Radio Kilimandjaro host has been
detained at the Tshikapa central prison, in the country's southern region, for
the past month.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13105
MOZAMBIQUE: FOCUS ON THE CARDOSO MURDER TRIAL CONVICTIONS
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=921
The celebrated trial and conviction of six men accused of murdering Carlos
Cardoso, one of Mozambique's top investigative journalists, was both a triumph
of the openness of the court proceedings, and an indictment of the corruption
among the country's rich and powerful.
TANZANIA: PHOTOJOURNALIST ASSAULTED
On 25 January 2003, photojournalist Hamis Hamad, who works for the
daily "Uhuru" and weekly "Mzalendo" newspapers in Dar es Salaam, was reportedly
assaulted by Kinondoni Municipal Council askaris (security guards).
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13032
ZAMBIA: JOURNALIST ARRESTED, CHARGED
On 5 February 2003, police arrested Chali Nondo, chief reporter of "The
Monitor" newspaper, and charged him with "publishing false news with intent to
cause fear and alarm to the public". The journalist is being held at Woodlands
police station in Lusaka and has been denied bond. The Inter-African Network
for Human Rights and Development (AFRONET) has strongly condemned the police
action. Their statement on the arrest is available through the web link
provided.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13161
ZIMBABWE: DAILY NEWS OPERATING 'ILLEGALLY', SAYS MOYO
Minister of Information and Publicity Jonathan Moyo has said that "The Daily
News" newspaper and all its journalists are operating illegally because they
are not registered with the Media and Information Commission.
Related Link:
*IFJ calls for end to Daily News persecution
http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php? id=13106
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13022
ZIMBABWE: DISTORTING THE FACTS
It is normal for media to have different interpretations of topical issues,
says the Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe in relation to reporting by The
Herald newspaper on the recent visit by James Morris, the UN special envoy for
humanitarian needs in Southern Africa, to Zimbabwe. The end product of
differing interpretations was editorial diversity, the cornerstone of press
freedom, said the MMPZ. However, it was a serious violation of ethical
journalistic practice to distort and misrepresent factual events and statements
in order to reinforce a particular political position as The Herald had done.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13031
ZIMBABWE: HARASSMENT OF JOURNALISTS AT THE HIGH COURT
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=922
MISA-Zimbabwe says they are appalled at the actions of police in barring
journalists from the court room where the trial of Movement for Democratic
Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangarai is taking place.
ZIMBABWE: JOURNALISTS ARRESTED
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=913
Pedzisayi Ruhanya, the deputy news editor of The Daily News and Ishmael
Mafundikwa a freelance journalist have been arrested for allegedly obstructing
police duties. Ruhanya was manhandled by 3 policemen and dragged into a police
vehicle. The two are locked up at the Harare Central police station.
ZIMBABWE: JOURNALISTS DETAINED
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=898
The police detained Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, The Daily News Chief Photographer and
two American reporters covering Zimbabwe’s food crisis, for almost seven hours
in Bulawayo. The journalists were accused of unlawful entry into a Grain
Marketing Board they had visited.
ZIMBABWE: POLICE ARREST TWO JOURNALISTS
Reporters sans frontières (RSF) has called on the government to allow the media
unrestricted access to the trial of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. The
organisation stressed that the trial should be carried out in the presence of
independent observers and media representatives, regardless of their editorial
stand.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13043
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12.DEVELOPMENT
AFRICA: AFRICAN SOCIAL FORUM - STRENGTH FROM THE BOTTOM UP
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=911
The African Social Forum held in Addis Ababa earlier this month protested
Nepad’s adoption as the economic policy of the African Union and its inclusion
in the agreements reached by governments at the World Summit on Sustainable
Development. The Forum, which included representation from nearly 50 countries,
debated the approach to the African Union. All the participants agreed on the
need for African unity, but concern was expressed that the AU was being used as
a vehicle for neoliberalism in the form of Nepad. There was agreement to
strengthen the African Social Forum, with particular emphasis given to ensuring
that it is built from the bottom up.
AFRICA: AFRICANS CHALLENGED TO MAKE GLOBALISATION WORK FOR THEM
Africans were challenged on Thursday to find ways to end their exclusion from
the rewards of globalisation and make the system work for the benefit of the
continent's 820 million people. The challenge was issued by international and
regional leaders at the opening ceremony of the African Regional Dialogue of
the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation in Arusha,
northern Tanzania. "We cannot wish globalisation away. It is an inevitable part
of the development process, and African countries must respond to its
challenges to ensure they reap its benefits while minimising its risks,"
Kingsley Amaoko, executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa,
told delegates.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13179
AFRICA: GOOD GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT
http://hdr.undp.org/docs/publications/background_papers/2002/Mohiddin_2002.pdf
It has been argued that good governance is an integral element in the creation
of the enabling environment of peace, security, the rule of law, legitimacy and
stability, in which sustainable human development can be promoted. This paper
from the Human Development Report Office (HDRO), UNDP, presents a regional
overview of the impact on poor people and disadvantaged groups of the failures
of accountability of institutions of governance.
AFRICA: INDISPENSABLE OR UNWORKABLE? THE IMF'S NEW APPROACH TO CONDITIONALITY
http://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/topic/adjustment/a32atissuecond.htm
In September 2002 the IMF's Executive Board finally approved a new set of
guidelines on conditionality. These set out how its structural conditionality
can be made more effective, with provisions on improving the clarity and focus
of conditions, increasing recipient-country 'ownership' of reforms, and
coordinating IMF conditionality with that of other organisations. But while any
review of IMF conditionality is welcome, the new guidelines fail to address the
deeper problems and flawed assumptions plaguing conditionality, says Bank and
Fund watchdog the Bretton Woods Project.
AFRICA: SEVERE DOUBTS OVER NEW DEBT MECHANISM
http://www.jubileeplus.org/latest/sdr220103.htm
On Wednesday, 22nd January, 2003, the IMF convened, at its headquarters in
Washington, a formidable array of bankers, lawyers, judges, academics and NGOs
to discuss and debate its proposals for what will effectively be a new
international insolvency framework for sovereign debtors. The IMF's proposal is
known as the Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism (SDRM). Jubilee Research
says the mechanism will not return countries to viability and will entrench a
role for the IMF in international law.
AFRICA: WATER PRIVATISATION IN SSA: PROGRESS, PROBLEMS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
http://www.psiru.org/reports/2002-12-W-DSAAfricawater.doc
A large number of countries in the Sub-Saharian African (SSA) region have
privatised water supply. But water privatisation, says research from Public
Services International, can be costly and difficult to achieve in practice
while the public management of water might appear more effective than the
private one. "In conclusion, privatisation is not a miracle cure for a poorly
performing utility and it is just one of a number of reform options and needs
to be considered as such."
SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA'S DRIEST SEASON
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2002/45/ma_145_01.html
The post apartheid government has greatly expanded water service; but in many
rural villages, the resulting water price increases have placed the cost of
water beyond the reach of many. The push to lure private companies to buy
utilities has led to water shutoffs and the worst cholera epidemic in the
nation's history.
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13.INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY
A VOICE THROUGH RADIO
http://www.comminit.com/pdskdv92002/sld-5994.html
Nekolera Gyange (I Run My Own Business) in Uganda uses radio to provide
marginalised businesspeople - especially the self-employed - with a voice to
influence environment and policy decisions, a platform for discussion, and a
channel to receive information for their businesses. A CD Rom and video
describing the programme have been produced.
AGENDA FOR WSIS PREPCOM II
http://www.ictdevagenda.org/frame.php?dir=07&sd=10&id=362
Enormous benefits can be derived from ICTs as a tool for development. This will
require the mainstreaming of information and knowledge concerns within the
broad range of societal goals, with focus on development policy, as well as
sectoral and cross-sectoral policies. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),
approved by the United Nations Millennium Assembly, provide a powerful
methodological and political framework for using ICTs to achieve this. Read the
key points of the draft action plan for the second Preparatory Committee
Meeting (PrepCom II) for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), to
be held in Geneva (Switzerland) from 17 - 28 February 2003.
BUSY INTERNET ACCRA: A CASE STUDY
In Ghana, picking up the telephone to call your auntie can require a lot of
patience and some gritting of teeth. When making a call from mobile to fixed
lines, almost half of telephone calls do not go through because of system
failures. Businesses often have receptionists who spend most of their time just
dialing numbers until they get through. Setting up an Internet café in such
conditions is not ideal, but Mark Davies, an experienced ICT entrepreneur,
recognised the demand and today he is the CEO of BusyInternet Accra, the
biggest Internet cafe in Africa.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13120
E-GOVERNMENT IN AFRICA - PROMISE AND PRACTICE
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=923
E-Government has already arrived in Africa, though it is essentially an
imported concept based on imported designs. There are growing numbers of e-
government projects, some of which are contributing to public sector reform and
delivering gains of efficiency and or effectiveness across a broad agenda.
However, this positive picture must be set alongside significant challenges. E-
Government is only slowly diffusing within Africa because of a lack of e-
readiness for e-government that can be charted along six dimensions. There is
widespread recognition that this challenge must be met by strategic building of
national infrastructure.
ICTS IN RURAL AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA
http://www.ictdevagenda.org/frame.php?dir=07&sd=10&id=364
As part of a study into Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in
Rural and Low-Income Communities in Africa, field researchers from Gamos and
their in-country partners have been undertaking detailed research and data
collection in different sample locations in three countries - Botswana, Ghana
and Uganda. "In many countries in Africa," begins the report prepared by Dr
Scott and Dr McKemey of Gamos, "the recent uptake of telecommunications
services has exceeded all predictions, proving that there is an unexpectedly
high demand for services.
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14.eNEWSLETTERS AND MAILING LISTS
ONLINE FORUM ON JUSTICE AND GENOCIDE
http://www.facinghistory.org/facing/fhao2.nsf/all/Justice+Forum?opendocument
An online forum – hosting some of the world's leading observers - on how
individuals, communities, nations, and international organisations seek justice
in the aftermath of mass violence and genocide will take place between February
20th - March 7th, 2003.
PULA - A NEWSLETTER ON WOMEN AND ICTS IN AFRICA
Pula is the newsletter of the Association for Progressive Communications Africa
Women (APC-Africa-Women). Pula aims to promote and profile the work and
activities of women's Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
initiatives in Africa and to act as a communicative tool to link women to each
other and to initiatives and opportunities. To subscribe or unsubscribe email
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
WHAT'S YOUR VIEW?
http://allafrica.com/specials/aids/
AllAfrica.com is hosting a public forum on the status and direction of the
campaign against Aids in Africa. Visit the web site to have you say.
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15.FUNDRAISING
IDRC-ROKS CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2002-2003
The Research on Knowledge Systems (RoKS) exploratory initiative of the
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is launching its second annual
research competition (2002-2003). This year's theme: "Strengthening Knowledge
Policy for Small States: How can small states participate more effectively in
local, regional, and global knowledge partnerships?" requests concept notes.
The competition will award up to seven grants, with a maximum value of CAD$
80,000 each. For joint proposals where researchers are located in two or more
countries a maximum of CAD$ 160,000 will be awarded.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13028
NAMIBIA: CHURCH RESPONDS TO CHALLENGE POSED BY AIDS ORPHAN CRISIS
http://allafrica.com/stories/200302050326.html
The Aids Programme of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of
Namibia (ELCAP) donated school fees and uniforms worth N$15 000 to orphans and
other vulnerable children in the Rehoboth area on Monday. The beneficiaries
were identified through ELCAP's home-based care programmes.
SOUTH AFRICA: DELAYS IN THE DISBURSEMENT OF NDA FUNDS
http://www.thusanang.org.za/index.php?option=news&task=viewarticle&sid=172
The Daily Dispatch reports that a centre for mentally disabled in East London
is still waiting for funding which was alledgedly promised by the National
Development Agency (NDA) in 2000. Mfesane Training Centre was allocated R73 000
on 2 October 2001 but only received the funding agreement for signature in
September 2002. The grant is currently being processed by the NDA's finance
department, and the NDA programme administrator says it is likely to be
transferred to the Centre by the end of February 2003.
SOUTH AFRICA: FINNISH GOVT DONATES R9 MILLION TO CHRISTIAN COUNCIL
http://www.sabcnews.co.za/south_africa/health/0,1009,52253,00.html
The Finnish government has donated R9 million to the KwaZulu-Natal Christian
Council. About R8 million will be used to further develop democracy and peace
in the province, while the remaining R1 million will be used in the fight
against HIV/Aids. Despite the row between national government and KwaZulu-Natal
based agencies over the recent UN Global Aids funding, the churches do not
expect a conflict with government.
SOUTH AFRICA: NEW SCHOOLS FOR TRANSKEI THANKS TO JAPAN AND MANDELA
http://allafrica.com/stories/200302050358.html
A high-profile delegation from Japan will visit the former Transkei on Friday
to mark the completion of 20 schools, thanks to R62m (7,5 million US dollars)
in Japanese Grant Aid. Funding of R62m for a further 20 schools was then
granted, mainly in the Umtata-area (Alfred Nzo district).
SOUTH AFRICA: SANAC WILL ACT AS AGENCY FOR GLOBAL FUND
http://www.thusanang.org.za/index.php?option=news&task=viewarticle&sid=169
According to The Mercury, the South African National Aids Council (SANAC) - now
constituted as a legal entity - has been appointed principal recipient of
funding to South Africa from the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and
Malaria. SANAC will act as an intermediary grantmaker, disbursing grants to
organisations and initiatives, monitoring their progress and reporting back to
the Fund.
SOUTH AFRICA: TELKOM FOUNDATION CONNECTS A SCHOOL
http://www.telkom.co.za/telkomfoundation/news/article23.jsp
The Lesaoana Intermediate School in the rural eastern Free State village of
Sehlajaneng boasts a computer center that is set to change the learning
experience of its pupils, thanks to the Telkom Foundation. The equipment comes
from the Telkom Foundation's Adopt-A-Project programme.
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16.COURSES, SEMINARS, AND WORKSHOPS
AFRICA: THE 2004 WORLD SOCIAL FORUM WILL TAKE PLACE IN INDIA
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=916
The International Committee of the World Social Forum has agreed that India
would be the host for the next WSF in 2004.
CERTIFICATE COURSE IN HUMAN RIGHTS INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION MANAGEMENT
Lagos, Nigeria, 25th-28th February 2003
The Course Aims to: Promote the understanding of human rights information as a
theory of human rights; Inculcate a culture of human rights promotion and
protection; Understanding how to Control and Disseminate Human Rights
Information; Promote the use of IT for Human Rights Information Work;
Understanding the place of a Library in Human Rights Work.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13053
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF AIDS
Durban, South Africa, 26 - 28 March, 2003
This conference stems from the need for HIV/AIDS interventions to be based on
sound information about the medium and long-term demographic, social and
economic consequences of HIV/AIDS. Towards that end, the organisers have
invited 50 researchers to present papers derived from rigorous empirical
research.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13116
III INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COLLOQUIUM
http://www.africapulse.org/index.php?action=viewarticle&articleid=912
Applications are now open for the III International Human Rights Colloquium to
be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from May 26 to June 6, 2003. The theme of the
Colloquium is The Rule of Law and the Construction of Peace. The primary
objective of the Colloquium is to strengthen new leadership and to enhance the
capacity of human rights activists to improve the performance of their own
organisations.
INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING AND GRANT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
ISGM is a USAID program implemented by Pact and MWENGO. The program supports
the strengthening of the capacity of Regional African Organisations-Consortia-
Associations working in Food Security (FS) and/or Conflict, Mitigation and
Response (CPMR) in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) through promotion of
innovation and increased strategic co-ordination. As part of the process
towards the achievement of this objective and to fill in the gaps identified
through organisational capacity assessments, Pact/MWENGO offer and support
training workshops on strategic planning; boards and governance; ideology and
identity; food security; conflict prevention, mitigation and response,
organisational effectiveness and participatory project development and
management.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13117
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17.ADVOCACY RESOURCES
HELP HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN GUINEA-BISSAU
Guinean League of Human Rights Vice-president Mr. Joao Vas Mane was arrested on
January 29, 2003 and is being held without charge in Guinea-Bissau. Write to
the authorities and lobby for his release and an end to the harassment of human
rights defenders in the country.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13107
NOT IN OUR NAME!
Social Movements Indaba Statement
Social Movements Indaba puts its full support behind Anti-War marches to take
place across South Africa on 15th February and encourages people to join the
countrywide marches.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13112
ONEWORLD'S CORPORATE ACCOUNTABLITY CAMPAIGN
http://www.oneworld.net/campaigns/corporateaccountability/front.shtml
At no point in history have business corporations generated such fabulous
profits across such vast territories. Yet there is still no international
legislation to monitor the effects they have or to hold them responsible for
their actions. Visit OneWorld's web site for all the latest news and
information on the Corporate Accountability debate.
PROTEST THE DETENTION AND INTIMIDATION OF MEDIA WORKERS
http://www.kubatana.net/html/eact/eact_cont.asp
Visit the e-activism page of Kubatana.net to find out just how bad the
harassment of the media in Zimbabwe is - and how you can take action to support
free expression.
THE RIGHT TO KNOW
http://capwiz.com/foe/home/
Do you know how US corporations are treating people and the environment around
the world? PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS AND WORKERS AROUND THE WORLD!
Visit the web page provided and make your voice heard.
WOMEN TO WOMEN
http://www.petitiononline.com/WILPFw2w/petition.html
Visit the web page by clicking on the link provided and sign a women's
statement against a looming war on Iraq.
ZIMBABWE...MAKE YOURSELF HEARD
http://www.zimbabwefund.co.uk/
Visit this web site to find out how you can support an England boycott of
cricket world cup matches due to be held in Zimbabwe.
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18.JOBS
AFRICA: FIELD COORDINATOR
International Rescue Committee
http://www.fpa.org/jobs_contact2423/jobs_contact_show.htm?doc_id=146399
Oversee all project implementation; Meet regularly with local authorities to
foster good will and support for all project activities; Ensure that all IRC
projects are implemented in a timely and professional manner; Implement/revise
and maintain a regular system of project evaluation and progress monitoring;
Promote professional working relationships and resolve staff conflicts and
concerns in a timely manner.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
The Refugee Council
The Refugee Council works at the heart of what is arguably the country’s most
controversial social issue of the day. It is viewed as the leading authority on
refugee issues in the UK and is striving to influence policy and legislation in
the UK, Europe and internationally. The new Chief Executive will lead the
organisation through a future that faces great change, ensuring that the
interests of refugees and asylum seekers are represented robustly to decision-
makers at the highest levels.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13118
HORN OF AFRICA: FOOD SECURITY ADVISOR
Oxfam GB
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/res.nsf/wDocs/7633D61731C730A0C1256CB80055BE4E
Following failure of the short and long rains, the Horn of Africa is currently
faced with a severe and extensive drought with adverse effects on the survival
of people and livestock across the countries. Immediate issues are the limited
availability and accessibility of food, water for both humans and livestock,
human and livestock health and nutrition, and household purchasing capacity.
RWANDA: PROGRAM ADVISOR- CONFLICT AND PEACEBUILDING
Oxfam GB
http://www.fpa.org/jobs_contact2423/jobs_contact_show.htm?doc_id=146891
This post requires an experienced person in developing strategies for conflict
management and poverty reduction. Demonstrable knowledge of the governance
issues in Africa will be essential. You will be responsible for advising and
supporting Oxfam in Rwanda in applying conflict sensitive approaches to
development and supporting a regional policy-working group to implement,
monitor, evaluate and refine the Oxfam GB regional peace building and conflict
management programme.
SOUTH AFRICA: TRIAL LAWYERS
LAWYERS WITHOUT BORDERS
LWOB is seeking lawyers interested in a)assisting with development of the
project, b)assisting with the drafting of funding proposals, c)being a link in
a Lawyer to Lawyer (L2L)linkage with South African lawyers or d)travelling to
South Africa (possibly self funded) to assist with an evaluation of the problem
and potential solutions.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13095
SUDAN: SUPPORT/LIAISON OFFICER
UNDP Nairobi Programme
UNDP Sudan Country Office is in a transitional phase, having terminated many
projects that were initiated in its earlier cycles of assistance. It has
prepared a forward looking Country Co-operation Framework (CCF) covering the
period 2002-2006, which has been approved by the Executive Board in September
2002. The new programme focuses on peace planning and peace building and
improving governance and environmental management.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13096
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19.BOOKS AND ARTS
A NEW DEMOCRACY: ALTERNATIVES TO A BANKRUPT WORLD ORDER
Harry Shutt
http://www.zedbooks.demon.co.uk/home.htm
We are told, day in and day out, that there is only one way forward for the
world: globalized free market capitalism. Yet more and more people know, as
Harry Shutt points out, that this way lacks all vision for the future of
humanity, is empty of social responsibility and environmental care, and will
not, he argues, even deliver a stable economy or secure political future.
BARBS: A STUDY OF SATIRE IN THE PLAYS OF WOLE SOYINKA
Patrick Ebewo
http://www.africanbookscollective.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_New_Titles_68.ht
ml#A1197
A wide-ranging introduction to Wole Soyinka's dramatic literature and an in-
depth and comprehensive study of satire in fourteen of Soyinka's plays from
Childe Internationale to King Baabu, and the sketches in Before the Blackout.
Ebewo treats satire as an instrument of criticism, a literary genre and an
institution in society. He explores the history and definition of satire in
various cultural contexts, approaching Soyinka as an African satirist
influenced by Western and African satirical modes.
CULTURE AND LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER SEEKS CONTRIBUTORS
Voice, a newsletter of the International African Students Association
(www.iasaonline.org) seeks critical essays, articles, true-life stories, poems,
cartoons and pictures for inclusion in the next edition of the Voice. The
newsletter aims to bring together innovative but readable exploration of
African culture and lifestyle from the perspective of young Africans.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13036
FOOD FOR ALL: THE NEED FOR A NEW AGRICULTURE
John Madeley
http://www.zedbooks.demon.co.uk/home.htm
What kind of agriculture do we need to feed the world? World leaders have
committed themselves to halving hunger by the year 2015 as a first step towards
food for all. But is this an achievable target? John Madeley's new book shows
we already have the experience on which to base a new approach to agricultural
production and feeding the world's whole population. Millions need better
access to the land from which the market forced them, and a more equitable
income distribution so that the poor can afford the available food. This is
part of the solution. But the other part is an innovative, multi-faceted move
away from a monoculture production system dependent on ever more tractors and
fossil fuels, dangerous chemicals, and hybrid seeds monopolized by a handful of
giant corporations.
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20.LETTERS AND COMMENTS
BETTE STOCKBAUER
You guys have a great publication. I love your editorials. My husband and I
sponsor a conservation program in Africa and your section on grants has given
me some excellent leads. You have a great balance of information. Thank you so
much.
CALL FOR ARTICLES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
The Foundation for Human Rights Initiative publishes a thematic bi-annual human
rights journal called "The Defender". We are currently looking for information
and submissions on the theme 'Human Rights and Freedom of Expression'.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13111
KIFLE MULAT, ETHIOPIAN FREE PRESS JOURNALISTS' ASSOCIATION (EFJA)
Letter To Amara Essy, Secretary General Of African Union (AU)
We have concrete grounds for calling on the African Union to focus its
attention on the question of the respect of the right to freedom of expression.
Journalists in Africa work under particularly hostile circumstances and,
because of their important role in building and maintaining democracy, require
recognition and protection.
Further details: http://www.pambazuka.org/newsletter.php?id=13057
THE COST OF THE BRAIN DRAIN
Is there anybody with data on Uganda's human resource potential and migration
of the same from Uganda? I would like to know the consequences of such
migration on the development of the nation. For instance how many Uganda
graduates are in the UK and USA and how much tax does the UK earn per Ugandan
there?
Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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