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1.EDITORIAL
ANTI TERROR LEGISLATION AND DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA
By Rotimi Sankore
The surprisingly quick collapse of the Taliban over the past month has
seriously embarrassed Western political commentators, military analysts, ex-
Russian soldiers defeated by the Mojahedin and the Taliban who were all
united in their warnings of tough battles ahead and about Afghanistan
being "the graveyard of foreign invaders."
Three key factors contributed to the retreat of the Taliban and the
victories of the Northern Alliance. Firstly and most importantly, the end
of the cold war meant that the US Air Force had a free hand to utilise
superior air power to its full advantage and drop almost everything except
tactical nuclear weapons on the Taliban. The second and no less important
factor contributing to the collapse of the Taliban, is the fact that most
Afghans had suffered enough of Taliban extremism. Imprisonments and
punishments for listening to non Taliban music or watching television, no
cinemas, no libraries, no schools or jobs especially for women, forced
growing of long beards for men, dehumanisation of women, arbitrary
executions and sustained human rights violations have all exhausted the
Taliban's political capital. The third factor, which the Taliban did not at
all consider was that the US government, would by pass the public relations
tragedy of engaging the Taliban directly with American troops. By utilising
the Northern Alliance as a first wave following the massive bombing
campaign, the US military was able to sidestep the most potentially potent
weapon of the Taliban – the sight of US troops on international news
attacking and occupying a Moslem country.
This means that unlike during the Soviet invasion when the US government
supported the Afghan and Arab fighters with over $300m a year over ten
years and CIA and military training, the Taliban have nowhere to turn to
for support. Even Saudi Arabia and Pakistan that had previously provided
financial and strategic support have now turned against them leaving them
isolated. Putin’s co-operation is not without benefits. The US government
attacks on Afghanistan, has done the dirty work for the Russian government
of destroying the training bases of Chechen separatists. Putin also has
a "free hand" to crush Chechen rebels and other internal dissent without
worrying about any serious Western objections.
It is not only in Chechnya that human rights have been sacrificed in order
to build and sustain the "anti-terror coalition". As regards rights
violations, the major difference between the Saudi regime and the Taliban
is GDP and Per Capita Income. In Pakistan the fact that General Musharraf
heads a military regime that ousted an elected government has been buried
by the "strategic" need to win over the Pakistani government. Musharraf in
turn has opportunistically become "civilised" and sacrificed his Taliban
friends for Western support, which will bolster his consolidation of power.
It is almost impossible to believe that this is a regime that was only
recently suspended from the Commonwealth. In China, Chinese Foreign
ministry officials have linked "Chinese support for the global campaign
against terrorism to US support for China's campaign against those
advocating independence for Tibet and the Muslim province of Xinjiang."
The new wave of anti-terror legislation across the world threatens to
undermine democracy especially in Africa where in the past, proxy wars
resulting from cold war rivalry between the "East and West" led to full
support and recognition of all sorts of dictatorships for decades. Now it
appears that all any corrupt, undemocratic or insecure government needs to
do to ensure the support of the "West" is to sign up to the anti-terror war
and introduce "anti-terrorist" legislation which is sure to be used to
suppress or undermine democratic opposition and humans rights. At best,
even if not put to immediate use against civil society, such laws are
likely to be a sword of Damocles dangling over the neck of anyone overly
keen on exercising democratic rights even in the most peaceful and law
abiding way possible.
For instance, journalists, lawyers, trade unionists and human rights
organisations in Nigeria are alarmed at recent statements by
representatives of the Nigerian Police about "the need to revive" the Anti-
Terrorist Squad set up by the late dictator General Sanni Abacha. In all
its years of existence, not a single terrorist was arrested or prosecuted.
Instead, it was used to terrorise the media, human rights community, the
pro-democracy movement and other real and imagined enemies.
In Uganda, critics of the government have stated that "the Anti-terrorism
Bill seeks to lower the standard of proof on which one can be held and
convicted on a terrorism charge. If passed in the present form, the
Minister of Internal Affairs will be given powers to add any organization
to the terrorist list. By the stroke of a pen, the minister can add all
opposition parties to the terrorist list, and its leaders will be rounded
up and thrown in jail" In South Africa, the government is currently
preparing a terrorism bill to comply with calls for a clampdown on
terrorism in the wake of the September 11 attacks in the United States. The
bill, which was originally drafted to replace the draconian apartheid anti-
terror act, which was used to suppress opposition to white minority rule,
may now be fast tracked and become law by mid 2002. Many South Africans are
alarmed that the proposed bill contains clauses, which allows for detention
without trial for interrogation purposes. The recent memories of Apartheid
and the persecution of "freedom fighters" as terrorists means that in South
Africa at least any anti terror laws are likely to meet stiff resistance if
they are perceived as anti democratic. Many lawyers have stated that they
would oppose "any detention for the purpose of interrogation."
In countries such as Zimbabwe where regardless of any merits for the
argument for land distribution, Robert Mugabe has wielded the entire matter
like a cudgel against all opposition, any accusations of terrorism are sure
to be accompanied by very severe repercussions. For instance, the
Zimbabwean government has recently accused journalists of being "agents of
terrorism" which is no small misdemeanour considering the local political
climate.
This trend will no doubt be spurred on by the introduction of anti-
terrorist legislation in the US, UK Italy and other Western countries which
more or less give governments "dictatorial" powers to detain people
[foreigners or not] indefinitely on mere suspicion and without charge or
any publicly stated reason. In some cases, even the detained persons will
not be told of the reasons for their detention and if charged, will have
lawyers chosen for them or be tried by military tribunals. The well
publicised statements of the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
likening anti-globalisation protesters to terrorists or boasting about the
alleged superiority of western civilisation over other civilisations will
not comfort those that fear these laws will be abused.
Considering, that the United States government is likely to push for
African governments to "demonstrate full commitment to tackling evil"
and "make it impossible for terrorists to operate within their borders", it
is no exaggeration to caution that democracy on the African continent may
be in for a rough ride. The number of Muslims in countries in Africa and
Asia that indicated their opposition to the attacks on Afghanistan on
religious grounds will not have escaped the attention of the US government
and such counties in particular may come under pressure to "act swiftly
against terrorists." As can be seen with the case of Pakistan, the
terrorist atrocities in the US has been clearly seized as an opportunity
for an undemocratic government to reintegrate itself into the respectable
ranks of "the international community" and address the United Nations
General Assembly after being suspended from the Commonwealth.
No matter how unpopular it may seem, the point must be made that it will be
a serious mistake to sacrifice democracy in Africa on the altar
of "eradicating Bin Laden and Al Queda". The ‘rise’ of the likes of Saddam
and Bin Laden also shows clearly that short 'termism' in foreign policy is
to put it crudely "a ticking bomb." The only way to defeat and keep
terrorism and its sympathisers out of Africa and by doing so reducing their
potential bases, is to ensure more, not less democracy. Africans must make
it clear, that while they condemn terrorism, the fight against it cannot be
used as an excuse to create more Mobutu’s on the continent. The tragedy of
these latest developments, is that by introducing legislation in their
countries which before September 11 would have been unthinkable, the
governments of the US, UK other Western countries may have robbed
themselves of the moral right to speak up when similar laws are introduced
and used to undermine democracy in Africa and strengthen governments which
may in the long run turn out to be eventual enemies of "civilised values."
*The above is an excerpt from an article on "The Anti-Terrorism Campaign
Democracy and Human Rights" For full article click on the link below.
Rotimi Sankore is a Human Rights Campaigner and Journalist with a keen
interest in Freedom of Expression and Associated Rights.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4520
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2.CONFLICT, EMERGENCIES, AND CRISES
ANGOLA: FEAR OVER MILITARY CALL-UP
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=15933
"Once you join the army, that's forever," Pedro says. "You die there."
Pedro, 26, is one of the many young Angolan men who are worried by a fresh
initiative by the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) to recruit new soldiers.
ANGOLA: HOPES FOR PEACE IN SPITE OF WAR - UN
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=16095
Angola is closer to peace today than it was a year ago, the UN's Special
Envoy to Angola, Ambassador Mussagy Jeichande, told IRIN in a recent
interview.
CENTRAL AFRICA: BELGIUM INVESTIGATING EXPLOITATION OF DRC RESOURCES
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=16006&SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&SelectCountry=CENTRAL_AFRICA
A Belgian commission of inquiry on the Great Lakes convened on Friday in
Brussels to investigate alleged involvement of Belgian and non-Belgian
companies in the illegal trade of natural resources of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC), and to explore measures to halt such
activities from fueling war in the region.
DRC: EU SUPPORTS PEACE PROCESS
The main aim of the EU troika’s visit to Central Africa, lead by Belgian
foreign minister, Louis Michel is to examine the peace progress achieved in
the different States and to examine the possibility of establishing a Great
Lakes conference under the auspices of the EU and UN.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4402
DRC: MIXED REACTION TO UN REPORT ON RESOURCE EXPLOITATION
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111220001.html
Reaction to the addendum of the April report by the UN panel of experts on
the illegal exploitation of wealth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(DRC) has, so far, been mixed. DRC Information Minister Kikaya Bin Karubi
said his country rejected any suggestion that Angola, Namibia, or Zimbabwe -
allies to the Kinshasa government since war erupted in August 1998 - were
looting the resources of the Congo, saying that these were "countries that
came to our rescue in this war of aggression".
ERITREA: CONSOLIDATED APPEAL FOR 2002 LAUNCHED
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=16266&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=ERITREA
The United Nations country team on Tuesday launched its Consolidated Appeal
(CA) for Eritrea for the year 2002, requesting a total of US $120 million
to fund a series of emergency and reintegration programmes drawn up by 11
UN agencies and partner NGOs.
ERITREA: TWO MILLION LAND MINES AND UXO
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111220006.html
Eritrea, a country of 3.5 million people, is infested with about two
million mines and units of unexploded ordnance (UXO), Andebrhan
Weldegiorgis, the commissioner for coordination with the UN peacekeeping
mission, has told the UN General Assembly in New York.
GUINEA- SIERRA LEONE: GOVERNMENTS MUST SOLVE GUINEAN TROOPS ISSUE
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=16113
Issues surrounding the withdrawal of Guinean troops from their base near
Koindu in eastern Kailahun District of Sierra Leone, will have to be
resolved by the governments of the two countries, according to the UN
Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL).
HUMANITARIAN AID MUST NOT BECOME CRISIS MANAGEMENT TOOL
http://www.europaworld.org/issue58/humanitarianaid231101.htm
Although the European Union is developing the capacity to become a fully-
fledged crisis management actor in the international arena and is co-
operating with the United Nations, it does not regard its humanitarian work
as a crisis management tool and is not in favour of a humanitarian alliance.
SOMALIA: PEOPLE FLEE GAROWE
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=15872&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=SOMALIA
Families are fleeing their homes in Garowe, the regional capital of the
self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia, in fear
of renewed fighting, a local journalist told IRIN. They are doing so
because of reports of militia approaching the town, and the fear of more
clashes, Muhammad Sa'id Kashawito of Midnimo radio said on Friday.
SOMALIA: UN POLITICAL OFFICE TO STAY ON
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=16265&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=SOMALIA
The United Nations Secretary-General has ordered an extension of the United
Nations Political Office for Somalia's (UNPOS) to run for a further two
years.
THE LONE GUNMAN
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_novdec_2001/sprinzakhyper.html
Our post-September 11 comprehension of terrorism must recognize a new
enemy: the megalomaniacal hyperterrorist, argues Ehud Sprinzak.
UN URGED ON PLIGHT OF CHILD SOLDIERS
Alhaji Babah Sawaneh was only 10 when rebels in Sierra Leone kidnapped and
beat him. Then they taught him to fire an assault rifle. The former child
soldier, now 14 and reunited with his family, spoke before the U.N.
Security Council on Tuesday. His plea for improved protection of children
in war was echoed by representatives of member states, and the
council adopted a resolution aimed at ending the recruitment of child
soldiers.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4431
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3.RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
CAN ISLAM BRING DEMOCRACY TO THE MIDDLE EAST?
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_novdec_2001/takeyh.html
A new generation of theological thinkers, led by figures such as Iranian
President Muhammad Khatami and Tunisian activist Rached Ghannouchi, is
reconsidering the orthodoxies of Islamic politics. In the process, such
leaders are demonstrating that the Middle East may be capable of generating
a genuinely democratic order, one based on indigenous values.
CONGO: BELGIUM BEHIND ICON’S MURDER
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2001nov/features/23nov-drc.html
Belgian government ministers bore “moral responsibility” for events leading
to the murder of the Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba in 1961,
a parliamentary inquiry has found.
CONGO: NEW ELECTORAL CRITERIA LAW FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=16089&SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&SelectCountry=CONGO
The transitional parliament of the Republic of Congo (ROC) in Brazzaville
on Saturday adopted a new electoral law setting out conditions for
presidential candidates, AFP reported on Monday.
DRC: ARREST AND DETENTION OF RUP LEADER
Mr. José Mafwata Shamba, Secretary General of the Rassemblement National
Populaire (RNP) party, was arrested on October 4 and subesequently
detained. He has not been allowed access either to legal counsel or to his
family since his detention began, giving rise to fears that he may be being
subjected to ill-treatment or torture, which are prevalent in the DEMIAP's
jails and have even lead to deaths in detention.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4451
EGYPT: THE LAWSUIT AGAINST NAWAL EL SAADAOUI
Publication Of A Judicial Observation Mission
The case against Nawal El Saadaoui fits in with the climate of intolerance
prevailing in Egypt and stoked by Islamist thought, with silent consent
from the authorities. It represents a permanent danger for freedoms of all
sorts.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4441
KENYA: 16 DEATHS CONFIRMED AS PASTURE WARS RAGE
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111210454.html
Sixteen people have been confirmed dead and 200 houses burnt down as the
pasture wars in Tana River District entered the third day.
RWANDA: ANNAN BACKS SURVIVORS OF GENOCIDE, HOLOCAUST
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=16090&SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&SelectCountry=RWANDA
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan pledged on Sunday that the world body would
continue to be a "close partner" to the survivors of genocide and holocaust
aiming to transform their trauma into action to prevent a recurrence of war
crimes.
UGANDA-KENYA: TURKANA LEAVE KARAMOJA TO AVOID DISARMAMENT
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=16305&SelectRegion=East_Africa&SelectCountry=UGANDA-KENYA
Turkana pastoralists who have been living and grazing their cattle in
eastern and northeastern Uganda for almost 30 years have returned to Kenya
to avoid handing their guns over to the Ugandan government, according to
local news reports.
ZAMBIA: ELECTION DATE FINALLY ANNOUNCED
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=15834&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=ZAMBIA
Ending months of uncertainty, Zambian President Fredrick Chiluba announced
on Thursday that presidential, parliamentary and local government elections
would be held on 27 December, news agencies reported.
ZAMBIA: WORKERS SACKED FOR BEING HIV POSITIVE
http://www.oneworld.org/afronet/monitor184/headline6.htm
A newly formed human rights group charged this week that unscrupulous
employers in Lusaka have sacked at least 45 workers since June 2000.
because they tested HIV-positive.
ZIMBABWE RETREATS ON ELECTION OBSERVERS
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=3095
Zimbabwe's state election agency said yesterday that foreign observers
would be welcome at presidential elections next year, in an embarassing
retreat from President Mugabe's enraged dismissal of a European Union
delegation last week.
ZIMBABWE: MUGABE SEEKS TO DELAY HARARE ELECTIONS
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=3097
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's government sought Sunday to overturn a
High Court decision allowing long-delayed mayoral and council elections in
Harare to go ahead next month.
ZIMBABWE: CRACKDOWN ON OPPOSITION CONDEMNED
Human Rights Watch today called on the Southern African Development
Community (SADC) to speak out strongly on the need to ensure that the rule
of law is respected in Zimbabwe. “The situation in Zimbabwe seems to be
deteriorating daily,” said Peter Takirambudde, executive director of the
Africa Division of Human Rights Watch.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4401
ZIMBABWE: NEW LAWS TO CRUSH ENEMIES
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2001nov/features/23nov-zim.html
Robert Mugabe’s government is tightening its fist before the up-coming
elections.
ZIMBABWE: POLITICAL VIOLENCE REPORT OCTOBER 2001
Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum
http://www.zwnews.com/Octoberviolence.doc
State agents attacked at least 10 persons in Chimanimani including a nine-
year-old boy. One of the victims of the attack was beaten by soldiers and
sustained a fractured skull. In Bindura, an 11-month-old infant was taken
into custody along with its parents and beaten by a police officer. There
have also been reports of widespread attacks on civil servants in October,
particularly focused on teachers. This is the continuation of intimidation
and threats since January; civil servants have been ordered to support Zanu
(PF) in numerous rallies throughout the year.
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4.CORRUPTION
ANGOLANS HANDICAPPED BY A CULTURE OF CORRUPTION
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56357-2001Nov20.html
This is a country on the take, disfigured by a core group of senior
government officials whose corruption is so malignant that it has
metastasized to virtually every level of Angola's public sector, according
to diplomats, relief workers, academics and Angolans from all walks of
life, says Jon Jeter in the Washintton Post.
KENYA: MOI TO NAME EXPERTS TO COMBAT CORRUPTION
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111170008.html
President Moi has said he will appoint a team of internationally respected
experts to combat corruption.
KENYAN MINISTER OUSTED AFTER IMF ROW
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1668000/1668924.stm
Kenya's finance minister, Chris Okemo, has been replaced in a surprise
cabinet reshuffle following a public row with the International Monetary
Fund (IMF).
NIGERIA: IMMIGRATION OFFICERS URGED TO SHUN CORRUPTION
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111200272.html
Immigration Officers nationwide have been advised to abstain from corrupt
tendencies as the present administration would not spare anybody caught in
the act.
SIERRE LEONE: PUTTING CORRUPTION ON THE AGENDA
http://www.transparency.org/cgi-bin/dcn-read.pl?citID=15211
What ever that might be the acceptable definition, it is an established
fact that corruption is a two way process, involving members of both the
public and private sector, who are engaged in illegal, illegitimate and
unethical actions that diminish a country's economic prospects and degrade
its social and political institutions.
THINK AGAIN: DEBT RELIEF
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_novdec_2001/easterly.html
Debt relief has become the feel-good economic policy of the new millennium,
trumpeted by Irish rock star Bono, Pope John Paul II, and virtually
everyone in between. But despite its overwhelming popularity among
policymakers and the public, debt relief is a bad deal for the world's
poor. By transferring scarce resources to corrupt governments with proven
track records of misusing aid, debt forgiveness might only aggravate
poverty among the world's most vulnerable populations, argues William
Easterly from the World Bank.
UGANDA: FIGHTING GRAFT ISN'T EASY, SAYS SPEAKER
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111200419.html
The Speaker of Parliament, Edward Ssekandi, has said that although MPs have
tried to fight corruption to a small extent, stamping out graft completely
is impossible.
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5.HEALTH
GIVE WOMEN A CHOICE! GIVE CHILDREN A CHANCE!
Treatment Action Campaign Solidarity Campaign
On the 26-27 November 2001, South Africa will witness a court case that can
help to alter the course of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in our country. The
Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) calls on your support and solidarity to
save people from unnecessary death and suffering. We ask you to encourage
our government to change its tragic course in the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4415
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GLOBAL FUND BETRAYS PEOPLE WITH AIDS
International AIDS activists and medical organizations protested at the
opening day of meetings of the Board for the Global Fund for AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria, in Brussels, and demanded the Global Fund
subsidize cheap AIDS Drugs.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4453
HIV-POSITIVE MOTHERS CAN SAFELY USE FORMULA AS ALTERNATIVE TO BREASTFEEDING
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm#8142
Mortality and morbidity rates are similar for breastfed and formula-fed
children of HIV-positive mothers, indicating that formula feeding can be
a "safe alternative" to breastfeeding in resource-poor settings as long as
women are properly educated and clean water exists, according to a study in
today's Journal of the American Medical Association.
HIV/AIDS: WHICH SUCCESS STORY AT ICASA 2001?
http://archives.hst.org.za/af-aids/msg00057.html
The national prevalence of HIV in Zambia is clearly on the decline and
Zambia does have a story to tell. It is a story of a strong, active, and
highly developed community response to AIDS.
MOZAMBIQUE: AIDS PREVENTION WORK STUNTED BY POVERTY, TABOO, 'WILLFUL'
IGNORANCE
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm#8143
HIV prevention efforts in Mozambique have been hindered by poverty, taboo
and sometimes "willfull" ignorance, Reuters reports. An average of 600 to
700 people a day are infected with HIV in the nation, which has 17 million
citizens. Mozambique is among the world's poorest nations, where most
people have never seen and do not know how to use condoms. In addition, it
is considered taboo to talk openly about sex, and many people doubt the
existence of HIV/AIDS, making it more difficult to alter sexual behavior.
NO NEW DRUGS FOR 'UNPROFITABLE' DISEASES OF DEVELOPING WORLD
http://www.health-e.org.za/view.php3?id=20011019
Virtually no new drugs are being developed for diseases that predominantly
affect the poor, according to a report released by Medecins Sans Frontieres
(MSF). The report, "Fatal Imbalance" claims among others that from 11
companies surveyed, only one new tuberculosis (TB) drug was brought to the
market in the last five years.
SOUTH AFRICA: AIDS -- MANY STILL TAKE RISKS
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/news.html#durex
Eight in 10 South Africans are concerned about contracting HIV/AIDS or
another sexually transmitted infection, but many are not protecting
themselves, a major international sex survey revealed.
SOUTH AFRICA: MBEKI REGIME IN COURT FOR BARRING AIDS DRUG
http://www.guardian.co.uk/aids/story/0,7369,606605,00.html
The South African government was accused in court this week of sacrificing
the lives of tens of thousands of babies by its "insane" policy of refusing
to make anti-Aids drugs widely available to pregnant women.
SOUTH AFRICA: NEVIRAPINE SUIT AGAINST GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_hiv.cfm#8144
AIDS activists from the Treatment Action Campaign and other groups will
begin a court case Monday against the South African National Department of
Health and eight of nine provincial health ministers, alleging that
government health officials are "violating [AIDS] sufferers' constitutional
right to life and health care" by not providing the antiretroviral drug
nevirapine to the nation's pregnant women to reduce the risk of vertical
transmission, Reuters/Contra Costa Times reports.
SOUTH AFRICA: PUBLICATION ON HIV INFECTION AMONG YOUTHS
In this study published in AIDS, the authors found an extremely high
prevalence of HIV among young women (34%) and men (9%) aged 14-24 years
from a township in the Carletonville district of South Africa. The authors
suggest that these
remarkable findings are due to high rates of HIV transmission from
men to women, and the major role played by HSV-2 (herpes simplex virus type
2) in the spread of HIV in this population.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4449
WORLD AIDS DAY
Saturday 1 December, 2001
SAfAIDS (Southern Africa AIDS Information Dissemination Service) has
planned the following activities as a way of addressing the 2001 World AIDS
Campaign. If you are in the area where any of our activities for the World
AIDS DAY are taking place, please join us.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4440
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6.EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE
BRIEFING ON CHILD SOLDIERS AND SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
http://www.child-soldiers.org
The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers submits the following
briefing for the regional preparatory process of the Second World Congress
on Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, alerting participants to the
dire need to address the problem of child sexual exploitation in armed
forces and armed groups.
CHILDREN IN OUR MIDST -
Voices Of Farmworkers' Children
http://www.weaverpresszimbabwe.com/child/childframeset.htm
For many years farmworkers in Zimbabwe have been a marginalised and
neglected community. This is even truer of their children. Children in our
Midst brings together the voices of several hundred childrencollected
through essays and interviews. You can order a copy by email or visit the
Weaver Press web site.
Contact: [log in to unmask]
MOZAMBIQUE RECOVERY: LISTENING TO OLDER PEOPLE
http://www.helpage.org/dev/news/MozamRecov/MozamRecov.html
Older people in Mozambique have struggled to recover from the devastating
floods of 2000. Necodemus Chipfupa of HelpAge International describes how
older people's organisations have mobilised support for vulnerable people
in the community.
NIGER: ORGANISATION IMPLEMENTS EDUCATION INITIATIVE
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?
ReportID=16111&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=NIGER
The Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is currently implementing an education
initiative in two largely nomadic regions of Niger. The programme focuses
on sustaining school enrolment in a Catholic primary school in the northern
Tuareg region of Tchirozerine, as well as in public primary schools in
Bermo, primarily inhabited by the Peul people, a statement from CRS said.
NIGERIA'S CHILDREN: WHAT MANNER OF FUTURE?
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111090260.html
With dislocation in the Nigerian economy, women and children, have been at
the receiving end. The report presented by UNICEF in Lagos recently painted
a gloomy picture of the situation, but at the same time, gave a ray of hope
that with concerted effort, this vulnerable group of humanity can be
rescued from disease, ignorance and want. Godwin Haruna was there.
SCANDAL OF BRITAIN'S CHILD SLAVES REVEALED
http://www.globalmarch.org/clns/clns-nov-15.htm#1
Hundreds of West African children have been brought illegally into Britain
and other European countries in a modern-day form of slavery, according to
a BBC investigation. The probe, triggered by the tragedy of Victoria
Climbie, says that the practice of children being brought to Europe amid
promises of a life of comfort and a good education is widespread.
SOUTH AFRICA: BOARDING SCHOOLS ARE PRONE TO UNREST
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111110009.html
In South Africa, boarding schools register more strikes and other forms of
students' agitation than other schools. A reason being advances is that
children in these schools live away from their families at a time when they
badly need guidance.
SOUTH AFRICAN YOUTH URGED TO BECOME NET SAVVY
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111190548.html
South African President, Mr Thambo Mbeki has urged African youth to master
the Internet technology and use it to solve the enormous problems
confronting the continent.
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7.WOMEN AND GENDER
AGENDA
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Agenda is a feminist quarterly based in Durban, South Africa, now in its
14th year. The Editorial Advisory Group decides on themes in advance.
Contributions on topical and current gender issues, gender analysis,
reviews and interviews are welcomed. We seek ongoing contributions,
particularly from women who have never published their research or writing.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4400
Contact: [log in to unmask]
BURUNDI: WOMEN TRAINED IN PEACE-BUILDING AND COMMUNICATIONS
UNIFEM and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in collaboration
with ABANTU for Development, an African women’s NGO, held a ‘Peace and
Communications Skills Workshop for Burundi Refugee Women’ from 1-4 October.
The need for the workshop resulted from a UNIFEM Training Needs Assessment
Mission for Burundi Refugee Women, conducted in June-July 2001. While the
target beneficiaries were Burundi refugee women and men in Kibondo, Kasulu
and Ngara refugee camps in Tanzania, participants also included key
implementing partners of UNHCR who have a direct bearing on the lives of
refugee women in the camps.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4403
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EGYPT: OVERTURN BOY'S CONVICTION FOR HOMOSEXUALITY
A sixteen-year-old boy's prosecution and conviction for engaging in sexual
relations with men violates international standards, Human Rights Watch
said in a letter to Egyptian authorities.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4419
GENDER, SOCIETY & DEVELOPMENT SERIES
Call For Papers
The Editorial Team of the Gender, Society & Development series is planning
a book on 'gender/women and sustainable resources management' to be
published in 2002. The book will be the 6th in the series produced by KIT
(Royal Tropical Institute) and co-distributed by Oxfam GB. The Team is
looking for authors, especially from the South, with practical experience
in the field of integrating and mainstreaming gender/women' issues into the
management and use of natural resources for sustainable development.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4444
SUDAN: MAINSTREAMING GENDER IN PEACE-BUILDING AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION
UNIFEM, in collaboration with the Inter-Governmental Authority on
Development (IGAD) held a policy seminar from 15-16 October in Khartoum,
Sudan to integrate a gender perspective in the resolution of armed
conflicts in the East and Horn of Africa region. The two-day seminar drew
participants from the IGAD Member States, which included Ministers in
charge of Women/Gender Affairs, Women Parliamentarians, and representatives
from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and local women’s NGOs.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4404
UNIFEM DIRECTOR, NOELEEN HEYZER
Day Against Violence Against Women
Violence against women is a universally devastating and often unpunished
crime with far-reaching implications. As Dr. Heyzer says in her
statement: "What happened in Afghanistan demonstrates that the way in which
a country or community treats women and protects and promotes their human
rights, is one of the best early warning indicators of its respect for
international norms and standards ".
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4405
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO SOCIALIST FEMINISM?
Call For Papers: May 2002, Toronto, Canada
Socialist feminism's synthesis of radical feminism with socialism seems to
becoming undone. Many socialist feminists have become postmodernists or
postmodern "materialists." Others, especially socialist eco-feminists, are
drifting into cultural feminism. Some are calling for a move from socialist
to Marxist feminism. Is socialist feminism necessarily "totalistic"
and "essentialist"? Does postmodern feminism really defend "difference" and
eschew grounding politics in "nature"? Is postmodern materialist feminism a
coherent project? Is postmodern feminism anarchist? Is cultural feminism
the "feminist" feminism? Is it "radical"? Can the domination of women and
nonhuman nature be adequately addressed by Marxist feminism? How is the
shift to postmodernism in theory affecting feminist practice, political
engagements, and research? Please send completed conference form (below)
and 100-word abstract, by January 15.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4448
Contact: [log in to unmask]
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8.REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION
NIGERIA: IMMIGRATION SERVICES DEPORT SIX PAKISTANIS
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=16021
The Nigeria Immigration Services (NIS), on Sunday deported six Pakistani
nationals who were arrested two days earlier for threatening the peace and
security in Sagamu, the capital of southwestern Ogun State, The Guardian
reported on Friday.
REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
New training materials to improve skills of humanitarian workers in
offering psychosocial help to war-affected people have been developed by
Oxford University''s Refugee Studies Centre in collaboration with other
partners. The manuals represent the ''state of the art''in this field
currently and are directed at UN and NGO agencies working with war-affected
populations around the world," said Carol Eyber of the Centre.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4435
REFUGEES VICTIMS OF TERRORISM, NOT ITS PERPETRATORS
At a recent UN meeting, Christophe Payot, on behalf of the European Union,
said the number of internally displaced persons was increasing
dramatically, and they now outnumbered refugees by almost two to one. The
figure was estimated at 25 million, in 40 or so countries, half of them in
Africa. But while refugees enjoyed a special status and international
assistance, protecting and guaranteeing the rights of internally displaced
persons was primarily the responsibility of the State concerned.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4433
WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH & ARMED CONFLICT
http://www.savingwomenslives.org/factsheet_women_and_armed_conflict.htm
More than 26 million refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced
persons are registered worldwide and millions more are unregistered. 50%
are girls and women. Gender-based violence tends to increase in refugee
situations, where reproductive health services are often lacking. For
example, a 1994 study of Rwandan refugees in Tanzanian camps found that 60%
of the women had a reproductive tract infection and more than 20% of births
at a Burundi refugee camp in Tanzania in 1998 were below average weight,
and infant deaths rose sharply from prewar levels. Of Rwandan women who
reported being raped, 17% were HIV-positive.
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9.RACISM AND XENOPHOBIA
EDUCATING CHILDREN AND YOUTH AGAINST RACISM
Office Of The High Commissioner For Human Rights, Durban, South Africa
http://www.iearn.org/racismreportfinaldoc.pdf
There is perhaps no place better to focus anti-racism efforts than to
educate children and youth about racism and how to combat it. Racism, after
all, is only as strong as its proponents and practitioners – and educating
the next generations is surely one of the most effective ways of reducing
the number of racists and the potential appeal of their message.
Accordingly, this Report focuses on anti-racism educational efforts
directed at children and youth.
NIGERIA: FOCUS ON TENSION BETWEEN COMMUNITIES IN KADUNA STATE
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111220008.html
Reputed for decades to be the melting pot of Nigeria's cultures, the
northern state of Kaduna has witnessed some of the most violent
confrontations between different ethnic and religious groups since
President Olusegun Obasanjo was elected in 1999.
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10.ENVIRONMENT
BEHIND CONSUMPTION AND CONSUMERISM
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Consumption.asp
Today's consumption is undermining the environmental resource base. It is
exacerbating inequalities. And the dynamics of the consumption-poverty-
inequality-environment nexus are accelerating. If the trends continue
without change - not redistributing from high-income to low-income
consumers, not shifting from polluting to cleaner goods and production
technologies, not promoting goods that empower poor producers, not shifting
priority from consumption for conspicuous display to meeting basic needs -
today's problems of consumption and human development will worsen.
CLIMATE CHANGE: BIG DROP IN CROP YIELDS FORECAST
Billions Across The Tropics Face Hunger And Starvation
http://www.unep.org/Documents/Default.asp?DocumentID=225&ArticleID=2952
Harvests of some of the world's most important food crops could fall by as
much as a third in some crucial parts of the planet as a result of climate
change, scientists are warning. The decline comes at a time when there is
an urgent need to raise yields to feed as growing, global, population.
ETHIOPIA: ORGANIC FARMING METHODS GAINING GROUND
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=16263
Under a pilot scheme in drought-prone North Welo, farmers are turning away
from the use of expensive and potentially dangerous chemical pesticides in
favour of ancient methods of pest control to help their crops flourish.
GREEN INDUSTRY: AN AGENT OF CHANGE?
http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?section=9&id=1199
Can industry be trusted to deliver sustainability? A quick glance back at
the corporate track record gives sobering food for thought. Much of the
past half century of economic development has come at the cost of havoc
wrought on the life-support systems of the planet and its social fabric,
while the twin drivers of growth and profit have repeatedly ridden
roughshod over other considerations.
KENYA: GREENS DISMAYED AT FOREST EXCISION PLAN
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=15842
The livelihoods - and perhaps even the lives - of many Kenyans are
threatened by a government plan to excise, or remove, over 167,000 acres of
the country’s forests, according to protesting environmental campaigners.
NIGER: REMAINING GIRAFFES ENDANGERED
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=16020
Signifying a further breakdown in some of West Africa's environmental
ecosystems, the last giraffe population in the region has shrunk from just
100 to a much smaller and endangered number found in Niger's Koure region,
60 km east of the capital Niamey.
STOP TREATING OCEANS AS SEWERS, OFFICIALS URGED
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/oneworld/20011121/wl/stop_treating_oceans_as_se
wers_officials_urged_1.html
Environmental disaster looms if governments fail to take swift action to
stop waste flows from land polluting the sea, officials from around the
world will warn this week.
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11.MEDIA
ETHIOPIA: NEW RADIO SHOW ENCOURAGES HIV/AIDS PREVENTION
A new radio serial drama that begins airing this Sunday, Nov. 25, in
Ethiopia is designed to encourage young adults to protect themselves from
HIV/AIDS and unwanted pregnancies by depicting characters engaging in
either risky or safe sexual behavior.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4434
ETHIOPIA: TWO MORE JOURNALISTS CHARGED
Two Ethiopian journalists, Wesenseged Gebrekidan, deputy
editor-in-chief of "ETOP" newspaper, and Kidushabet Belachew, editor-in-
chief of "Mebrek" newspaper have both been charged by the High Court.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4423
KENYAN MEDIA FEARS NEW BILL
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/oneworld/20011121/wl/kenyan_media_fears_new_bil
l_1.html
Kenyan media rights activists have condemned a bill they fear aims to
muzzle the press before the country goes to the polls next year.
LIBERIAN NEWSPAPER CLOSED BY GOVERNMENT
http://allafrica.com/stories/200111220073.html
Liberia's leading independent newspaper, The NEWS, has been summarily
closed by the government for the second time this year, on the grounds that
it has not paid its taxes. The chairman of the newspaper has been taken in
for questioning.
MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT ZIMBABWE
MEDIA UPDATE # 2001/46
ZANU PF’s propaganda in the state media plumbed unprecedented depths during
the coverage of the murder of Cain Nkala, the Bulawayo war veteran’s
leader. The state media exposed their total disregard for the general
standards and ethics of journalism to churn out inflammatory hate speech
reminiscent of the hate radio before and during the genocide in Rwanda.
ZANU PF officials and war veterans were quoted describing the opposition,
as ‘terrorists’ or the ‘enemy’.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4443
ONEWORLD LAUNCHES WORLD NEWS SYNDICATION WITH YAHOO! NEWS
OneWorld, the leading online network for human rights and sustainable
development, has announced a daily news syndication to the World News
section of Yahoo News, one of the most popular news site on the Web.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4442
SOUTH AFRICA: RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION VIOLATED, COURT TOLD
http://www.mediachannel.org/news/today/
THE Constitutional Court has been asked to decide upon the
constitutionality of a clause of the Code of Conduct for Broadcasting
Services which is alleged to have a "chilling effect" on the right to
freedom of expression.
SUDAN: ARREST OF JOURNALISTS
On Tuesday 20 November, 22 journalists from the independent Sudanese
newspaper Al-Watan were arrested for protesting about a ban on their
publication of an article concerning corruption.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4450
THE WAR ON JOURNALISM
http://www.mediachannel.org/news/today/
As seven western correspondents are killed in one week in Afghanistan,
author Phillip Knightley asks if frontline reporters are now considered
legitimate targets.
US PLANS TV STATION TO RIVAL AL-JAZEERA
http://www.mediachannel.org/news/today/
An Arabic-language satellite television station financed by the US and
aimed at winning hearts and minds in the Muslim world could shortly become
a reality. President George Bush has been told of Initiative 911, which
would put half a billion dollars into a channel that would compete in the
region with al-Jazeera and would be aimed specifically at younger Muslims
who are seen as anti-American.
ZIMBABWE WARNS MEDIA
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011123/wl/zimbabwe_journalists_dc_1.html
Zimbabwe's government has threatened to treat six journalists working for
foreign media organizations including The Associated Press as "terrorists"
after accusing them of filing false reports on political violence.
ZIMBABWE: EDITORS TELL MUGABE TO WITHDRAW THREATS
http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/story/0,7495,606788,00.html
The International Press Institute has written to the Zimbabwean president,
Robert Mugabe, asking him to repudiate his government's accusation that
local and foreign journalists are colluding with terrorists.
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12.DEVELOPMENT
ETHIOPIA: BIG REDUCTION IN FOREIGN DEBT
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=16075
Ethiopia's foreign debt has been almost halved in the last two years
following succesful debt cancellation programmes.
FACING THE FOOD CHALLENGE IN AFRICA
It has been taken for granted that Agriculture and the economies of
countries in sub-Saharan Africa must remain liberalized irregardless of the
consequences that arise from this process, argued participants at at a
recent course in Sustainable Agriculture for East & Southern Africa held in
Eldoret, Western Kenya.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4406
IMF CALLS FOR EXTRA AID FOR POOR
http://www.debtchannel.org/front.shtml
The International Monetary Fund has called on the world's richest countries
to boost aid budgets and debt relief efforts to prevent the gathering
downturn in the global economy pushing millions more people in the
developing world into abject poverty.
MOZAMBIQUE GETS DEBT RELIEF FROM PARIS CLUB
http://www.debtchannel.org/front.shtml
The Paris Club of creditors agreed to reduce Mozambique's debt by $1.65
billion in net present value under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
Initiative (HIPC). The country will devote all the resources freed by the
debt relief into priority areas identified in the country's poverty
reduction strategy.
NEW CURE FOR BATTERED COMMODITY PRODUCERS?
http://www.gemininewsservice.com/default.asp?content=articlesmp&id=451
Commodity producers in developing countries have generally suffered from
fluctuating world prices. Efforts by international organisations over the
last 30 years to help them have failed in an increasingly competitive
market dominated by the rich. Now a World Bank-sponsored task force
believes extending some modern market instruments would help, reports
Gemini News Service.
OTTAWA MEETINGS OF THE IMF/WORLD BANK
A report on the recent World Bank/IMF meetings from 50 Years is Enough,
with some details on what happened in the unofficial events outside the
meetings, and some thoughts on what results of the meetings might be.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4439
RENOWNED U.S. ECONOMISTS DENOUNCE CORPORATE-LED GLOBALIZATION
http://www.earthisland.org/ggn/ggn_article2.html
Recent Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz, along with well-known economist
Paul Krugman, have of late made a flurry of public statements critical of
the policies and processes of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the World
Bank / IMF, and the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) — while
leaving plenty of harsh words for the blatantly pro-corporate actions of
the Bush Administration. Both economists point to the disruptive and
distorting influence of large corporate entities through their dominance
over both domestic and international institutions.
RWANDA DEBT NETWORK (RDN) POLICY PAPER
Save Lives! Cancel The Debt
http://www.jubilee2000uk.org/jmi/jmi-policies/Rwanda_debt_network.htm
Every Rwandan needs to be given a stake in a peaceful future. There are
numerous obstacles to peace and development, which require imaginative
responses from government and civil-society groups, in conjunction with
donors, regional organisations, and NGOs. Large-scale financial and
technical assistance will be needed. Rapid population growth is placing
pressures on an under-resourced social sector, and is increasing
competition over land and water in densely populated rural areas. The
social sector, cruelly targeted during the genocide, urgently needs new
investment. Training of teachers, health workers, and administrators is
critical. Violent conflict continues.
SOUTH AFRICA: INTERVIEW WITH SANGOCO PRESIDENT
http://www.mg.co.za/mg/za/archive/2001nov/features/28nov-seeds.html
NGOs want to reassert their roles in shaping public policy and becoming a
delivery partner in the alleviation of poverty, health issues, joblessness
and homelessness, according to Zakes Hlatswayo, the newly elected president
of the South African National NGO Coalition.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:
What’s Land Got To Do With It?
Ahead of the September 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in
Johannesburg, South Africa is reviewing its plans and progress towards
sustainable development. This paper argues that more attention needs to be
given to land reform as a key component of sustainable development
strategy. It raises a number of questions and concerns that need debate
before the Summit and beyond.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4417
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13.INTERNET AND TECHNOLOGY
AFRICAN RADIO BROADCASTING VIA THE NET
http://www.africaonline.com/site/Articles/1,7,43462.jsp
This web page lists many African radio stations which broadcast live over
the Web.
BUILDING AN ONLINE COMMUNITY
WEB DEVELOPERS
http://slashdot.org/books/01/11/27/167256.shtml
A new book by the author/ designer of several online communities is
reviewed on Slashdot. The review includes some pointers and is followed by
a discussion.
CENSORSHIP AND SITE-BLOCKING: US NETWAR
The US 'war on terrorism' is having serious effects on online liberty and
freedom of expression.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4455
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FIRST HUMAN EMBRYO CLONED
Amidst much controversy, the first human embryo has finally been cloned.
Read on for links to articles and interviews with the scientists and
comments on the ethics involved.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4452
FREE ACCESS TO AFRICAN INFORMATION DATABASES UNTIL NOVEMBER 30, 2001
Free access to over half a million unique references for African Studies.
Read the article for full details of this powerful bibliographic database
aggregation.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4522
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MORE THAN 4 MILLION AFRICAN NET USERS
http://www.idg.net/crd_idgsearch_711510.html?sc=
This article discusses Mike Jensen's latest research into Internet growth
and usage in Africa.
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POOR COUNTRIES TRY TO CASH IN ON E-COMMERCE
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/oneworld/20011120/wl/poor_countries_try_to_cash
_in_on_e-commerce_1.html
Buying and selling across the World Wide Web offers "unlimited"
opportunities for developing countries, says a new United Nations report.
RED ALERT
http://www.mediachannel.org/news/today/
Relief agencies such as the Red Cross are using the web to coordinate
humanitarian aid. Elen Lewis on how alertnet could revolutionise the way
aid workers deal with crises.
REDHAT CHALLENGES MICROSOFT JUDGEMENT
http://www.redhat.com/about/presscenter/2001/press_usschools.html
Open Source leader proposes to provide software to every school district in
the United States if Microsoft provides computing hardware for the 14,000
poorest school districts.
SCIENTISTS BUILD COMPUTER FROM DNA
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7946153.html
Israeli scientists have built a DNA computer so tiny that a trillion of
them could fit in a test tube and perform a Billion operations per second
with 99.8 percent accuracy.
SOMALIA: THE UNITED STATES SHUTS DOWN THE INTERNET
Cyberwar Or Cyberterrorism?
Somalia's only Internet company and its key telecommunication company have
been shut down by the United States, because of suspicions of terrorist
links. The United Nations and many nonprofit aid organizations have been
affected.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4430
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SOUTH AFRICA SIGNS CONTROVERSIAL CYBERCRIME TREATY
http://www.idg.net/ic_734499_1794_9-10000.html
Thirty countries signed a controversial international treaty to combat
online crime last week. Representatives of 26 Council of Europe member
states, plus the U.S., Canada, Japan, and South Africa, put their
signatures on the document at an international meeting in Budapest.
UNWIRING THE WEB
http://www.techreview.com/magazine/dec01/innovation1.asp
Community-owned wireless networks are gaining popularity—and could help
bridge the digital divide.
WOMEN SHUN NETWORKING JOBS
New Research
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1679000/1679106.stm
The lack of role models for women in the IT industry and the perception
that networking jobs are 'too technical' for women discourages them form
choosing this as a career path.
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14.eNEWSLETTERS AND MAILING LISTS
E-CIVICUS - CONNECTING CIVIL SOCIETY WORLDWIDE
Number 141 - 25 November, 2001
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4528
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EQUINET NEWSLETTER 23 NOVEMBER 2001
Newsletter Of The Network For Equity In Health In Southern Africa
Seeking to develop and widen the conceptual understanding of equity in
health, Equinet identifies critical areas of work and policy issues and
makes visible existing unfair and avoidable inequalities in health.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4501
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ICT FOR DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA (ACACIA PHASE II)
http://www.idrc.ca/acacia/newsletter/Sep01.PDF
Acacia is a program to help sub-Saharan African communities develop the
ability to use ICTs for their social and economic development. The Acacia
program is commencing its second phase, which will look to build on the
first phase, notably by focussing on disseminating findings widely,
learning from its initial projects and developing new types of projects.
The September newsletter summarizes some of the lessons from Phase I and
outlines current activities and plans for Phase II.
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NEWSLETTER OF THE COALITION FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
ICC UPDATE #24, November 2001
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4546
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REQUEST FOR ITEMS FOR DEMOCRACYNEWS
Deadline: 30 November
http://www.wmd.org
The next issue of DemocracyNews will go out on 5 December, 2001. In order
to make DemocracyNews as useful to you as possible, we ask you to send us
any items related to democracy work that you would like us to include. We
welcome items on your collaborative efforts with other groups to advance
democracy; democracy-related activities particularly in countries that are
struggling to democratize; upcoming events (conferences, training programs,
and workshops); and new publication announcements (case studies, training
manuals, and conference reports).
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THE DRUM BEAT CLASSIFIEDS
Vacancies - November 21, 2001
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4536
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15.FUNDRAISING
BEYOND AID - STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
During the past two years, the Beyond Aid Project (a collaboration between
CAF West Africa and GAPVOD) has worked to build foundations for the future
security and sustainability of a healthy NGO sector in Ghana. The project
explores strategies for deepening NGO/Corporate partnerships, trains non-
profit personnel in resource mobilisation skills and encourages alliances
among organisations for collaborative projects. Beyond Aid also facilitated
the design of a new partnership framework for Government-NGO relations in
Ghana.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4534
Contact: [log in to unmask]
LARGE FOUNDATIONS ADJUST THEIR GRANTMAKING IN RESPONSE TO SEPTEMBER 11
http://fdncenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=2200040
Many large foundations have adjusted their grantmaking since the September
11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon -- not only
to provide funding for the relief and recovery efforts but also to support
organizations working to address long-term problems related to the attacks,
the New York Times reports.
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16.COURSES, SEMINARS, AND WORKSHOPS
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND FIELD RESEARCH METHODS TRAINING COURSE
Umea University, Sweden 27 May - 14 June 2002
The overall aims are to discuss epidemiological design, analysis and
interpretation, as well as the roles of quantitative and qualitative
approaches in public health research.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4544
Contact: [log in to unmask]
GENEVA: WORLD CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM
14-19 July 2002
Mandat International is a non-profit-making NGO which has as its principal
missions to welcome and help non-governmental delegates (in particular
those from developing countries) coming to Geneva to participate in
international conferences. In order to strengthen international
cooperation, we are participating in the organization of a World Civil
Society Forum which will take place from the 14th to the 19th of July 2002
in Geneva. For this occasion we expect the participation of representatives
of civil society from all over the entire world, especially from NGOs.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4531
Contact: [log in to unmask]
KENYA: LET AFRICA LIVE!
December 10 To 15, 2001
http://www2.womensnet.org.za/events/show.cfm?id=219
The conference will specifically bring together
young,researchers,educators, advocates, counsellors and policy makers. It
will provide a strong platform in shaping the future role of young people
in HIV/Aids prevention and care within the continent.
Contact: [log in to unmask]
NIGERIA: COMMUNICATIONS AFRICA 2001 CONFERENCE
Postponed From Dec 3-5 2001 To March 11-13 2002
The requests forwarded due to current events in the world, involving
international travel, safety and security, "Communications Africa 2002"
will be delayed by three months. In the mean time, however, we would like
to request advertisers on the Event Booklet should send your adverts
beforehand.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4532
Contact: agmichael@globaltradenetworks
SOUTH AFRICA: CONTINENTAL CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION COURSE
4 February 2002 - 8 March 2002
This workshop will cover diverse aspects of conflict transformation and
peace building, and is aimed at capacity building for people working in
conflict transformation, development, human rights and related fields on
the African continent.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4545
Contact: [log in to unmask]
SOUTH AFRICA: WORLD AIDS DAY
http://www2.womensnet.org.za/events/show.cfm?id=291
The Dobozu Youth Development Association DYDA is holding an event which
will involve educating the public about the dangers of Aids to the
community. The responsibility is everybody's . The theme this year is 'MEN
AND AIDS' DO YOU CARE? The function will emphasisize the role and
responsibility of men in stopping the spread of aids.
Contact: [log in to unmask]
TANZANIA: MANAGEMENT COURSE FOR FOOD AND NUTRITION PROGRAMME
May To June 2002
The course aims at contributing to the reduction of human suffering related
to food and nutrition problems in Tanzania and other African countries. The
course is specifically intended for programme implementers at district
level, who are responsible for planning and implementation of activities
(programmes, projects, etc.) directed at improving the food and nutrition
situation of population groups at risk. This course, therefore, is designed
to strengthen the ability of participants in planning, managing,
administrating and evaluating such activities within the constraints and
opportunities present in their own geographical and socio-economic
situation.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4533
Contact: [log in to unmask]
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17.ADVOCACY RESOURCES
GIRLS FOR SALE -- BUILDING A COALITION TO FIGHT TRAFFICKING IN NIGERIA
http://www.advocacynet.org/nigtraffick_girlsforsale_6_25.html
Hundreds of Nigerian women and girls have been lured into prostitution in
Europe and the Middle East, where they are vulnerable to abuse and
violence. This website profiles those who are campaigning to put an end to
this insidious trade.
Contact: [log in to unmask]
NETACTION'S GUIDE TO USING ENCRYPTION SOFTWARE
http://www.netaction.org/encrypt/
Encryption is a software tool that uses scrambling to make data unreadable
to anyone other than the intended recipient. It is useful to ensure the
privacy of data that you store on your computer, or that you want to email
to someone else. Do you need it?
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18.JOBS
ADVISOR FOR HIV/AIDS HEALTH REPORTING PROGRAMS
http://www.comminit.com/vacancy575.html
Extensive health news reporting, expertise in HIV/AIDS issues, experience
with gov't funded grant programs, excellent communication skills. This
position is based in Washington, DC and reports directly to the VP of
Programs.
Contact: [log in to unmask]
ANGOLA: INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS SEEKS MEDICAL DIRECTOR
http://www.comminit.com/vacancy585.html
Monitor and evaluate impact of program on beneficiaries and affected
communities. Recommend necessary changes to ensure objectives are met.
Provide technical expertise for new proposals. Masters in Public Health
desired.
Contact: [log in to unmask]
AWID RESOURCE NET JOBS - ISSUE 89
Monday, November 26, 2001
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4503
BASICS II PROJECT: ASSOCIATE TECHNICAL OFFICER FOR AFRICA
http://www.comminit.com/vacancy587.html
In order to work more effectively BASICS II has developed Country Results
Teams (CRT) as the vehicle through which technical and administrative
support (headquarters and field office) is coordinated for BASICS II
countries in order to facilitate implementation of country workplans and to
obtain successful performance results. Responsible for monitoring the
administrative and budgetary aspects of the CRT work, and to see that the
team members have the information and support they need.
Contact: [log in to unmask]
ERITREA: INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS SEEKS COMMUNITY HEALTH COORDINATOR
http://www.comminit.com/vacancy585.html
The goal of the program is to develop community capacity for health
education / information and to promote activities on such topics as:
Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses, hygiene and sanitation, mine
awareness and injury prevention, and prevention of communicable diseases
such as HIV and STDs. Fluent in written and spoken English; Arabic an asset.
Contact: [log in to unmask]
KENYA: AFRICAN MEDICAL AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION SEEKS DIRECTOR GENERAL
http://www.comminit.com/vacancy567.html
Will primarily be responsible for providing strategic direction and
management to ensure delivery of AMREF's agenda by spearheading the
successful implementation of the new corporate strategy.
Contact: [log in to unmask]
NAMIBIA: POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL SEEKS PROJECT DIRECTOR
Closing Date: December 15, 2001
PSI/Europe wishes to appoint an experienced professional to manage a
project to develop HIV/AIDS Voluntary Counselling and Testing services in
Namibia. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic organization on
the cutting edge of HIV/AIDS prevention and control.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4505
Contact: [log in to unmask]
PROGRAM DIRECTOR: DEVELOPING COUNTRIES FARM RADIO NETWORK
http://www.comminit.com/vacancy595.html
Monitoring, evaluation and continuing development of the program.
Developing projects that will complement the core program activities.
Strengthening of the Network, primarily by enhancing partner participation
in our decision-making processes, and volunteer participation in activities
that support our mission. Bilingual(French/English), with excellent
communication (oral/written) skills.
Contact: [log in to unmask]
SIERRA LEONE: INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS SEEKS GENERAL SURGEON
http://www.comminit.com/vacancy585.html
The highly energetic surgeon will be a self-starter whose skills
complements the dynamic Sierra Leone surgical programs. Provide and
coordinate training in trauma and emergency care for relevant hospital
staff.
Contact: [log in to unmask]
SOMALIA: WELL WOMEN MEDIA PROJECT SEEKS PROJECT MANAGER
Closing Date: November 30, 2001
This is a two year contract, renewable. This post will take lead
responsibility for managing and developing a project which will address
women's health issues through an interactive radio magazine programme.
Operating from an office/studio in Hargeisa, Somaliland the project is
funded for five years and builds on the experience of a two-year pilot
project. Programmes are written and produced by Health Unlimited's national
staff and broadcast to the Somali speaking Horn of Africa.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4504
Contact: [log in to unmask]
SOUTH AFRICA: JUNIOR ATTORNEY
The Non Profit Partnership wish to appoint a Junior Attorney, with a right
of appearance within the NPO Tax Communication and Support Services
Programme. This is a two-year contract, Cape Town-based position.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4508
Contact: [log in to unmask]
SOUTH AFRICA: SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
Reporting to: Digital Information Coordinator, Digital Information Unit,
The Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (www.eisa.org.za). EISA is a non-
profit organisation working towards strengthening democracy and elections
in the SADC region.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4507
Contact: [log in to unmask]
VACANCIES IN UN AGENCIES
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4502
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19.BOOKS AND ARTS
AFRICULTURES NEWSLETTER
NOVEMBER 2001
The latest information on African art from Africultures.
Further details: http://www.kabissa.org/kfn/newsletter.php?id=4418
GLOBALISATION: POST-NEO DEPENDENCY AND POVERTY IN AFRICA
Daniel A. Offiong
http://www.africanbookscollective.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_New_Titles_5
6.html#a850
Throughout the 1980s, incomes, living standards and investments in Africa
plummeted, while poverty declined in South and East Asia. With world
attention now focussed on global issues, not least damaging effects in
Africa, this timely book argues that structural adjustment programmes in
Africa, enforced by the international financial institutions, have produced
a tighter dependency than colonialism achieved. 978156475X, 2001, Fourth
Dimension.
IGBO PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
F.U. Okafor
http://www.africanbookscollective.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_New_Titles_5
6.html#a882
This is a first attempt at the philosophical articulation and projection of
the Igbo concept of law and the role of law in the traditional environment.
In the Igbo traditional setting, the rules of law are uncodified. The
author, who teaches philosophy of law and logic at the University of
Nigeria, defines the law of a given community as the body of rules
recognised as binding by its members. On this concept of law, he has based
his attempt to elucidate the philosophical underpinning of those rules
recognised in Igbo traditional legal system as law.
THE POLITICS OF MEMORY : TRUTH, HEALING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Ifi Amadiume
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1856498433/africapolicyinfo/104-
4878312-2927959
Why does conflict deteriorate into violence and war? How does collective
memory influence healing and social justice in post-conflict situations?
This book brings together a distinguished group of scholars, policy-makers,
justice workers and social activists to answer these questions. In a
creative engagement with issues of human rights in relation to truth,
healing and social justice, they look at how people rebuild broken
communities and the tensions between reconciliation and social justice in
post-conflict situations. Zed Books, 2001. ISBN: 1856498433
WHOSE LAETIE ARE YOU? MY SOWETAN BOYHOOD
Chimeloane, Rrekgetsi
http://www.africabookcentre.com/abc/E150.htm
Growing up in a loving family, with the affection and support of his best
friend Levi, and universal boyhood exploits - shooting rats with ketis,
learning karate, stoning street lamps. Also more sinister experiences:
dodging stones and avoiding enemies when you had to cross territories,
running the gauntlet of dogs, bullies and thugs. The world Chimeloane
sketches contained both the 1976 rising and endless wonder: the Valiant
Regal taxi which produced money from its back seat, the magic of seeing
bioscope and emulating the starrings, a world where you shared sweets with
your chomis. Kwela Books, 2001, 0795701233.
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20.LETTERS AND COMMENTS
DR JOHNSON NKUUHE
Parliament Of Uganda
Thanks for copies of Fahamu-Kabissa-Sangonet newsletter. I have even shared
copies with my fellow MPs in Uganda.
IVAN SEMAKULA
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FAHAMU SANGONET NEWSLETTER. First and foremost, thank you so much for the
tireless efforts you have always put in by providing the most accurate info
and also fighting for the marginalised communities. This is a work well
done.
Thank you so much.
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