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"mirror" websites --[PARA][PARA][PARA]KABISSA-FAHAMU NEWSLETTER NO 15 -
Introducing Kabissa[PARA]* To: <newsletter-l@kabissa.org> [PARA]* From:
"Kabissa-fahamu Newsletter" <editor@kabissa.org> [PARA][PARA]KABISSA-FAHAMU
NEWSLETTER NO 15 * 2478 SUBSCRIBERS *[PARA]Introducing Kabissa - Space for
change in Africa[PARA][PARA]1. Editorial[PARA]2. Conflict, Emergencies, and
Crises[PARA]3. Rights and Democracy[PARA]4. Corruption[PARA]5.
Health[PARA]6. Education and Social Welfare[PARA]7. Women and Gender[PARA]8.
Refugees and Forced Migration[PARA]9. Racism and Xenophobia (new!)[PARA]10.
Environment[PARA]11. Media[PARA]12. Development[PARA]13. Internet and
Technology[PARA]14. eNewsletters and Mailing Lists[PARA]15.
Fundraising[PARA]16. Courses, Seminars, and Workshops[PARA]17. Advocacy
Resources[PARA]18. Jobs[PARA]19. Books and Arts[PARA]20. Members
Corner[PARA]21. Letters and Comments[PARA][PARA]This newsletter is about
sharing information. Submit your news to our Editor[PARA]editor@kabissa.org.
Read current and back issues online
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EDITORIAL: INTRODUCING KABISSA - SPACE FOR CHANGE IN AFRICA[PARA][PARA]The
Kabissa-fahamu Newsletter has grown rapidly. Along with it, the
services[PARA]provided by Kabissa - space for change in Africa - have also
grown. But what[PARA]are these services? Since we continue to receive
requests for information,[PARA]we thought it might be useful for us to tell
you a bit more about Kabissa.[PARA][PARA]Kabissa is dedicated to
strengthening the capacity of African non-profit[PARA]organisations to use
the full potential of the Internet in the interest of[PARA]building civil
society and democracy in Africa. We operate on the principles[PARA]of
inclusiveness and collaboration, and invite all organisations
and[PARA]initiatives that share our goals to join as members and
partners.[PARA][PARA]BACKGROUND[PARA]Access to the Internet in Africa has
grown substantially over the past few[PARA]years. According to a recent
survey, at the end of 1996 only 11 countries[PARA]had Internet access, but
by November 2000 all 54 countries and territories[PARA]had permanent
connectivity and the presence of local full service dialup[PARA]ISPs. The
total number of computers permanently connected to the Internet
in[PARA]Africa (excluding South Africa) finally broke the 10,000 mark at
the[PARA]beginning of 1999 and in January 2000 it stood at almost 12,000, an
increase[PARA]of 20%. While the cost of establishing local e-mail accounts
has fallen[PARA]recently, the cost of website hosting, Internet domain names
and similar[PARA]services is frequently very high, and frequently out of
reach of many[PARA]non-profit organisations in Africa.[PARA][PARA]Many of us
working in the non-profit sector have been inundated with[PARA]requests from
African NGOs seeking assistance in setting up websites,[PARA]training in the
use of the internet, access to resources on the internet,[PARA]training in
proposal writing, management training, and help with[PARA]establishment of
electronic mailing lists. In our early work with[PARA]International Alert
and the World Organisation Against Torture, we have run[PARA]workshops and
provided technical assistance to human rights organisations to[PARA]enable
them to exploit the potentials of the Internet for their
own[PARA]purposes.[PARA][PARA]Through this process we became aware of the
difficulties such organisations[PARA]had in establishing websites and
accessing resources on the Internet. In[PARA]response, we decided to invest
our own efforts and resources in establishing[PARA]an entity called
"Kabissa" (meaning "complete" in Kiswahili). We set up an[PARA]Internet
server in order, initially, to provide free website and e-mail[PARA]hosting
for non-profit organisations in Africa. Now we are finding that[PARA]Kabissa
has filled other gaps in service, in particular in empowering[PARA]African
non-profits by enabling them to share essential information
through[PARA]this newsletter.[PARA][PARA]SERVICES PROVIDED BY
KABISSA[PARA]Interest in the initiative has grown rapidly. Within a year, we
had more[PARA]than 250 user accounts on Kabissa, including 30 separate
domain accounts.[PARA]Our website now has thousands of pages, receives over
400,000 hits per month[PARA](averaging over 340 visits per day). We
currently register five new members[PARA]each week.[PARA][PARA]Kabissa
currently provides the following services, all of which are
provided[PARA]free to African non-profit organisations (except domain
registration and[PARA]hosting for which we make a modest
charge):[PARA][PARA]- Web space accounts (ftp)[PARA]- E-mail mailbox
accounts (pop3/imap4)[PARA]- Automated mailing lists (majordomo)[PARA]-
Web-based access to website files hosted on Kabissa[PARA]- Web-based access
to any e-mail mailboxes[PARA]- Web-based access to Kabissa mailing list
administration[PARA]- www4mail server enabling users to retrieve web pages
via e-mail[PARA]- Participation in the largest human-edited directory on the
web (dmoz.org),[PARA]providing access to more than 330,000 websites[PARA]-
Website promotion (dmoz.org, AfriPromote banner exchange, search
engines)[PARA]- Web-based domain availability check (whois)[PARA]- Domain
registration and hosting (low-cost)[PARA][PARA]We have also developed "Best
Practice" documentation designed to demystify[PARA]the technology and enable
African non-profit organisations to develop the[PARA]confidence to control
the resources that they access through Kabissa.[PARA][PARA]KABISSA-FAHAMU
NEWSLETTER[PARA]In addition to providing access to the above services,
Kabissa also[PARA]established this electronic newsletter, designed to enable
members and[PARA]others to share up-to-date information about events, news,
and resources[PARA]available of relevance to the non-profit sector in
Africa. The growth of the[PARA]newsletter in terms of content, breadth and
reach has been extraordinary.[PARA]Within months of establishing it, the
weekly mailing went to more than 400[PARA]subscribers. In December 2000,
Kabissa and fahamu merged their respective[PARA]newsletters, resulting in a
subscriber base of more than 700. Today, the[PARA]Kabissa-fahamu newsletter
reaches 2,500 individuals in NGOs, international[PARA]organisations and
networks, funding agencies and foundations, governments,[PARA]and the
private sector. Free advertising space is provided for
non-profits.[PARA]Based on our research and excellent reader feedback, we
are constantly[PARA]innovating the contents of the newsletter, which now has
nearly 20 printed[PARA]pages and has 21 sections for categorizing the
information.[PARA][PARA]INFORMATION SHARING DATABASE[PARA]In addition to the
Internet Services and the e-mail based Kabissa-fahamu[PARA]Newsletter, we
also maintain a database on our website for the purpose of[PARA]organising
and sharing information relevant for Africa.[PARA][PARA]Information already
in the database includes:[PARA][PARA]- Member directory of African
non-profit organisations, most of which are[PARA]hosting websites on our
Internet Server[PARA]- Partner directory of organisations collaborating with
Kabissa[PARA]- Internet Domains hosted on Kabissa[PARA]- Mailing
List/eNewsletter directory[PARA]- Software Resources[PARA][PARA]We are
working on "portalizing" the information and interfaces
provided[PARA]through the Kabissa website and the Kabissa-fahamu Newsletter.
Users of the[PARA]site will be able to log in to customize their own home
page, as seen on[PARA]many other portals. African non-profits eligible for
free Internet accounts[PARA]and mailing lists will be able to use the portal
interface to manage their[PARA]accounts. We will be able to administrate
users, allocate access and posting[PARA]privileges, and monitor and evaluate
the usage of our website. These are[PARA]standard features on portal
websites these days.[PARA][PARA]What sets Kabissa apart from other typical
portals is that we intend to[PARA]innovate in directions that enable African
organisations to share their[PARA]information using means and media relevant
and appropriate for them. For[PARA]this purpose we are gathering information
about useful software that is[PARA]freely available under "open source"
licensing agreements.[PARA][PARA]Our goal for the Kabissa database is to
enable African organisations to take[PARA]control of information-sharing
opportunities provided by the web, e-mail,[PARA]cdrom and print. All four
media are tremendously important for Africa:[PARA][PARA]- The web is ideal
for collaborative maintenance and organising of[PARA]information amongst
organisations that have made the investment to be[PARA]"information
providers".[PARA]- E-mail remains by far the most relevant Internet
application, used far[PARA]more than the Web or any other service. For
Kabissa users, E-mail is and[PARA]shall remain for some time the most
efficient means for transmitting and[PARA]receiving current
information.[PARA]- CDROM provides offline access to the "search and browse"
capabilities[PARA]usually reserved for the web. Thousands of pages of
information can be[PARA]shared in this way, along with large software
programs and other files that[PARA]otherwise would have to be downloaded
from the Internet at prohibitive[PARA]expense.[PARA]- Print is a media that
is too often overlooked in this age of sexy Internet[PARA]applications.
While the web is ideal for maintaining and organising[PARA]information, when
it comes to getting practical information, the most handy[PARA]source
remains a telephone book or some other printed publication.[PARA][PARA]We
are developing our database so that we can provide access to
essential[PARA]information through a portal website and CDROMs and print
publications. At[PARA]the same time, we have a view to enabling
organisations and individuals in[PARA]Africa to perform the same function
for their community. This would require[PARA]training, but it would also
require new software to retrieve, organise and[PARA]output relevant
information using your own computer.[PARA][PARA]STRENGTHENING THE CAPACITY
OF AFRICAN ORGANISATIONS[PARA]All of our efforts are intended ultimately to
contribute to strengthening[PARA]the capacity of African organisations to
carry out their important work. In[PARA]this context, we are pleased to be
involved in the Adilisha Project,[PARA]established by Fahamu, which seeks to
strengthen the campaigning, advocacy[PARA]and organisational capacity of
human rights organisations in southern Africa[PARA]through the development
of computer and internet based distance learning[PARA]materials. Kabissa has
been involved in providing support for the project's[PARA]information and
communication technology work, including the development of[PARA]appropriate
databases, hosting and technical maintenance of the project's[PARA]websites
and mailing lists. Kabissa also assists in sourcing information
on[PARA]human rights in Africa (disseminated through the Kabissa-fahamu
Newsletter)[PARA]and provides expert input, through the Adilisha Advisory
Board, to the[PARA]development of a CDROM-based training course on the 'Use
of the Internet for[PARA]Advocacy and Research'.[PARA][PARA]COLLABORATE WITH
US[PARA]As we are working with Adilisha and our other partners, so we also
want to[PARA]work with you. Join us to create an African platform for
information sharing[PARA]and collaboration using the Internet. If your
organisation provides services[PARA]in Africa that contribute to this end,
we would love to hear from you.[PARA][PARA]REGISTER YOUR FREE KABISSA
MEMBERSHIP
ACCOUNT[PARA]http://www.kabissa.org/cgi-bin/webhome/signup.cgi[PARA]Organisa
tions working in the African non-profit sector are eligible for[PARA]Kabissa
Membership. Kabissa Members are listed in our member directory, and[PARA]are
eligible for free standard Internet accounts on the Kabissa
Internet[PARA]server. This provides you with web space and mailboxes for
your staff, and[PARA]support for standard scripts such as forms (see FAQ).
If you already have a[PARA]website, you may choose to place a 'mirror' (or
copy) of your website in[PARA]your Kabissa account.[PARA][PARA]REGISTER YOUR
INTERNET DOMAIN ON
KABISSA[PARA]http://www.kabissa.org/domainreq.html[PARA]Domain hosting is
available on Kabissa at low cost. We can register domains[PARA]for $70 (we
recommend those ending in .org) and host them on Kabissa for a[PARA]$35
setup fee and $60 annual hosting fee. You can also transfer your
domain[PARA]to Kabissa or host domains you wish to register independently.
Hosted[PARA]websites and mailboxes are linked directly with member Internet
accounts.[PARA][PARA]KABISSA FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS[PARA]http://www.kabissa.org/faq.html[PARA]The Kabissa Frequently
Asked Questions page is your "first port of call" for[PARA]questions with
Kabissa membership and making your start on the Internet.[PARA]Section
headings are:[PARA]1. Communicating with colleagues within your country and
abroad[PARA]2. Accessing Information on the Internet[PARA]3. The use of
Internet in the African non-profit sector[PARA]4. Kabissa Membership[PARA]5.
Using Kabissa Electronic Mail Accounts[PARA]6. Using Kabissa to Make your
Organisation's Information Available[PARA]7. Using your Kabissa
Website[PARA]8. Taking advantage of Kabissa Website features[PARA]9.
Promoting your Organisation on the Internet[PARA]10. Setting up an Internet
Domain Name for your Organisation[PARA]11. Making payments to
Kabissa[PARA][PARA]Contact:
tobias@kabissa.org[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\
//\/\/\//\/\/\//\[PARA][PARA]2. CONFLICT, EMERGENCIES, AND
CRISES[PARA]RWANDA SAYS CONGO ENEMIES FLOUT PULLBACK
PLAN[PARA]http://europe.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/03/24/congo.rwanda.reut/in
dex.html[PARA]Rwanda has accused its opponents in the war in the Democratic
Republic of[PARA]Congo of not withdrawing in line with a U.N. disengagement
plan, dismissing[PARA]U.N. statements that withdrawals are on
schedule.[PARA][PARA]ETHIOPIAN TROOPS FOUND INSIDE UN BUFFER
ZONE[PARA]http://www.newafrica.com/news/articlepg1.asp?ID=17672[PARA]Ethiopi
an troops have been found inside a buffer zone intended to keep
apart[PARA]the once-warring armies of Horn of Africa neighbors Ethiopia and
Eritrea,[PARA]the United Nations said on Thursday.[PARA][PARA]CONGO'S NEW
PRESIDENT MEETS THE
WORLD[PARA]http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=532762[PARA]Jo
seph Kabila is making a good impression in western capitals. But
the[PARA]issues at the heart of Congo's war remain
unresolved.[PARA][PARA]LANDMINES & AID[PARA]Egypt has not acceded to the
Mine Ban Treaty. Speaking at the UN, an[PARA]Egyptian representative stated
that the treaty "did not take into[PARA]consideration the legitimate right
of States for self-defense, including the[PARA]use of landmines in certain
conditions."[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=109[PARA][PARA]SECURITY CRISES
PLAGUE AFRICA[PARA]http://www.una-uk.org/Comment/africa.html[PARA]Stalemate
in the Western Sahara. Stand-off in Sierra Leone. The headlines go[PARA]on.
What hope is there that conflict-torn parts of Africa will
pull[PARA]themselves out of a vicious cycle of poverty, human rights abuse
and[PARA]violence? A United Nations watchdog attempts to point the way for
the[PARA]international community.[PARA][PARA]CONFLICT TOPS AGENDA OF EU-ACP
TALKS[PARA]http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/mar01/22_24_069.html[PARA]Staving
off conflict and finding paths to peace are top of the agenda at
a[PARA]meeting of lawmakers from the European Parliament and African,
Caribbean and[PARA]Pacific countries.[PARA][PARA]UN TROOPS CAPTURE KEY
SIERRA LEONEAN
TOWN[PARA]http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/wa/countrystories/sierraleone/200103
16.phtml[PARA]United Nations peacekeeping troops last week took control of
the strategic[PARA]Sierra Leonean town of Lunsar, marking a major step in
the UN's effort to[PARA]occupy territory held by the anti-government
Revolutionary United Front.[PARA][PARA]TORTURE IN KENYA PRISONS
CONTINUES[PARA]http://allafrica.com/stories/200103240096.html[PARA]More than
a year after the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Sir Nigel[PARA]Rodley,
visited the country to assess the condition of police cells,
the[PARA]situation seems the same, if not
worse.[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\
/\//\[PARA][PARA]3. RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY[PARA][PARA]BUSH TO NOMINATE WAR
CRIMES ENVOY[PARA]President Bush said yesterday he intends to nominate an
ambassador-at-large[PARA]for war crimes issues, after weeks of speculation
that his administration[PARA]might reduce the Clinton administration's
commitment to international[PARA]institutions of justice.[PARA]Further
details: http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=110[PARA][PARA]UN
INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SUPPORT OF VICTIMS OF TORTURE[PARA]On 26 June 2001,
individuals and organizations worldwide will join the[PARA]international
campaign to commemorate the UN International Day in Support of[PARA]Victims
of Torture. This year, the IRCT is coordinating the fourth[PARA]consecutive
global campaign to support these events in every region of the[PARA]world.
We hope that you will also be a part of this special day.[PARA]Further
details: http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=111[PARA][PARA]AWARD FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS[PARA]The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) -
a member of the Martin[PARA]Ennals Foundation - is pleased to announce that:
Peace Brigades[PARA]International wins 2001 Martin Ennals Award for Human
Rights Defenders.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=112[PARA][PARA]ELEMENTS FOR A HUMAN
RIGHTS ACTIVISTS COURSE AND
CURRICULUM[PARA]http://www.afronets.org/document.htm[PARA]Claudio Schuftan's
paper "Elements For A Human Rights Activists Course And[PARA]Curriculum" can
be downloaded as WORD f. WINDOWS file (44 kB).[PARA][PARA]BURUNDI: BETWEEN
HOPE AND FEAR[PARA]In a report published today, Amnesty International
appealed to all parties[PARA]in Burundi's civil war to immediately halt
deliberate killings of unarmed[PARA]civilians and to act responsibly to
prevent a slide into human rights[PARA]catastrophe.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=114[PARA][PARA]WORLD BANK
INFORMATION DISCLOSURE POLICY VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS[PARA]One of
the world's most powerful international financial institutions
is[PARA]violating international standards on freedom of information. The
World[PARA]Bank's review of its own information disclosure policy singularly
fails to[PARA]guarantee the public's right to know and allows individual
countries the[PARA]right to veto disclosure of information. ARTICLE 19, the
Global Campaign for[PARA]Free Expression, demands that the institution
substantially revise its[PARA]proposals.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=118[PARA][PARA]BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ICC
AND JUSTICE[PARA]The following contains a bibliography on international
human rights and[PARA]criminal law, including the ICC and issues related to
the ratification and[PARA]implementation, that could be useful to academics,
delegations, and groups[PARA]working in these fields. Please also note that
the Coalition website has a[PARA]link to an extensive ICC
bibliography.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=119[PARA][PARA]MEDIA FOUNDATION
DEFENDS LIBERIAN JOURNALISTS[PARA]The Media Foundation for West Africa
(MFWA), based in Accra, Ghana, is[PARA]sending a team of human rights
lawyers from Ghana and Nigeria to Liberia to[PARA]assist in the defense of
the four journalists detained on the charge of[PARA]espionage.[PARA]Further
details: http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=120[PARA][PARA]UK: ICC
BILL PASSED[PARA]The UK ICC Bill passed in the Lords last night, 20th March
and has been[PARA]passed to the House of Commons. We have no idea of the
timetable but can[PARA]expect the 1st reading very soon. This is a
procedural point only when the[PARA]Commons notes that the Bill has been
passed to it from the Lords.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=121[PARA][PARA]EGYPTIAN LAW,
POLICIES ENCOURAGE TORTURE - RIGHTS GROUP[PARA]Egypt's legal, political and
social climate encourages the use of torture[PARA]during detention and
leaves victims without adequate means of redress, an[PARA]Egyptian human
rights group said on Monday.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=122[PARA][PARA]HURIDOCS MANUAL:
WHAT IS DOCUMENTATION?[PARA]HURIDOCS gladly announces a new series of brief,
practical manuals aimed to[PARA]help build the capacity of human rights
organisations with regard to[PARA]monitoring and documentation.[PARA]Further
details: http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=123[PARA][PARA]HUMAN
RIGHTS AND THE POLICE: A TRAINING MANUAL[PARA]This manual is being used in
basic courses at police academies in Denmark.[PARA]It offers a course
framework and various useful overheads and handouts. The[PARA]course
consists of two parts: "Life, Freedom, and Liberty and Security
of[PARA]Person" (freedom of assembly, use of force, right to life) and
"Equal[PARA]Rights" (rights of refugees, protection against discrimination).
The manual[PARA]includes overheads and handouts on the European and UN
systems, methods of[PARA]investigation, questions concerning detainees'
rights, and the "Rockerloven"[PARA]and "Jersild" cases in
Denmark.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=124[PARA][PARA]ELECTION OF JUDGES
FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR YUGOSLAVIA[PARA]Attached is a
memo and copies of reports from the Coalition regarding the[PARA]election of
judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for
Yugoslavia[PARA](ICTY).[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=125[PARA][PARA]RESOURCE BOOK: SOCIO
ECONOMIC RIGHTS IN SOUTH AFRICA[PARA]The Socio-Economic Rights contained in
the South African Constitution are[PARA]the result of a long struggle
against many years of apartheid poverty,[PARA]discrimination and inequality.
But what do these hardwon rights, such as[PARA]land and health care rights,
mean for people in their everyday lives? What l[PARA]aws and institutions
are available to assist people in protecting and[PARA]advancing these
rights?[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=127[PARA][PARA]PETITION FOR A
BETTER NIGERIA[PARA]The following is our petition to the National Assembly,
the Attorney General[PARA]and the Presidency. Please read and join us as
signatories to the letter.[PARA]Please forward your response by
e-mail.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=128[PARA]Contact:
ekennyk2001@yahoo.com[PARA][PARA]UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF TO STEP
DOWN[PARA]http://www.europaworld.org/issue27/outofofficewillmaryrobinson2330
1.htm[PARA]The United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights this week
announced her[PARA]decision not to stand for a second four-year term in the
world's top human[PARA]rights post. But, once out of office, will she regret
it?[PARA][PARA]SAFETY FEARS RISE AFTER NUJOMA'S ANTI-GAY
TIRADE[PARA]http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/sa/countrystories/namibia/20010321
.phtml[PARA]Namibian President Sam Nujoma's attack on homosexuals this week
could lead[PARA]to violence against innocent citizens, says a local human
rights group.[PARA][PARA]SENEGAL BARS CHARGES AGAINST CHAD
EX-DICTATOR[PARA]http://www.hrw.org/press/2001/03/habre0320.htm[PARA]Senegal
's highest court yesterday ruled that Chad's exiled former
president,[PARA]Hissène Habré, could not stand trial on torture charges
because his alleged[PARA]crimes were not committed in Senegal.[PARA][PARA]UN
ANGOLA MISSION 'ALARMED' BY RIGHTS
ABUSES[PARA]http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/sa/countrystories/angola/20010319.
phtml[PARA]A United Nations-led inter-agency mission to Angola has reacted
with alarm[PARA]to the numerous allegations of human rights abuses it heard
on its six-day[PARA]visit.[PARA][PARA]SUDAN GOVERNMENT DENIES ATROCITIES
CLAIMS[PARA]http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/cea/countrystories/sudan/20010319.
phtml[PARA]The Sudanese government has denied claims by British development
agency[PARA]Christian Aid that atrocities are being committed by its forces
in areas[PARA]around oil fields.[PARA][PARA]MUGABE REJECTS INTERNATIONAL BAR
ASSOCIATION
REPORT[PARA]http://allafrica.com/stories/200103230226.html[PARA]The Zimbabwe
government will not accept the report of the International
Bar[PARA]Association (IBA) following its recent inquiry into the
independence of the[PARA]judiciary, the Zimbabwe Independent has learnt. A
spokesman said whatever[PARA]the findings of the IBA, the team had already
demonstrated that it was[PARA]partial by refusing to consult all
stakeholders on the issue of the[PARA]judiciary. One of the team's members
compared Zimbabwe's fasttrack land grab[PARA]to apartheid
policies.[PARA][PARA]CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS REJECT CHANGES TO
CONSTITUTION[PARA]http://allafrica.com/stories/200103230186.html[PARA]The
Law Association of Zambia in conjunction with the Church, that is to
say[PARA]the Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC), The Christian Council of
Zambia[PARA](CCZ), The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) and the
Non-Governmental[PARA]Organisations Coordinating Committee (NGOCC) and the
People gathered here,[PARA]having deemed it necessary, expedient, imperative
and desirable to promote[PARA]and conduct a debate in relation to the
intimation by the ruling party, the[PARA]Movement for Multi-Party Democracy
(MMD) to amend the Republican[PARA]Constitution to provide a third term of
office in order to facilitate the[PARA]eligibility of the incumbent
President FTJ Chiluba in the forthcoming[PARA]Presidential and Parliamentary
Elections.[PARA][PARA]NEW SADC CHIEF SWORN
IN[PARA]http://allafrica.com/stories/200103230161.html[PARA]Newly-appointed
SADC Executive Secretary Prega Ramsamy was on Friday sworn[PARA]in by
Namibia's Chief Justice Johan Strydom in the presence of the
current[PARA]SADC chairman, Namibian President Sam
Nujoma.[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/
\/\//\[PARA][PARA]4. CORRUPTION[PARA][PARA]NIGERIANS' HOPES IN ELECTED
LEADER FADE[PARA]When Nigeria threw off military rule and restored democracy
in 1999, the[PARA]country's newly elected leaders immediately set their
sights on eliminating[PARA]the worst aspects of the old regime. They ended
long lines at gasoline[PARA]stations. They set about shoring up the
country's crumbling infrastructure.[PARA]They went to war on corruption and
tried to balance the books.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=129[PARA][PARA]MOZAMBIQUE'S
DOWNWARD SPIRAL[PARA]Some fear that Carlos Cardoso's murder might never be
fully investigated as[PARA]'many more crimes' would be uncovered. It has
been more than three months[PARA]since the assassination of Mozambique's
leading investigative journalist,[PARA]Carlos Cardoso.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=130[PARA][PARA]SOUTH AFRICA: FRAUD
AT EASTERN CAPE DEPT TRANSPORT[PARA]The Public Service Accountability
Monitor (an independent research and[PARA]monitoring unit based at Rhodes
University) has criticized the Eastern Cape[PARA]department of Transport for
failing to take effective disciplinary action[PARA]over a five year period
against a senior state accountant who was arrested[PARA]for allegedly
attempting to defraud the department of R950000 in 1996.[PARA]Further
details: http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=131[PARA][PARA]NIGERIA:
ANGLICAN CHURCH CONDEMNS CORRUPTION[PARA]In a statement by its Primate Peter
Akinola and Secretary, Samuel Akinola,[PARA]the church regarded as the
second largest in Nigeria noted that public[PARA]office holders brazenly
display "conspicuous affluence" in contrast to the[PARA]level of poverty in
the country. It said: "Political office holders at[PARA]federal, state and
local government over-provide for themselves, a mass[PARA]wealth and live in
affluence out of public funds".[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=132[PARA][PARA]SOUTH AFRICA: TOP
COP ACCUSED OF EXTORTION QUITS[PARA]Top cop accused of extortion quits. One
of Durban's top policemen resigned[PARA]this week after allegedly being
caught attempting to extort R10 000 from a[PARA]city doctor.[PARA]Further
details: http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=133[PARA][PARA]KENYA:
CORRUPTION BILLS PRIORITY FOR KENYAN PARLIAMENT[PARA]President Daniel Arap
Moi of Kenya has said African states must work[PARA]together to meet the
challenges posed by globalisation.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=134[PARA][PARA]SIKANETA FAILS TO
CLEAR ZAMBIA'S NAME[PARA]Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services
permanent secretary Susan[PARA]Sikaneta on Friday tried in vain to deny the
existence of rampant corruption[PARA]in government.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=135[PARA][PARA]NYANGA
DECLARATION[PARA]Transparency International Launches Campaign To Repatriate
Africa's Stolen[PARA]Wealth[PARA]The members of the United Nations should
adopt an international treaty to[PARA]expedite the tracing, recovery and
repatriation of wealth stolen from[PARA]developing countries and transferred
abroad, declared the representatives of[PARA]Transparency International from
11 African countries, following a meeting[PARA]held in Nyanga, Zimbabwe, on
1-4 March 2001.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=208[PARA]Contact:
press@transparency.org[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\
/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\[PARA][PARA]5. HEALTH[PARA]KAISER DAILY HIV/AIDS
REPORT: EDITORIALS ADDRESS NEED FOR ASSISTANCE[PARA]Editorials Address Need
For Assistance From Developed World To Fight[PARA]Several newspaper
editorials this week have addressed the price reductions[PARA]and patent
relaxations on AIDS drugs by Merck & Co. and Bristol-Myers[PARA]Squibb, as
well as the need for developed nations of the world to offer
more[PARA]humanitarian aid to African nations in order to assure the
purchase,[PARA]distribution andmonitoring of such drugs.[PARA]Further
details: http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=136[PARA][PARA]GLOBAL TB
CONTROL REPORT
2001[PARA]http://www.who.int/gtb/publications/globrep01/index.html[PARA]The
WHO has recently published the Global TB Control Report 2001,
showing[PARA]that only 23% of the world's TB cases are treated in DOTS
programmes. The[PARA]report can be downloaded from our website and is also
available in hard[PARA]copy.[PARA]Contact:
desplobainsm@who.int[PARA][PARA]IMMUNIZATION FOCUS, MARCH 2001[PARA]The
March 2001 issue of Immunization Focus, an "e-published" quarterly
from[PARA]the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) is now
available on[PARA]the GAVI website.[PARA][PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=139[PARA][PARA]KAISER DAILY
HIV/AIDS REPORT[PARA]March 21 headlines include:[PARA]* One in Nine South
Africans Living With HIV, Government Survey Shows[PARA]* Some Catholic
Priests Sexually Abuse Nuns, Sometimes to Avoid HIV[PARA]Infection, Reports
Say[PARA]* TAC 'Demands' HIV/AIDS Treatment Plan from South African
Government[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=140[PARA][PARA]HEALTH INFORMATION
FORUM PROCEEDINGS[PARA]16 JANUARY 2001, British Medical Association,
London[PARA]THEME: Donation and distribution of physical health information
materials:[PARA]books, journals, newsletters, CD-ROMs...[PARA]Further
details: http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=141[PARA]Contact:
INASP_Health@compuserve.com[PARA][PARA]CONTRIBUTIONS TO GUIDELINES FOR
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH[PARA]The School of Human Genetics and Population Health
(SOHGAPH) Kolkata along[PARA]with Gana Unnayan Parshad (GUP) Kolkata, India
is coming up with a new[PARA]manual called 'Guidelines for Facilitators and
Grass Root Workers in[PARA]Reproductive/Sexual Health Projects of the Third
World'.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=142[PARA][PARA]INTERNET ACCESS TO
MEDICAL
JOURNALS[PARA]http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/20/health/20JOUR.html?searchpv=
nytToday[PARA]On 31st January, the New York Times writer Eric Nagourney
wrote to 'HIF-net[PARA]at WHO' for input on how the internet is affecting
access to medical[PARA]journals in developing countries. The resulting
article is now available[PARA]online.[PARA][PARA]DATELINE HEALTH NIGERIA NO.
12, MARCH 20, 2001[PARA]DATELINE HEALTH NIGERIA is a health communication
initiative of the Centre[PARA]for Health Policy and Strategic Studies
(CHPSS), Lagos, Nigeria. Critical[PARA]comments on format, quality and
content are welcome.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=144[PARA][PARA]MSF PROTEST
PETITION[PARA]The Access Campaign is implementing an initiative consisting
in gathering as[PARA]many signatures as possible to protest the lawsuit
lodged by 39[PARA]pharmaceutical companies against the Government of South
Africa's recently[PARA]approved legislation to render essential drugs
affordable.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=145[PARA][PARA]CAPE TOWN SURGEON
IMPLANTS SOUTH AFRICA'S FIRST ARTIFICIAL HEART[PARA]Willie Koen, head of the
transplant unit and the 'Berlin Heart' Surgeons at[PARA]a Cape Town hospital
implanted an artificial heart into the chest of a man[PARA]who was rushed
into their unit after cardiac failure last night.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=146[PARA][PARA]VISION IS NEEDED TO
ADDRESS PROBLEM OF GLOBAL HEALTH[PARA]On 4th January this year, Peter Singer
posted an article on 'HIF-net at WHO'[PARA]on the subject of 'Global
Alliance for Health Information'. The following[PARA]letter is from this
week's BMJ (17 March) under the title 'Vision is needed[PARA]to address
problem of global health information'.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=147[PARA][PARA]EURO MPS STEP INTO
SOUTH AFRICAN AIDS DRUGS
BATTLE[PARA]http://www.oxfam.org.uk/whatnew/press/cutcost-sa5.htm[PARA]Europ
ean parliamentarians have passed an emergency resolution calling on
39[PARA]pharmaceuticals firms to drop their lawsuit against the South
African[PARA]government over a law aimed at opening the way for cheaper AIDS
drug[PARA]production.[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/
\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\[PARA][PARA]6. EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE[PARA]COSATU:
PEOPLE'S HISTORY IN SCHOOLS[PARA]COSATU welcomes the launch of the South
African Democracy Education Trust.[PARA]We believe that this initiative is
an important step toward recording the[PARA]history of our people's history
struggle for freedom. It must form part of[PARA]an urgent process to ensure
that our country's real history is taught in the[PARA]schools.[PARA]Further
details: http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=149[PARA][PARA]SPEAKEASY
STUTTERING ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA (SPEAKEASY SA)[PARA]Holds regular
monthly self-help group meetings, in Johannesburg, Pretoria,[PARA]Cape Town,
Durban, Port Elizabeth & Potchefstroom. If you stutter or have a[PARA]family
member or friend who stutters and would like to join a self-help[PARA]group
near you, please contact the Speakeasy National Office for details
on[PARA]011 883 0292 or email.[PARA]Contact:
robbie.cameron@pixie.co.za[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/
\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\[PARA][PARA]7. WOMEN AND GENDER[PARA]GIRLS ADAPT TO
THE NEW WORLD OF WORK WHILE BOYS STILL LAG BEHIND[PARA]While girls are
focusing more on their futures and are prepared to study[PARA]hard, boys are
still adopting anti-work 'laddish' attitudes which hold back[PARA]their
educational development, according to new ESRC-funded research.[PARA]Further
details: http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=206[PARA][PARA]COUNTRIES
WITH SMALLER GENDER GAPS HAVE LESS POVERTY AND FASTER GROWTH[PARA]Countries
that promote women's rights and increase their access to resources[PARA]and
schooling have lower poverty rates, faster economic growth and
less[PARA]corruption than countries that do not, says a recently published
World Bank[PARA]report, EnGendering Development - Through Gender Equality in
Rights,[PARA]Resources and Voice.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=207[PARA][PARA]WOMEN REJECT
MUSEVENI ELECTORAL COLLEGE
SYSTEM[PARA]http://allafrica.com/stories/200103240044.html[PARA]Women rights
activists have protested against President Yoweri Museveni's[PARA]decision
to ask Parliament to restore the electoral college system for[PARA]electing
district women MPs.[PARA][PARA]"We strongly support universal adult suffrage
and the secret ballot as modes[PARA]of electing district women
representatives. We therefore object to the[PARA]presidential veto against
this (electoral colleges) and call upon MPs to re-[PARA]affirm the position
they adopted in the Parliamentary Elections Bill 2000,"[PARA]the Coalition
for Political Accountability to Women (COPAW) said yesterday.[PARA]New
Vision.[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/
\/\//\[PARA][PARA]8. REFUGEES AND FORCED MIGRATION[PARA][PARA]BURUNDI: AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE LIVES[PARA]The prospects for resolution of the
humanitarian and political crisis in[PARA]Burundi continue to look very
bleak. There is an opportunity, however, at[PARA]this moment for the
international community to help save lives in the[PARA]Northeastern
provinces - the most populous region in Burundi. But the[PARA]Government of
Burundi, the United Nations, and international NGOs must act[PARA]in concert
immediately to avert further suffering of the Burundian people.[PARA]Further
details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=150[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//
\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\[PARA][PARA]9. RACISM AND
XENOPHOBIA[PARA][PARA]UN RECRUITMENT CLOUDED BY RACE BIAS
CLAIMS[PARA]http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/mar01/23_10_084.html[PARA]Most
United Nations staff from Europe and North America were
offered[PARA]higher-level jobs at the time of their recruitment than their
counterparts[PARA]from Asia, Africa and Latin America, says a new report by
a UN working[PARA]group.[PARA][PARA]UN CALLS FOR NEW EFFORTS IN ANTI-RACISM
FIGHT[PARA]http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/mar01/18_32_065.html[PARA]The UN
High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, has called on
the[PARA]World Conference Against Racism - to be held in South Africa later
this[PARA]year - to come-up with practical ways to make a "seminal
difference" in the[PARA]fight against racism and xenophobia around the
world.[PARA][PARA]RACIAL VIOLENCE IN UK ON THE INCREASE[PARA]Institute Of
Race Relations Publishes New Report[PARA]http://www.irr.org.uk[PARA]Two
years after Macpherson reported into the handling of the
Stephen[PARA]Lawrence case, the Institute of Race Relations reports that
racial violence[PARA]is becoming more serious and prevalent. Nineteen people
have lost their[PARA]lives in the UK in racially motivated attacks since
February 1999.[PARA]Increasingly, serious racial violence is being
perpetrated against members[PARA]of newly-arrived and asylum- seeker
communities. Despite the fact that half[PARA]of Macpherson's recommendations
were about racial violence, especially how[PARA]the police and Crown
Prosecution Service should act over such cases,[PARA]families of victims
remain dissatisfied with the lack of will to take such[PARA]racism
seriously. Commissioned for London Boroughs Grants - a funder
for[PARA]London's voluntary sector - this report, Counting the cost,
suggests that,[PARA]although most voluntary groups are beginning to tackle
the ways their[PARA]personnel and structures contribute to an inadvertent
racism, in line with[PARA]Macpherson's definition of 'institutional racism',
they have yet to meet the[PARA]challenge of racial violence. Advocacy and
support from community groups,[PARA]concludes the report can, "transform a
case into an issue. And the issue, in[PARA]turn, can influence the policy
agenda."[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\
/\/\//\[PARA][PARA]10. ENVIRONMENT[PARA][PARA]FOOT AND MOUTH
CRISIS[PARA]Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania (in
French)[PARA]http://www.woya.com/news/french/pana/articles/2001/03/08/FRE095
.shtml[PARA][PARA]SPECIAL REPORT ON THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE IN
EUROPE[PARA]http://www.guardian.co.uk/footandmouth/[PARA][PARA]POPULATION-EN
VIRONMENT RESOURCES WEB
PAGE[PARA]http://www.jhuccp.org/popenviro/[PARA][PARA]KENYAN HERDERS PROTEST
FOOT AND MOUTH
SLAUGHTER[PARA]http://europe.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/africa/03/23/kenya.foot.and.
mouth.ap/index.[PARA]html[PARA]Cows are central to the lives of the nomadic
herdsmen who have been deeply[PARA]disturbed by news that hundreds of
thousands of livestock have been killed[PARA]in faraway Britain in a bid to
stamp out an outbreak of foot-and-mouth[PARA]disease.[PARA][PARA]WORLD WATER
DAY[PARA]Concrete efforts are necessary to provide clean drinking water and
improve[PARA]health as well as to increase awareness world-wide of the
problems and of[PARA]the solutions. 22 March is a unique occasion to remind
everybody that[PARA]solutions are possible. Use the resources on this WHO
site to help turn[PARA]words into political commitment and
action.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=155[PARA][PARA]KENYA: WHO FAVOURS
AND WHO DESTROYS FOREST BIODIVERSITY?[PARA]Governments should be directly
responsible for the conservation of the[PARA]natural and cultural heritage
of their respective countries and people.[PARA]Nevertheless, what frequently
happens in the South is that the authorities[PARA]act in collusion with
powerful internal and external interests, and to the[PARA]detriment of the
country's biodiversity, and thus against the welfare of the[PARA]population
they are supposed to protect. This is what is going on in
Kenya.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=156[PARA][PARA]INTEGRATED WATER
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP[PARA]In recent years, interest in integrated
water resource management (IWRM) has[PARA]risen significantly throughout the
world due to the increasing demands[PARA]placed on such a limited natural
resource. Integrated Water Resource[PARA]Management Workshop October 15-19,
2001 Denver, Colorado, USA[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=157[PARA][PARA]SAVE THE KENYAN
FORESTS PETITION[PARA]The Save the Kenyan forests Petition to The Kenyan
Government was created by[PARA]The Nile Basin Society and written by Nabil
El-Khodari. The petition is[PARA]hosted at www.PetitionOnline.com as a
public service.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=158[PARA][PARA]KENYA: STATE IGNORES
DIRECTIVE ON FORESTS[PARA]Surveyors were busy demarcating Hombe Forest in Mt
Kenya despite a ruling by[PARA]the High Court stopping the government from
excising 167,000 acres of forest[PARA]land.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=159[PARA][PARA]TRADE POLICIES NEED
GREEN ANGLE, SAY
OFFICIALS[PARA]http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/mar01/21_57_084.html[PARA]Trade
policies need green angle, say officials Government ministers
and[PARA]high-level officials from over 70 countries this week declared
that[PARA]environmental issues should be taken into account during
negotiations on new[PARA]trade agreements.[PARA][PARA]FRESH OUTCRY OVER WEST
AFRICAN
PIPELINE[PARA]http://www.foei.org/whatsnew/19_march_pipeline.htm[PARA]The
World Bank has admitted providing technical support for a
controversial[PARA]West African gas pipeline prompting an outcry from local
environmentalists[PARA]over its backing of potentially damaging energy
projects.[PARA][PARA]GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDER DIES IN CAR
CRASH[PARA]David McTaggart, the founder of Greenpeace International, was
killed Friday[PARA]in a head-on car crash on a country road in central
Italy. He was 68.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=201[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//
\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\[PARA][PARA]11.
MEDIA[PARA][PARA]MEDIA CHANNEL UPDATES[PARA]Find newspapers and news sites
worldwide with quick links to over 600 news[PARA]sources sorted by region
and country.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=161[PARA][PARA]WORLD NEWSPAPER
CONGRESS, HONG KONG, JUNE 2001[PARA]Newspapers that take their classified
advertising onto the web do not lose[PARA]print revenues. That is just one
of the findings in a major new study of[PARA]on-line classifieds that will
be presented to participants at the 54th World[PARA]Newspaper Congress and
8th World Editors Forum, the global meetings of the[PARA]world's press that
will be held in Hong Kong from 3 to 6 June.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=175[PARA][PARA]24 JOURNALISTS
KILLED IN
2000[PARA]http://www.cpj.org/attacks00/pages_att00/news_release.html[PARA]Tw
o dozen journalists were killed in the line of duty last year and
81[PARA]serving stiff jail sentences at the end of the year were the
apparent[PARA]victims of retaliation by governments which found their work
too[PARA]inflammatory or embarrassing, according to latest figures from a
global[PARA]press watchdog.[PARA][PARA]GOVERNMENT SLAPS ADVERTISING BAN ON
"THE NAMIBIAN"
NEWSPAPER[PARA]http://www.misanet.org/alerts/20010323.namibia.0.html[PARA]Me
dia Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)report that the Namibian
government[PARA]has slapped an advertising boycott on "The Namibian"
newspaper, claiming the[PARA]newspaper is too critical of its policies, the
paper reported on Friday 23[PARA]March
2001.[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/
\//\[PARA][PARA]12. DEVELOPMENT[PARA]UN: HORN OF AFRICA DEVELOPMENT
DISCUSSION[PARA]"It is within the capacity of the countries concerned and
the international[PARA]community to eliminate famine and tackle food
insecurity in the Horn of[PARA]Africa," says the UN Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) at the start of[PARA]a meeting of donors on the Horn of
Africa initiative.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=213[PARA][PARA]IMF: US$112 MILLION
PRGF FOR ETHIOPIA[PARA]The Executive Board of the International Monetary
Fund (IMF) approved in[PARA]principle a three-year arrangement for Ethiopia
under the Poverty Reduction[PARA]and Growth Facility (PRGF)1 for SDR 87
million (about US$112 million) to[PARA]support the government's
2000/01-2002/03 economic program.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=212[PARA][PARA]DRIVING FORWARD IN
REVERSE GEAR[PARA]The Dilemma Of Developing Africa![PARA]One dilemma that
continues to puzzle development workers in Africa is how to[PARA]get rural
communities to participate in identifying their collective[PARA]problems,
analyzing them, ranking / prioritizing and generally initiating[PARA]and
managing sustainable projects with a high chance of solving
these[PARA]problems both in the short and long term.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=211[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//
\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\[PARA][PARA]13. INTERNET AND
TECHNOLOGY[PARA][PARA]ONLINE FORUM ON TECHNOLOGY PLANNING FOR
NON-PROFITS[PARA]How can technology planning support your organization's
communications[PARA]goals? Where can you find support in developing a plan?
How does technology[PARA]planning fit into your overall organizational
planning? This discussion[PARA]with technology experts and nonprofit
colleagues will help you determine[PARA]when and how it makes sense for your
organization to develop a technology[PARA]plan. Pose your questions to tech
experts, share your own experiences and[PARA]find out, for example, how
other nonprofits are using technology plans to[PARA]advocate for
funding.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=247[PARA][PARA]TANZANIA TELECOMS
GOES TO MSI
CELLULAR[PARA]http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2001/0103151249.asp][
PARA]MSI Cellular has taken management control of the Tanzania
Telecommunications[PARA]Company after a first payment of $60 million for a
stake in the company. The[PARA]deal may leave four other operators,
including Vodacom, out in the cold. [15[PARA]March
2001][PARA][PARA]L'INTERNET AU BéNIN[PARA]Dans le cadre de l'organisation de
la fête de l'internet au Bénin édition[PARA]2001, les associations ORIDEV et
ISOC Bénin organisent un Forum de[PARA]discussion thématique sur l'internet
au Bénin. Ce Forum appelé Forum[PARA]I-Bénin, durera 45 jours et aura lieu à
partir du 03 mars. Trois thémes[PARA]seront discutées pendant ce forum : 1/
Amélioration de la connectivité au[PARA]Bénin 2/ Mise en oeuvre d'un NIC au
Bénin 3/ Promotion de contenu béninois[PARA]sur Internet Chaque théme sera
discuté durant deux semaines. Chacun de ces[PARA]thémes sera introduit par
un texte rédigé par un spécialiste de la question.[PARA]Toute personne
s'intéressant aux Nouvelles Technologies,
étudiant(e),[PARA]professionnel(le) de l'informatique ou de l'internet,
fournisseurs d'accès,[PARA]et particulier, peut s'abonner au
Forum.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=163[PARA][PARA]IBSA AND ECI TO
COLLABORATE ON WEBSTREAM PROJECT IN NIGERIA[PARA]African American nonprofit
will team up with global US teleconferencing firm[PARA]to bring the 6th
African African American Summit to the world via Internet[PARA]Rev. Leon H.
Sullivan will convene the 6th African African American Summit[PARA]in Abuja,
Nigeria on May 21 - 25, 2001. The 'Summit of Hope' hosted by
the[PARA]President Olusegun Obasanjo: Federal Republic of Nigeria will bring
together[PARA]ten thousand delegates from across the United States, Africa,
Asia, Europe[PARA]and the Caribbean in the spirit of purpose to help forge a
new Africa. In[PARA]partnership with executive Conference, Inc., (ECI) a
leader in providing[PARA]global teleconferencing services and International
Black Student Alliance,[PARA]Inc. (IBSA) an international nonprofit
organization, the 'Summit of Hope'[PARA]will finally be bought to the world
stage using the advanced technology of[PARA]'Web Streaming' donated by ECI
as friends of Africa.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=165[PARA]Contact:
ibsa@networksplus.net[PARA][PARA]TUAC, ICFTU CONCERNS RELATED TO THE WORK OF
THE DOT FORCE[PARA]With regard to the current work of the DOT Force and the
related debate on[PARA]bridging the digital divide, the Trade Union Advisory
Committee to the OECD[PARA](TUAC) and the International Confederation of
Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) have[PARA]made the following
observations.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=166[PARA][PARA]'MADDOG' TO HEADLINE
LINUX AFRICA 2001[PARA]Followers of the Linux and Opensource movements will
not want to miss the[PARA]appearance of the legendary John 'Maddog' Hall at
the Linux Africa 2001[PARA]conference, hosted by AITEC and the Linux
Professional's Association of[PARA]South Africa, from 24 to 26 April 2001 at
the Kyalami Exhibition and[PARA]Conference Centre,
Johannesburg.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=167[PARA][PARA]NEW SANGONET
WEBSITE[PARA]http://www.sn.apc.org/[PARA]SANGONeT is a facilitator in the
effective and empowering use of information[PARA]communication technology
(ICT) tools by development and social justice[PARA]actors in Africa. We aim
to share information, build capacity and link[PARA]people and organisations
through the use of ICTs. We have over a decade's[PARA]experience in
servicing civil society organisations in Africa.[PARA][PARA]AFRICAN INTERNET
CONNECTIVITY[PARA]At this Web site you'll find information about Internet
access[PARA]on the African continent. The details range from information on
Internet,[PARA]telecommunications to related IT Infrastructure in
Africa.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=202[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//
\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\[PARA][PARA]14. eNEWSLETTERS AND
MAILING LISTS[PARA][PARA]DISCOVERY-NETWORK UPDATE[PARA]MARCH 19, 2001[PARA]A
daily update on human rights and democratic development of the
Institute[PARA]of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law based in Port Harcourt,
Nigeria.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=115[PARA][PARA]WEST AFRICA
NEWSLETTER[PARA]This is the WEST AFRICA NEWSLETTER, a new source of
reporting on human[PARA]rights, democracy and development news and
networking.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=117[PARA][PARA]EANMAT
NEWSLETTER[PARA]The East African Network For Monitoring Antimalarial
Treatment[PARA]http://www.kmis.org[PARA]The 8th edition of the EANMAT
newsletter can be viewed on the Kenya[PARA]Malaria Information Service site
at: http://www.kmis.org.[PARA][PARA]MEDIA UPDATE # 2001/11[PARA]Monday 12th
March To Sunday 18th March 2001[PARA]Of note in the week is the extent to
which the Zimbabwe Independent (March[PARA]16) relied on unconfirmed reports
for its front-page stories. Although it is[PARA]generally accepted that the
privately owned media is severely handicapped[PARA]when trying to access
information from government and the public due to the[PARA]politically
intolerant climate, in the interests of the public, of fairness[PARA]and of
its own credibility, the media have an obligation to seek and
publish[PARA]comment from opposing sides. In The Zimbabwe Independent's
stories however,[PARA]there was no indication that the reporters had tried
to access comment from[PARA]the government, Zanu PF, Department of
Information or the Reserve Bank of[PARA]Zimbabwe.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=160[PARA][PARA]NEWatIFPRI LIST
SERVER[PARA]Subscribe to our NEWatIFPRI list server to receive announcements
of new[PARA]publications and other events at IFPRI. You may do so directly
from our[PARA]website at
http://www.ifpri.org/new/NEWatIFPRI.htm.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=169[PARA][PARA]NEWS UPDATE 51 -
CAPE TOWN SPECIAL: A CREATIVE CITY IN THE MAKING?[PARA]Balancing Act News
Update[PARA]Cape Town is one of the few cities on the African continent that
can make a[PARA]claim for being a creative city. News Update's Russell
Southwood looks at[PARA]what this means, why it's important to the
development of new media in[PARA]Africa and how Cape Town measures up when
looked at from this viewpoint.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=170[PARA]Contact:
info@balancingact-africa.com[PARA][PARA]EQUINET-L NEWSLETTER NO 5, 26 MARCH
2001[PARA]Newsletter of the Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa
(EQUINET)[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=214[PARA]Contact:
info@equinet.org.zw[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/
\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\[PARA][PARA]15. FUNDRAISING[PARA][PARA]PHILANTHROPY NEWS
DIGEST[PARA]To search the complete PND archive (300+ issues dating to
January 1995),[PARA]visit Philanthropy News Digest on the World Wide
Web[PARA](http://fdncenter.org/pnd/search.cfm). Have a question about
foundations,[PARA]philanthropy, or fundraising? Visit our online reference
service at:[PARA]http://fdncenter.org/learn/librarian/[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=172[PARA][PARA]SOUTH AFRICA: PEOPLE
TO PEOPLE SEMINAR[PARA]Meet The Best In Fundraising From North America &
South Africa[PARA]A delegation of over 40 American fundraising specialists
is coming to SA to[PARA]facilitate the transference of expertise. There will
be a full days[PARA]programme of presentations and discussion groups on all
aspects of[PARA]fundraising, facilitated by both American and South African
specialists,[PARA]leading towards an exchange of ideas and
information.[PARA]Contact: robbie.cameron@pixie.co.za[PARA][PARA]SOUTH
AFRICA: INTRODUCTION TO FUNDRAISING[PARA]Presented By Ann Bown (SAIF
President)[PARA]12 April 2001 - this all day workshop is a must for anyone
starting out in[PARA]the fundraising profession. You will be given insights
into new trends in[PARA]fundraising and the fundraising cycle; the
importance of planning to[PARA]fundraise, how to identify potential donors
and how to write corporate[PARA]proposals, plus lots more information on
income generation. Full details and[PARA]booking forms from SAIF National
Centre 011 884 0351 or email.[PARA]Contact:
robbie.cameron@pixie.co.za[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/
\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\[PARA][PARA]16. COURSES, SEMINARS, AND
WORKSHOPS[PARA]IIS/IDF SEMINAR ON IMPACT EVALUATION OF SERVICES AND
PROJECTS[PARA]IIS/IDF Development and Information 01 Seminar on Impact
Evaluation of[PARA]Services and Projects is being held at the London
Voluntary Sector Resource[PARA]Centre, Holloway, London on Wednesday 6 June
2001.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=173[PARA][PARA]PROCEEDINGS OF THE
1999 MIM PAN-AFRICAN CONFERENCE[PARA]Now available in hard
copy![PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=174[PARA]Contact:
mimcongress@mrc.ac.za[PARA][PARA]GLOBALIZATION AND WATER MANAGEMENT: CALL
FOR PAPERS[PARA]First Call For Papers (abstracts Due April 30th,
2001)[PARA]Hosted by Dundee University Water Law and Policy Programme &
American Water[PARA]Resources Association[PARA]University of Dundee,
Scotland, August 6th-8th, 2001[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=176[PARA][PARA]MIT - AFRICA
INTERNET TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE[PARA]Role Of Students In Bridging The Digital
Divide[PARA]Learn about the IT problems facing Africa and how you can help
solve them.[PARA]Register for a FREE CONFERENCE , April 6,
2001.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=177[PARA]Contact:
mit-africa@mit.edu[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\
//\/\/\//\/\/\//\[PARA][PARA]17. ADVOCACY RESOURCES[PARA][PARA]WEB-BANNER:
DROP-THE-CASE PETITION OF MSF[PARA]Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) asks to
support South Africa's efforts to[PARA]make essential medicines more
accessible to its people by signing a global[PARA]petition by April 15.
Under the following page you will find the example of[PARA]banner to add to
your web-site along with corresponding HTML
code:[PARA]http://nucwww.chem.sunysb.edu/prevges/dropthecase.html[PARA][PARA
]WATER & HEALTH ADVOCACY[PARA]A Practical Guide For World Water Day
2001[PARA]http://www.worldwaterday.org/advocacy/index.html[PARA]Water is one
of the earth's most precious and threatened resources. Health[PARA]is one of
each person's most precious resources. We need to protect and[PARA]enhance
them
both.[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/
\//\[PARA][PARA]18. JOBS[PARA][PARA]THE DRUM BEAT - VACANCIES SPECIAL -
MARCH 21, 2001[PARA]VACANCIES - 20 Organisations, 30 Positions[PARA]Further
details: http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=180[PARA][PARA]CONSULTANT
UNV[PARA]Central African Republic[PARA]I have the pleasure to send you
herewith the terms of reference for a[PARA]consultation UNV plans to
organise in Central African Republic. The[PARA]consultation should take
place next month (April) and the UNV consultant[PARA]committee would
probably meet the coming week (26-30 March) to select
a[PARA]candidate.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=181[PARA]Contact:
lars.bernd@unv.org[PARA][PARA]HIV/AIDS ADVISOR, MALAWI[PARA]Vacancy For Save
The Children[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=182[PARA][PARA]INTERNSHIP IN HUMAN
RIGHTS[PARA]Centre For Philosophy Of Law - BRUSSELS[PARA]Internships in
Human Rights within the Centre for Philosophy of Law at the[PARA]Free
University of Brussels - Human Rights Programme - Creation of a
Human[PARA]Rights website - Offer available for students in law, English
speakers - One[PARA]month minimum - Unpaid internship - Accommodations in
Brussels paid under[PARA]conditions.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=183[PARA][PARA]LEGAL ASSISTANT -
ASYLUM PROGRAM[PARA]Job Category: Legal[PARA]Type: Full time[PARA]Salary:
$27,000 - $30,000[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=184[PARA][PARA]ADMIN ASSISTANT:
HUMAN RIGHTS LAW GROUP[PARA]Job Category: Administration[PARA]Type: Full
time[PARA]Salary: Salary dependent on experience, ranging from mid to upper
20s.[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=185[PARA][PARA]PHD/DRPH
STUDENTSHIPS IN MALARIA RESEARCH[PARA]Applications are invited for a number
of PhD or DrPH studentships to be held[PARA]at the London School of Hygiene
& Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the Liverpool[PARA]School of Tropical Medicine
(LSTM), the Centre for Medical Parasitology,[PARA]University of Copenhagen
(CMP) and the Danish Bilharziasis Laboratory (DBL)[PARA]as a component of a
generous award by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.[PARA]Further
details: http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=186[PARA][PARA]BUKAVU -
DRC PROGRAM OFFICER[PARA]Job Category: Legal[PARA]Type: Full
time[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=188[PARA][PARA]INTERNS FOR THE
IMADR OFFICE IN GENEVA[PARA]FOR UN COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS[PARA]Further
details: http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=189[PARA][PARA]COMMITTEE
TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS[PARA]Research Associate, Europe & Central Asia
Program[PARA](Salary: $28,000 plus benefits, for full-time work. A part-time
arrangement[PARA]may be possible.)[PARA]Further details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=198[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//
\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\[PARA][PARA]19. BOOKS AND
ARTS[PARA][PARA]NEVER THE SAME AGAIN: ZIMBABWE'S GROWTH TOWARDS DEMOCRACY
1980 - 2000[PARA]We needed a short survey of Zimbabwean political
development which is[PARA]accessible to a wide range of people and this book
answers that need.[PARA]Starting with the premise that genuine democracy
depends on the growth of[PARA]civil society structures, it shows how these
were systematicly stifled by[PARA]ZANU PF in the 1980's. Then, in the
1990's, in response to the effects of[PARA]structural adjustment, they
gradually emerged, with the trade unions leading[PARA]the way. Demands for a
new constitution by the umbrella National[PARA]Constitutional Assembly
awakened the people to the possibilities of protest.[PARA]The result was
ZANU PF's first defeat in the constitutional referendum in[PARA]February
2000 and the stiff challenge put up by the opposition Movement
for[PARA]Democratic Change in the June parliamentary elections.[PARA]Further
details:
http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.php?id=179[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//
\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\[PARA][PARA]20. MEMBERS
CORNER[PARA][PARA]RURAL HEALTH
INTEGRATED[PARA]http://www.kabissa.org/rhi_gh[PARA]Rural Help Integrated
aims at improving the quality of life in the rural[PARA]communities by the
delivery of high quality Reproductive Health Services to[PARA]the youth, men
and women of reproductive age and the improvement of
gender[PARA]equity.[PARA][PARA]Primary Contact: Ms. Pascalina Abilba,
Project Assistant[PARA](rhi_gh@kabissa.org)[PARA]Secondary Contact: Ms. Mary
Atigre, Project Coordinator (rhi_gh@kabissa.org)[PARA]Street and Mailing
Address: P. O. Box 166, Bolgatanga, UER, Ghana[PARA][PARA]THE TRAVELLING
FOLK HIGH SCHOOL[PARA]http://www.drhbogense.dk3.com[PARA]Volunteers needed
in Africa Social Work with Street children Build Schools[PARA]and Clinics
Teach agriculture, carpentry and literacy Environmental
Projects[PARA]Prevent Spreading of HIV/AIDS.[PARA][PARA]Primary Contact:
Karin Overgard (drh@post3.tele.dk)[PARA]Secondary Contact: Maciek
(drhbogense@kabissa.org)[PARA]Street and Mailing Address: Stegovej 2 5400
Bogense Denmark[PARA]Telephone Numbers: 0045 64813215 0045
64813205[PARA][PARA]MRA RESEARCH
CENTRE[PARA]http://www.kabissa.org/mraresearch[PARA]The MRA RESEARCH CENTRE
aims to undertake research into diseases and[PARA]therapeutics of local
interest without the bottlenecks of Government[PARA]bureaucracy. Research
findings are the properties of the community and will[PARA]be released to
pharmaceutical companies at the terminal stage (development).[PARA]The
companies are in turn required to provide the drugs at the
cheapest[PARA]rates / or free within the community.[PARA][PARA]Primary
Contact: Dr Bello Shuaib Oricha (bello@rcl.nig.com)[PARA]Secondary Contact:
Dr Bala Yauri Muhammad (balamuhammad@usa.net)[PARA]Street and Mailing
Address: P.o.BOX 1522 EMIR yahaya ROAD Sokoto, Nigeria[PARA]Telephone
Numbers: +234 60 230450[PARA]Fax Numbers: +234 60 230450[PARA][PARA]AFRICAN
WORLD FRIENDSHIP COMMITTEE(AWFC)[PARA]http://www.kabissa.org/awfc[PARA]The
mission of AWFC is to promote mutual understanding and
friendship[PARA]between Africans of the African continent and those living
in the Diaspora.[PARA][PARA]Primary Contact: Martin V Burrows Jr.
(martin_burrows@hotmail.com)[PARA]Secondary Contact: none
(awfc@kabissa.org)[PARA]Street and Mailing Address: 103 Glider Avenue
Riverhead, NY 11901 USA[PARA]Telephone Numbers: Senegal
221-630-80-98[PARA][PARA]COMMON CAUSE
AFRICA-CANADA[PARA]http://www.kabissa.org/ccac2000[PARA]CCAC is a non
profit, non-government organization based in Ottawa Canada[PARA]with a
mission to promote and develop youth organizations across
Africa[PARA]committed to sustainable youth development, youth policy reseach
and[PARA]advocacy, democratic governance, transparency,
decentralized[PARA]decision-making, community and full public
accountability.[PARA][PARA]Primary Contact: Collins Olajide Babalola
(ccac2000@kabissa.org)[PARA]Secondary Contact: Wale Adeoye (Nigeria)
(ccac2000@kabissa.org)[PARA]Street and Mailing Address: 219 Aryle Street,
Suite B 6 Ottawa Ontario. K1B[PARA]4L8 canada.[PARA]Telephone Numbers:
1-613-232-9634 ext 465 1-613-563-8181 Direct-line 1-613-[PARA]613-737-6654
Residence[PARA]Fax Numbers: 1-613-232-3660 Fax[PARA][PARA]OPTONEWS
AFRICA[PARA]http://www.kabissa.org/ona[PARA]ONA is a non governmental
initiative dedicated to improving Visual and Eye[PARA]Health in Africa.
OptoNews Africa basically deals with information sharing[PARA]and
distribution as its major activity. It is also involved in making
low[PARA]cost eye services available to people of low income in the target
area.[PARA][PARA]Primary Contact: Frank Magupa
(fl_magupa@usa.net)[PARA]Secondary Contact: Eden Rodrick
(edenmashayo@usa.net)[PARA]Street and Mailing Address: P O Box 10733 Arusha
Tanzania[PARA]Telephone Numbers: +61 400 182 211 +255 744 311
321[PARA][PARA]PELUM
UGANDA[PARA]http://www.kabissa.org/pelumuganda[PARA]PELUM Association was
formed in 1992 by a number of countries in East and[PARA]Southern Africa and
aims at enabling organisations from member countries to[PARA]share and
combine experiences, skills and knowledge to help improve the[PARA]quality
of life of the small holder farmer and their use of land.
PELUM[PARA]Associaiton has nine member countries: Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia,
Zimbabwe[PARA](Regional Desk), Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, Malawi and
Uganda, which[PARA]was registered as a member of PELUM Association in
1995.[PARA][PARA]Primary Contact: Emily Drani (cdrn@imul.com)[PARA]Secondary
Contact: Emily Drani (pelumuganda@kabissa.org)[PARA]Street and Mailing
Address: CDRN, P. O. BOX 3791, KAMPALA. UGANDA[PARA][PARA]GAB
TANZANIA[PARA]http://www.kabissa.org/gabtanzania[PARA]GAB-Tanzania is a
National Gender Advisory Board of UN-Commission for[PARA]Science and
Technology for Development (UNCSTD)in Tanzania. The focal point[PARA]is
established and hosted by Tanzania Commission for Science and
Technology[PARA](COSTECH).[PARA][PARA]Primary Contact: Steven D. M. Mlote
(mlote_steven@yahoo.com)[PARA]Secondary Contact: Steven D. M. Mlote
(gabtanzania@kabissa.org)[PARA]Street and Mailing Address: Ali Hassani
Mwinyi Road (New Bagamoyo Rd)[PARA]Kijitonyama P. O. Box 4302, Dar es Salaam
Tanzania[PARA]Telephone Numbers: 255-22-2700752 Mobile:
255-0741-247167[PARA]Fax Numbers:
255-22-275313[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\
/\//\/\/\//\[PARA][PARA]21. LETTERS AND COMMENTS[PARA][PARA]TUIJA PARTONEN,
GASPP ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER[PARA]Thank you for sending this newsletter to
us. We appreciate it greatly.[PARA][PARA]FROM HENDREI PIRENTZ
MPHATHIWA[PARA]http://www.bocongo.bw[PARA]God only knows where you got my
e-mail address..but I am glad you did. I[PARA]worked for Botswana Council of
Nongovernmental Organisations once and since[PARA]then I love working with
NGOs. Though I am currently residing in London, I[PARA]am still in close
contact with NGOs in Southern Africa.[PARA]Contact:
bocongo@bocongo.bw[PARA][PARA]FROM AOUA KONATE, CENTRE D'INFORMATION ET DE
DOCUMENTATION DE L'UNION[PARA]INTERAFRICAINE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME
(CID-UIDH)[PARA]After your newsletter N° 11, we failed to open the other
numbers we[PARA]received, I don't know why. Could you please send me
again.[PARA][PARA]Our response: see http://www.kabissa.org/newsletter.html
to view all back[PARA]issues. You can request it by e-mail by sending a
message to[PARA]www4mail@kabissa.org with only the above web address in the
body of your[PARA]message.[PARA]Contact: ciduidh@fasonet.bf[PARA][PARA]Your
feedback is invaluable to us. Please send your comments
to[PARA]<editor@kabissa.org>[PARA][PARA]/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/\/\//\/
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