Jamboweb - Continental African Briefing Volume 1, No. 4 [IMG][IMG][1]Continental African Briefing Volume 1, No. 4 November 28, 2004 [IMG][2]
AFRICA IN BRIEF Politics ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DRC: SPEED UP ELECTION PROGRAMME, SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS[3] KINSHASA, 23 November (IRIN) - A visiting UN Security Council delegation, which is touringAfrica's Great Lakes region, has asked the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to speed up its electoral timetable so that elections would be held on time in June 2005... Source: IRIN[4] more in Politics...[5] Conflict and Security ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A NEW CHANCE FOR HAITI?[6] Haiti is on the verge of becoming a permanently failed state haemorrhaging instability throughout the Caribbean in the form of refugees, violence and drugs. To prevent this, disarmament and reconciliation must start in earnest... Source: ICG[7] more in Conflict and Security...[8] Economy, Business, & Finance ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFRICAN ECONOMIES BENEFIT FROM ECONOMIC REFORM[9] Since the end of the Cold War in 1989 a movement toward democratic government has swept across Africa -inspired, in part at least, by the promise that economic renewal and eventual prosperity are the natural fruits of democracy... Source: VOICE of AMERICA[10] more in Economy, Business, & Finance...[11] Women ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN[12] Violence against women and girls is not inevitable. It must be stopped. Constituting a life-long threat to hundreds of millions of girls and women around the world, gender based violence brings with it deep suffering and substantial economic and social costs... Source: UNFPA[13] more in Women...[14] Health ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUDAN: MEASLES IMMUNISATION CAMPAIGN PLANNED FOR THE SOUTH[15] NAIROBI, 25 Nov 2004 (IRIN) - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and its partner agencies plan to launch a major measles immunisation campaign in southern Sudan next year in a bid to combat frequent outbreaks of the disease in the region, the agency said... Source: IRIN[16] more in Health...[17] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- UP COMING EVENTS Mines and Money 2004[18] Mines and Money has quickly built aworldwide reputation for delivering an insightful and comprehensive conference covering mining and mining investment. The only event of its kind in... Date: Nov 30, 2004 Organization: Mining Communications Ltd. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The African VoIP Forum[19] This Forum will address the policies and strategicissues related to VoIP as well as addressing the technologies used and the potential services issues related to it in Africa... Date: Dec 14, 2004 Organization: AITEC more in Events...[20] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOOKS &RESOURCES Advances in Planning and Management of Watersheds and Wetlands in Eastern and Southern Africa[21] Author: J.E. Fitzgibbon Organization: African Books Collective, Oxford FROM OUR DIRECTORY Inter-Connect Ltd[22] Regional Internet Service provider has offices in Nairobi and Nakuru. 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