Continental African Briefing Volume 1, No. 4

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Continental African Briefing Volume 1, No. 4	November 28, 2004

AFRICA IN BRIEF

Politics

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DRC: SPEED UP ELECTION PROGRAMME, SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS KINSHASA, 23 November (IRIN) - A visiting UN Security Council delegation, which is touring Africa'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
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Conflict and Security

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A NEW CHANCE FOR HAITI? 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
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Economy, Business, & Finance

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AFRICAN ECONOMIES BENEFIT FROM ECONOMIC REFORM 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
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Women

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THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 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
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Health

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SUDAN: MEASLES IMMUNISATION CAMPAIGN PLANNED FOR THE SOUTH 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
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UP COMING EVENTS

Mines and Money 2004 Mines and Money has quickly built a worldwide 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.

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The African VoIP Forum This Forum will address the policies and strategic issues 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
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BOOKS & RESOURCES

Advances in Planning and Management of Watersheds and Wetlands in Eastern and Southern Africa
Author: J.E. Fitzgibbon
Organization: African Books Collective, Oxford

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