The PeaceAfrica BlogNews, ideas and debates from individuals and groups working to build peace in Africa, including those involved in the Special Initiative for Africa.Organised West Africans- December 27, 2003 Brian of Nyerere's Ghost (a great blog) comments below that there don't seem to be many civil society groups in West Africa. Not sure what he's comparing the region with but here's a list of groups that immediately comes to...http://thepeaceafricablog.typepad.com/the_peaceafrica_blog/2003/12/organised_west_.html Mutual comprehension- December 27, 2003 An unsung but fascinating project aimed at promoting African integration is being pursued at the Center for the Advanced Study of African Society in Cape Town. The idea is to develop orthographies for African languages which haven't been formally annotated...http://thepeaceafricablog.typepad.com/the_peaceafrica_blog/2003/12/mutual_comprehe.html Pambazuka ('New Dawn' in Swahili)- December 18, 2003 A shout out for Pambazuka News - the free "information service for social justice in Africa" reaching 60,000 people every Friday. It features a challenging editorial every week and, like this blog, highlights news about groups involved in the Special...http://thepeaceafricablog.typepad.com/the_peaceafrica_blog/2003/12/pambazuka_new_d.html Why SIA- December 18, 2003 Good article by Akwasi Aidoo of the Ford Foundation on what SIA is all about: African Solutions for Africahttp://thepeaceafricablog.typepad.com/the_peaceafrica_blog/2003/12/why_sia.html West Africa's leaders get an earful- December 18, 2003 140 people from all over West Africa have attended the first ever Ecowas Civil Society Forum in Accra, Ghana. Kayode Fayemi of the CDD writes to say that the outcome of the meeting will be discussed by the Ecowas Council...http://thepeaceafricablog.typepad.com/the_peaceafrica_blog/2003/12/west_africas_go.html It's good to talk...- December 18, 2003 Key political and social actors from Guinea-Bissau are meeting on historic Gore Island this weekend to try and break the cycle of coup and political failure in their country. The talks were to have begun on the 15th of September...http://thepeaceafricablog.typepad.com/the_peaceafrica_blog/2003/12/its_good_to_tal.html Welcome!- December 17, 2003 This blog is dedicated to tracking the work of individuals and civil society groups across Africa whose goals are to build peaceful, stable communities, to support greater communication and collaboration across Africa's many different fences and frontiers and to grow...http://thepeaceafricablog.typepad.com/the_peaceafrica_blog/2003/12/welcome.html |