Climate change will reverse years of work reducing poverty in the developing world without strong, urgent action, according to a report released today. The Future Climate for Development calls on governments and NGOs to build climate change into their economic development programmes to help low-income countries manage its impacts and seize new opportunities as […]
The IPCC Scholarship Programme has been established with the funds received on the occasion of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize award to the IPCC. The first funding partner of the Programme is Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, Former Norwegian Prime Minister and UN Special Envoy on Climate Change. The goal of this programme is to help […]
‘Fresh thinking key to Commonwealth’s future’ The Commonwealth’s new Eminent Persons Group has met for the first time to develop options for renewing the organisation. “The goal is to sharpen the impact, strengthen the networks, and raise the profile of the Commonwealth,” said the Group’s chair, Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi of Malaysia. “A very […]
The Commonwealth has been following the recent developments in Maldives. The Commonwealth has had a long and deep association with Maldives in supporting its transition to multiparty democracy. The Secretary-General has been in regular contact with President Mohamed Nasheed in recent days on the evolving situation, and the Secretariat remains engaged with various stakeholders in […]
2010-07-09 12:27:37 Printable view | Email this article Course type: International news Start date: 30 Aug 2010 End date: 03 Sep 2010 Location: Nairobi, Kenya Language: English Deadline: 06 Aug 2010 Apply This course teaches newsgathering teams practical ways to take advantage of new tools and methods for finding, developing and presenting stories, together with […]
Makerere University Private Sponsorship Intake 2010/2011 list The Academic Registrar, Makerere University invites applications from Ugandan applicants for the Undergraduate Programmes under the private sponsorship scheme for the 2010/2011 Academic Year The details are as follows: Each applicant should: either Have the Uganda Certificate of Education, or its equivalent and at least two principal passes […]
Event: ’10th Biennnial Conference Of APECSA ‘ Conferences/Workshops Conferences and workshops held on campus Date: Monday, September 13, 2010 At 09:00:00 AM Duration: Contact Info: Dr. Robert Lukande MB ChB,PGD (Computer Sc) MMed(Path). Histopathologist School of Biomedical Sciences College of Health Sciences Makerere University Cell: +256-775-194866 Email: daddylukas@yahoo.co.ukThis e-mail address is being protected from spam […]
Event: ‘2010 African Theatre/Performance International Conference’ Conferences/Workshops Conferences and workshops held on campus Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 (All Day) Duration: All Day Contact Info: Dr. Patrick Mangeni, Head of Department Music, Dance and Drama Email: makerere2010@gmail.com This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , mangenip@arts.mak.ac.ug […]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (<“http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home“>UNHCR) today deplored the forced returns of Rwandans from Uganda, with reports of police brutality being used to deport the asylum-seekers. On Wednesday, Ugandan police carried out an operation to round up and force out some 1,700 Rwandan refugees from the Nakivale and Kyaka camps in southwestern Ugandan. […]
President Yowri Museveni has dismissed claims that the bomb attacks on innocent Ugandans was a result of Uganda sending troops to Somali and rubbished calls for Uganda’s withdrawal from the war raveaged country in the Horn. “Well, those people are not right. Do you remember ADF? ADF was planting bombs in Kampala in the 1990s […]