Barrack Obama with Leader of Oposition Raila Odinga (right) and half sisiter, Auma Obama(left) PHOTO FROM VOA NEWS

On arrival for his first post-presidential visit into the homeland, the ex-president was welcomed by head of opposition in Kenya, Raila Odinga and other top officials at the airport.

He has also received a warm welcome from the Kenyans especially residents from his hometown, Kogelo, who decorated the entire streets with paintings of him. Some bars also publicized the “Obama brew” drink as harshtags of ‘Obamareturns’ flooded social media platforms.

Obama is expected to attend, his step-sister, Auma Obama, co-founded sports and vocational center inauguration ceremony from which he will head to South Africa for late Nelson Mandela’s birthday celebrations.

Auma Obama’s center, which shares the same mission as Obama foundation, is set to provide educational and economic opportunities to youth so as to build a talented and financially stable young generation.

Obama will stay in South Africa up to Thursday and he is expected to meet up with 200 new leaders for the Obama foundation as well as participate in a birthday tribute to former south African president, the late Nelson Mandela.

Unlike the previous visit, Obama has maintained a low key profile on this visit. He has used an ordinary plane and also left his favorite car known as “Beastie”.

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Mr Sharma called on the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Minister for Health and Sports Dr Kieren Keke. Nauru is currently chair of the 44-strong Alliance of Small Island States.

Discussions covered the challenges faced by small island states, including access to international finance to mitigate the effects of climate change, and how to promote the sustainable development priorities of small island developing states.

The Secretary-General also met with Minister for Finance and Education Roland Kun, as well as Minister for Transport, Telecommunications and ICT Riddell Akua on the transport system in Nauru and the development of infrastructure.

Mr Sharma was also received by President Sprent Dabwido, and called on the Speaker of Parliament Ludwig Scotty and other Members of Parliament.

Media Contact:

Geraldine Goh

Commonwealth Secretariat

Email: g.goh@commonwealth.int

Tel: +44 7894 593 518

12/79 5 November 2012

Commonwealth Secretary-General to visit Kiribati

Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma will visit Kiribati from 6 to 8 November 2012. This will be his first official visit to the Pacific island state.

The Secretary-General is scheduled to call on President Anote Tong and other senior cabinet ministers

Mr Sharma is also expected to hold talks with the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Hon Taomati Iuta and Opposition Leader, Hon Tetaua Taitai.

Discussions with Kiribati leaders will revolve around the country’s national development priorities and how the Commonwealth can assist the country in addressing these priorities. Areas of interest include democracy, good governance and public administration, human rights, climate change, gender equality, economic development, debt management, and information and communication technology.

The Secretary-General is expected to brief President Tong and other leaders on progress in implementing an ambitious reform programme aimed at sharpening the impact, strengthening the networks and raising the profile of the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth is active in the Pacific and globally in pursuing access to climate change finance for small and vulnerable states. This is likely to be a focus of the discussions in Tarawa.

Secretary-General Sharma will also discuss the Pacific Plan, and the role the Commonwealth can play to support the plan’s implementation. He will also discuss with his hosts, how the Commonwealth can assist the region generally through the Commonwealth Pacific Governance Facility and the Commonwealth Youth Programme regional office, both of which are based in Honiara, Solomon Islands.

Mr Sharma will also brief leaders on preparations for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Sri Lanka in November 2013, and welcome input from Kiribati in drawing up the agenda for discussions at the biennial summit.

Media Contact:

Geraldine Goh

Commonwealth Secretariat

Email: g.goh@commonwealth.int

Tel: +44 7894 593 518

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The president of the rotary international, Sakuji Tanaka, arrived in Uganda on August 1, 2012 for a visit that will end on 3^rd August. As head of one of the world’s largest humanitarian service organisations, he is in the country to recognise the work of rotary clubs in Uganda by visiting various projects that have been carried out by clubs in Uganda.

He kicked off the visit by meeting with the new generation of rotary family in Uganda (members of interact and rotaract clubs). He also met senior Rotarians in government and the corporate world and was briefed on the plans and projects of Rotarians.

On Thursday August 2^nd, he was along with the minister of health, Christine Androa, participated in a free medical outreach at home clinic, Lukuli in Makindye division. Later on in the day, he officiated at the hand over of the 1^st phase of the rotary cancer ward being built at St. Raphael of St. Francis Hospital Nsambya. The Vice President of Uganda, Edward Sekandi Kiwanuka attended the function. Sakuji, a retired businessman from Yoshio, Japan has been a member of rotary since 1975. The international organisation’s third president from Japan, he said he would like to see rotary continue its vital work as the force to improve communities’ around the world.

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Youth Education Scheme Scholarship: The “Youth Education Scheme (YES)” is one of the cornerstones of the ITU-D “Children and Youth” Special Initiative, in support of needy and deserving young people, from Least Developed Countries (LDCs), developing countries and countries in transition who wish to complete their tertiary education in the information and communication technologies (ICTs) and related fields.

The objective is to enable motivated young people to contribute to the development of their communities, country and region using their achieved ICT knowledge and skills.

Scholarship Application Eligibility:

The candidate must fulfil the following requirements:

• Coming from LDCs, developing countries or countries in transition.
• Be under 30 years of age.

The applicant must provide the following documents to apply for a scholarship:

• Provide a copy of the letter of acceptance from the relevant university indicating the specific degree course and its duration as well as the related amount of the tuition fees.
• Provide copy of the last 2 annual transcripts (academic results of the last 2 yeas of studies delivered by the place of education (e.g. school/high school/college/university etc).
• Provide two (2) recommendation letters dully signed by the relevant teachers/professors from your most recent place of education and/or work (including their contact details).
• Duly fulfill the Application Form.

The following applications are encouraged:

• Studies in ICTs;
• Students who wish to continue their studies in their own country or in a neighbouring country
• Applications from women;
• Applications from indigenous people;
• Applications from persons with disabilities.

Terms:

• Youth Education Scheme scholarship programme cover only the tuition fees (registration and studies), up to a maximum of ten thousand United States dollars (10,000 US$).
• Tuition fees will be paid by the ITU directly to the relevant university.

For more information and application, visit: Youth Education Scheme Scholarship

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Youth Education Scheme Scholarship: The “Youth Education Scheme (YES)” is one of the cornerstones of the ITU-D “Children and Youth” Special Initiative, in support of needy and deserving young people, from Least Developed Countries (LDCs), developing countries and countries in transition who wish to complete their tertiary education in the information and communication technologies (ICTs) and related fields.

The objective is to enable motivated young people to contribute to the development of their communities, country and region using their achieved ICT knowledge and skills.

Scholarship Application Eligibility:

The candidate must fulfil the following requirements:

• Coming from LDCs, developing countries or countries in transition.
• Be under 30 years of age.

The applicant must provide the following documents to apply for a scholarship:

• Provide a copy of the letter of acceptance from the relevant university indicating the specific degree course and its duration as well as the related amount of the tuition fees.
• Provide copy of the last 2 annual transcripts (academic results of the last 2 yeas of studies delivered by the place of education (e.g. school/high school/college/university etc).
• Provide two (2) recommendation letters dully signed by the relevant teachers/professors from your most recent place of education and/or work (including their contact details).
• Duly fulfill the Application Form.

The following applications are encouraged:

• Studies in ICTs;
• Students who wish to continue their studies in their own country or in a neighbouring country
• Applications from women;
• Applications from indigenous people;
• Applications from persons with disabilities.

Terms:

• Youth Education Scheme scholarship programme cover only the tuition fees (registration and studies), up to a maximum of ten thousand United States dollars (10,000 US$).
• Tuition fees will be paid by the ITU directly to the relevant university.

For more information and application, visit: Youth Education Scheme Scholarship

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Selby Travelling Fellowship: Selby Travelling Fellowship is awarded to distinguished overseas scientists to visit Australia for public lecture/seminar tours and to visit scientific centres in Australia.

Fellows are expected to increase public awareness of science and scientific issues and accordingly will be outstanding lecturers to the general lay public.

Fellowships are tenable for visits of not less than two weeks and not more than three months.

Up to $A10,000 is available to cover economy airfares and assistance towards living expenses.

The amount offered is subject to a budget and detailed itinerary.

Fellowships are awarded and the length of tenure determined by the Council of the Academy on the recommendation of the Selby Fellowship selection committee.

For more information contact: ac [at] science.org.au

Closing date: 30 September.

For more information and application, visit: Selby Travelling Fellowship

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The Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative Grants: The Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative (PCRI) request for proposals (RFP) for Individual Grants is designed to provide a scholarly framework based in the social sciences and financial support for research into Pentecostalism and charismatic Christianity in four specific geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the former Soviet Union.

Applicants may request up to $100,000 over two years (24 months) to support scholarly research, although not all projects can be supported at this level.

Doctoral students and scholars affiliated with universities, colleges, and research centers may apply.

PCRI will award up to 15 grants in this area. $1,500,000 in grant funding is available for the individual grants RFP.

Individual grants will be awarded for research conducted over a two-year period, beginning May 1 and ending May 31.

The budget should reflect the actual cost and standard of living for each geographic area in US Dollars.

Acceptable use of grant funds includes the following:

• Salary and benefits for: graduate student and postdoctoral support.
• Summer salary and teaching buyout for academics.
• Support for a leave or sabbatical extension in order to be free to undertake the proposed specific project for academics.
• Assistance in writing or publishing books including editing, indexing, and publication subvention.
• Modest allowance for justifiable equipment, computers, and other supplies.
• Modest travel allowance, including travel to access scholarly resources unavailable at the investigator’s home institution.

Deadline: 1st August.

For more information and application, visit: The Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative Grants Website

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The aim of the Fyssen Foundation is to “encourage all forms of scientific inquiry into cognitive mechanisms, including thought and reasoning, which underlie animal and human behavior; their biological and cultural bases, and phylogenetic and ontogenetic development”.

The Foundation supports research in ethology, psychology, neurobiology, anthropology, ethnology, human paleontology and archaeology.

Within the context of general activities, the Fyssen Foundation will award: Research Grants

The grants are intended to support post-doctoral researchers, under 35 years of age in the biological sciences and under 40 years of age in the human sciences, rather already holder of a post, who wish to work independently by establishing around them a research team to achieve a collective scientific operation in a laboratory in France and who will work in keeping with the Foundation’s goals.

Priority will be given to researchers who will develop their project in a different laboratory from the one they received their doctorate (Ph.D) and from the laboratory(ies) where they are working at present.

The research grant, for one year without renewal, could range from 15000 to 30000 euros.

For more information and application, visit: Fyssen Foundation Research Grants Website

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African Network of Scientific and Technological Institutions (ANSTI) awards fellowships to sub-Saharan African nationals for studies outside the applicants’ home countries every year.

Application deadline is usually end of may every year.

To qualify for fellowship, the applicant must be below 36 years of age and possess a good bachelors degree (at least 2nd class upper division).

The fellowship will cover;

• Fellowships, which cover fees, subsistence and international travel, are awarded only for postgraduate studies (M.Sc. or Ph.D) at ANSTI institutions (see below) for staff development.
• Fellowships are awarded to sub-Saharan African nationals for studies outside the applicants’ home countries.
• Applicants must hold a good bachelors degree (at least 2nd class upper division) and be not older than 36 years.
• The initial award of the fellowships covers one year. Extension is possible up to two years for Masters courses or more for Ph.D studies upon successful completion of previous year.
• Applicants must obtain the official admission to the host university prior to his/her application for the fellowship.

Conditions of the Award:

Eligible candidate must fulfill the following conditions.

1. Applicant must have a letter of invitation from the African institution he/she intends to visit.

2. For research visit, the host institution must offer space, free use of laboratory and other research facilities.or

3. For teaching visit, the host must offer accommodation and/or allowances.

For more information, please contact: The Coordinator, ANSTI/UNESCO Nairobi Office, P.O. Box 30592 Nairobi, Kenya. Fax: + 254 20 622750 OR + 254 20 622538. E-mail: info [at] ansti.org or joseph.massaquoi [at] unesco.unon.org

For more information see; Post Graduate Fellowships for Sub-Saharan Africa Nationals

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PhD Studentship Positions Available KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi.

Applications are invited from the East African region (EAC plus Ethiopia and Sudan) for PhD studentship positions from candidates who have completed at least a Bachelors degree and achieved an upper second or first class in one of the following subjects:

• Maths,
• Statistics,
• Social studies,
• Anthropology,
• Economics,
• Health sciences (e.g. medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and public health),
• Biological sciences.

One PhD studentship is available in each of the following Research areas;

• Health Economics
• Modelling malaria epidemiology
• Social Science and Ethics

A Masters degree is not a requirement for successful application.

These studentships will provide an opportunity for East Africans to carry out their PhD studies within a high quality research environment under the supervision of internationally renowned researchers.

Application Deadline: 3rd November.

For More information and application, please visit: KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme 

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