Full Coverage: Governance

31.10.2005 Faced with impossible conditions for holding elections, a proposal by the U.N. and the African Union has allowed Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo to stay in office for up to 12 months, despite opposition from some citizens. The country continues in a state of "no war, no peace," as it has since a failed insurgency three years ago.

31.10.2005 Author Lauren Brodsky explores what the campaign efforts of one political candidate indicate about the state of democracy in Azerbaijan as the country prepares for November 6 general elections.

31.10.2005 The OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro organized on 28 and 29 October a study visit and workshop in the Senta Municipal Court for 19 representatives of the courts and public prosecutors offices from southern Serbia, a region where the majority of the population is ethnic Albanian.

31.10.2005 The Ministry of Public Services will official launch the Test-Census of Population and Households today, October 31, in six Kosovo municipalities: Pristina, Prizren, Gjilan, Kacanik, Skenderaj and Novo Brdo.

31.10.2005 Velika Gorica, Rovinj and Split joined Mursko Sredisce and Varazdin and banned the circuses with animal performances. Prijatelji zivotinja (Friends of Animals) association invites the other Croatian cities and townships to eliminate the unethical practice of torture of animals.

31.10.2005 The police combed the sites of three powerful blasts in New Delhi for clues to who carried out coordinated attacks that killed at least 61 people, just days before region important festivals Diwali and Eid.

31.10.2005 LAHORE: The federal government is all set to introduce a law making it mandatory for private schools and educational institutions to register with it (the government), government officials said. The proposed legislation, which was prepared after lengthy consultations and consensus with various stakeholders and existing laws for the registering private schools and educational institutions, was forwarded to the federal cabinet for final approval, officials added

28.10.2005 As voters on Tanzania's semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar prepare to choose a new president Sunday, the main opposition candidate is expressing concern about the vote and its aftermath. Despite voter intimidation and a precedent of post-election violence, Seif Sharif Hamad hopes his party will bring about peaceful democratic change this time.

27.10.2005 Workers having problems with their employers will soon be able to complain to Dubai Police any time of the day or night by calling the 24-hour hotline number at Dubai Police Operations Room.

27.10.2005 This theme shall serve as an objective for a seminar uniting a group of experts of the two rivers of the Mediterranean, through French Commission for UNESCO, which is to be held on 27 and 28 October 2005 in Paris.

27.10.2005 The People’s Movement to Protect the Eppawala Phosphate Deposit (PMPEPD) is launching a protest march and a rally against the Sri Lankan government's move to sell the Eppawala mining rights to a Chinese company.

27.10.2005 The Delhi High Court directed the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to respond to a bunch of petitions seeking deletion of certain "objectionable portions" in the history books for classes VIII, XI and XII published by the Council.

26.10.2005 India has been under a global scanner for over a year because of the HIV/AIDS epidemic which international agencies and Indian non governmental organisations (NGOs) say is growing phenomenally though the Indian government has denied it. The controversy has ballooned to include accusations that the HIV/AIDS problem is being unduly magnified to attract international funds. The irony lies in the fact that Indian organisations are sparring even as the infection soars in the country.

26.10.2005 Fresh doubts have arisen over the progress of an empowerment charter for the ICT industry, since the empowerment charter steering committee, South Africa appears to have no leader.

25.10.2005 NEW YORK, Oct 25 (OneWorld) - Leading civil rights groups in the United States are urging legislators not to make any retrogressive changes in the law that protects minorities' right to vote and prohibits discriminatory practices in the electoral process.

25.10.2005 More that a year passed since the term in office of Dragoljub Mirjanic expired, and Banja Luka University still hasn’t elected a new Chancellor. The optimistic expectations shared by the Chairman of the University Council, Jovo Stojcic, and the representatives of the Students Organization that a new Chancellor would be elected by the start of October and the new academic year, did not materialize.

25.10.2005 Foreign experts at a session titled 'Internet Governance and Telecom Regulation' urged the Bangladesh government, civil society and the business community to work together to provide Internet facilities to every person of the country.

25.10.2005 The Azim Premji Foundation held a meet - National Learning Conference on Autonomous and Accountable Teacher for Quality Education - in the south Indian city of Bangalore. The conference discussed the role of the teacher in the present education scenario. OneWorld South Asia also contributed a paper - Role of Teacher in Enhancing Learning Achievement of Child & Emphasis on Teacher Skill Development, Knowledge Building and ICT - which was authored by Nilay Ranjan and Naimur Rahman.

25.10.2005 The expansion of Information Communication Technology (ICT) would be strengthened in Amhara State during the current year, the State Capacity Building Bureau Ethopia said.

25.10.2005 Indian news portal Rediff.com says that the Indian government has collected huge amounts of funds but still has not been able to provide connectivity to the rural areas.