http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/957/ en_GB_uk North Africa http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/158144/1/ Blogging, internet chat rooms and sites have become the safest ways for gay Africans and Arabs to meet, while keeping their identities secret. Caution is after all crucial as homosexual acts are illegal in most countries in Africa and the Middle East. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80725 An activist campaign aims to secure Arab women equal access to laws that grant them nationality and allow them to confer it to their children and husbands. The "Claiming Equal Citizenship" site offers more information, personal testimonies of those denied citizenship, and resources for action. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/73044 Combating "honour crimes" requires supporting the leadership of women in Muslim countries — women who are struggling for rights within their countries and for their countries' right to freedom from US intervention, says Yifat Susskind. http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/72505 The Rift Valley Institute (RVI) and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) have launched the Sudan Open Archive, an open-access digital library for Sudan, containing documents that until now were largely unavailable in digital form. http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/72000 Alaa Abd El-Fatah, one of the Egyptian political activists, and one of the first bloggers in Egypt was arrested today together with around ten more activists during a peaceful demonstration in solidarity with sixty activists who were arrested over the past two weeks in a non-violent sit in, as well who were held in custody for two weeks under investigation for “crimes” that if anything would raise only mockery including, humiliating the president, possession of “publishing equipment”(graffi http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/72019 The Association of Progressive Communications is inviting applications for a North African Regional Wireless Training Workshop in Morocco, from 12-16 July 2006. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/132289/1/ Wireless technologies offer developing countries an important low-cost, versatile alternative to wired infrastructure. They enable communities to extend the reach of cabled internet connectivity and to be in control of the planning, implementation and design of their own networks, making the network into a tool that really serves the needs of the community. http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/71757 A number of activists, demonstrating in support of judges currently under fire for demanding judicial reform, were arrested and beaten on Monday in Egypt, according to local human rights groups http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/129400/1/ Erma Manoncourt UNICEF is giving strong focus on hygiene and environmental sanitation especially in rural areas of Egypt. Dr. Erma Manoncourt, UNICEF Representative in Egypt shares her experiences and UNICEF’s priorities in Egypt in an exclusive interview with Manish Kumar of OneWorld South Asia http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70726 An attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia raises a crucial question for Rami G. Khouri: how will Arab oil kingdoms deal with their disgruntled young men? http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/127007/1/ The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) will be amending licences as of 20 February to enable Internet service providers (classes A and B) to obtain international bandwidth. The Minister of Communications and Information Technology further said that the Information Technology and Development Agency (ITDA) has granted four licences for e-signatures which would help the local community in boosting e-commerce." http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/69216 An estimated three million girls in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East undergo genital mutilation every year, but the practice could be eliminated within a generation, says the UN Children's Fund. * Razor's Edge - The Controversy of Female Genital Mutilation, OneWorld TV http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/122159/1/ The Second Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will officially start on November 16, 2005 (Wednesday) in Tunis, Tunisia and will be completed on November 18 2005. The first phase of WSIS took place in Geneva and was hosted by the Government of Switzerland from 10 to 12 December 2003, where 175 countries adopted a Declaration of Principles and Plan of Action. The UN General Assembly Resolution 56/183 (21 December 2001) endorsed the holding of the World Summit on th http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/116272/1/ Ten education ministries across the Arab World have now signed up for the ‘Partners in Learning’ initiative to improve the use of information communications technology (ICT) in schools. http://see.oneworld.net/article/view/114261/1/ The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC) has teamed up with Italian NGO L'Umana Dimora Onlus to add years of practical EU experience to its Training for Young Environmental Leaders programme. The programme provides advanced training in organisational development, project management and environmental topics in a stimulating international atmosphere.