A number of activities are planned for the 24 February 2012 in memory of the Late Dr Kwame Nkrumah.

In context – the collapse of colonial empires in Africa towards the end of the 1950s and in the early 1960s brought some measure of self-rule to the majority of Africans. Some activists advanced to the political foreground, figures who made a considerable contribution to the theory and practice of the struggle for political and social liberation. Read full story

call for activities/partners and the activity proposal form for the 13th University on Youth and Development, to be held in the CEULAJ, Mollina, Spain, 16-23 September 2012. The deadline for submission of proposals is the 17th of February 2012 (to nsc.youthandglobalisation@coe.int). You can also access to theses documents in the North-South Centre's Website www.nscentre.org or in the Website of the University on Youth and Development www.uyd.me

Call for partners - Activities 13th University on Youth and Development
Activity Proposal Form for the 13th UYD

From Office of the Executive Chairperson:

I thought it important to take the time to clarify where prudent and to take a stance where necessary on a number of issues raised and implied by Job Amupanda in his thought provoking opinion piece in The Villager entitled “Towards a New National Youth Manifesto”.

I do so in the interest of contributing to what should really be a youth wide dialogue on the key youth development issues such as consensus on a issue based framework for engagement on youth matters and the persistent challenges In implementing and advancing the resolutions of the myriad of conferences, conventions, convocations and whichever name may exist for a gathering of people to discuss a given theme.

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In her introduction to Cheik Anta Diop’s “The Cultural Unity of Black Africa[i]”, Ifi Amadiume states the following “Because of our History of colonialism, African intellectuals, if they are to be free from self negation, must deconstruct, invalidate, and reconstruct.” to this I can only add, that the challenges of our time for our country requires us not only to be constant agitators for improvements, but to be at the centre of such social transformation.

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RUNDU - The Namibian youth are faced with multiple socio-economic challenges which are fundamentally a consequence of the general state of under-development characterized by the dual economic system prevalent in the country, said Prime Minister Nahas Angula. ....

Speaking at the official opening of the 4th National Youth Week which is being organized from 27 to 30 April by the National Youth Council of Namibia in the town of Rundu in the Kavango Region, the Namibian Prime Minister Angula told the youth that they must discover their mission.