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Monday 7 February 2011 Kigali Hosts ACBF 20th Anniversary Summit The two-day Summit will include a Heads of State and Government panel on 9th February that will consider the overall state of capacity as it relates to African development. KIGALI---Delegates that include African leaders, dignitaries, academics and public and private sector representatives, and representatives of bilateral and multilateral agencies have begun arriving in Kigali for the 20th anniversary celebrations of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) Speaking ahead of the two-day summit from at the Kigali Serena Hotel, under the theme: The future of Africa is now – the critical role of capacity development, ACBF Executive Secretary, Dr Frannie Léautier said the landscape for capacity development has changed dramatically, since the formation of ACBF twenty years ago. Dr. Frannie added that whereas the seeds for the formation of the Foundation were originally sown outside the continent, there was a major para...

http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_12258.html Kenya: Ford Foundation, AMWIK Join Hands to End Resources Conflict The two organizations have been at forefront of bringing peace between the communities feuding over land in the Rift Valley. NAIVASHA---As we drive to the rough road through to the location of the event, we are met by women, children and old men dancing and singing to welcome us. One thing strikes me: there are no youth. When we alight, ready to begin the event, I find out from one of the old men why the youth are absent. He tells me that quite a number of them are dead. “When the white man left, he sold the land to one community but the other community which believed to be the owners of the land felt shortchanged. War broke out. They fought until the Court of Appeal came in and divided the land. By then, most of our youth who were fighting had already died,’ says John Ole Lindy, the chairman of Ngambani area. During a cultural peace festival organized...

Delegates that include African leaders, dignitaries, academics and public and private sector representatives, and representatives of bilateral and multilateral agencies have begun arriving in Kigali for the 20th anniversary celebrations of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF). Speaking ahead of the two-day summit from 8-9 February at the Kigali Serena Hotel, under the theme: The future of Africa is now – the critical role of capacity development, ACBF Executive Secretary, Dr Frannie Léautier said the landscape for capacity development has changed dramatically, since the formation of ACBF twenty years ago. Dr. Frannie added that whereas the seeds for the formation of the Foundation were originally sown outside the continent, there was a major paradigm shift, with Africans owning the agenda for capacity development, rather than having it externally driven. “Africa is claiming its rightful position on the international stage. It is a genuine sign of transformative leadership a...