The new opportunity to have activism through mobile phones is fascinating. A while ago Sokari Enkine asked me to write a chapter for a recent published book funded by Hivos.

One year after President Obama was sworn in to office, and less than a week before his State of the Union address, Africa Action today released its Africa Policy Outlook 2010 at http://tinyurl.com/yehktlo , also published by Foreign Policy in Focus. The Outlook is an annual publication forecasts the key issues and developments in Africa policy, such as climate change, the global economic crisis, HIV/AIDS, foreign aid and other country topics, and it analyzes trends in U.S.

Adewukwaa is a small village situated in the Central Region of Ghana. Its a farming community with about a thousand (1000) inhabitant. They are located on the great RIVER AYENSU, one of Ghana's famous rivers. Their main farm productions are, sugar cane, tomatoes, pepper and potatoes.

The need to institutionalize equity and justice has again been stressed as a condition for peaceful co-existence, harmony and sustainable development.

This was the consensus of participants at a one-day Symposium organized by a non-governmental organization, ASETO (African Agency for an enhanced Socio-Ethics and Traditional Order).

The symposium was held at the organization’s office, Sanngo Ibadan as parts of the activities marking this year’s World Peace Day and Nigeria’s 49th Independence Anniversary.

We had a terrific turn out for the Kumasi meetup - thank you everyone for coming. More news will be forthcoming on outcomes and follow-up for the meeting.

Zack was picked up at exactly 11:45am on Tuesday September 22 from the MV Explorer which docked at the Tema Harbour in the early hours of the 22^nd by officials of Elizka Relief Foundation which was led by Kofi Kankam.

I'd like to introduce a strategic thinking tool that New Tactics has developed called 'Tactical Mapping.'  I am curious to hear from you what other tools you have been using to help you and your colleagues think more strategically about facing the issues that you face in your community.

In a landmark case settled this week, the family of the "Ogoni 9" executed in 1995 received a US$ 15.5 million payout from Royal Dutch Shell company.

Tactical Technology Collective (www.tacticaltech.org) is an international NGO that provide human rights  advocates with guides, tools, training and consultancy to help them develop the skills and tactics they need to increase the impact of their campaigning. 

The following guides and toolkits are available online, as downloadable files or they can be posted to not-for-profits in a book/CD format, free of charge.