** AFRICOM announces its 2006 Newsletter! ** AFRICOM is pleased to announce the publication of the 5th issue of "AFRICOM News". Inside: * Heritage news from around Africa * Updates on AFRICOM and its activities * How museums around Africa celebrated International Museum Day * Focus on intangible heritage * Professional news * Museum Highlights * Museum in the spotlight: Carthage Museum * Heritage in peril This year's bi-lingual newsletter is a special, full-colour edition, and we hope that you enjoy it! AFRICOM members as well as our technical and financial partners will receive a copy through the post. Meanwhile, you can also check out our online versions: (English) http://www.africom.museum/eng%202006.pdf (French) http://www.africom.museum/africom-fr/fr%202006.pdf AFRICOM is very grateful to the various museum professionals who contributed to this year's newsletter. Remember: this is YOUR forum, and we look forward to more contributions for the 2007 issue. Thanks also go to Sida (Sweden), whose generous financial assistance has made the annual newsletter a reality since 2002. Mr Francis Awinda Information Officer AFRICOM Information Centre Email: [log in to unmask] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html