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ZAMBIA: 'Clear Lack of Commitment to HIV' Kristin Palitza interviews HENRY MALUMA, Oxfam Zambia essential services coordinator CAPE TOWN - A United Nations mid-point review of Zambia's efforts towards reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), released in September, has revealed that HIV/AIDS might prevent the southern African country from meeting the targets. MORE >>
MALAWI: Pre-school Education A Luxury By Claire Ngozo LILONGWE - Less than a third of Malawi's children attend pre-school; the others will lag behind their peers for their entire school careers. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE: Board Gives School System Failing Marks By Vusumuzi Sifile HARARE - Primary and secondary school education in Zimbabwe has "fallen woefully behind" other southern African countries due to shortages of textbooks and other materials as well as deteriorating working conditions and resultant low morale for teachers. MORE >>
MADAGASCAR: Poverty Forces 2 Million Children into Hard Labour By Fanja Saholiarisoa ANTANANARIVO - Poverty has increased dramatically in Madagascar since January, when a national protest movement to end the regime of former president Marc Ravalomanana plunged the country into a socio-economic crisis. Since then, the number of child labourers has risen by a whopping 25 percent. MORE >>
SWAZILAND: Educating Angels By Mantoe Phakathi BULEMBU, Swaziland - It is not a typical classroom setup where pupils sit in rows facing the front with a teacher lecturing before them. MORE >>
NIGERIA: Investment in Primary Education Must Include Teachers By Toluwa Olusegun BADAGRY, Nigeria - Nigeria has over the past 10 years recorded high enrolment and completion rates in primary school education. MORE >>
EDUCATION-ZAMBIA: Bicycles Help Girls Go Further By Lewis Mwanangombe NDAPULA, Zambia - Nine kilometres each way, rain or shine: That's how far Suzanne Chisulo has to travel to school each day. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE: Women’s Rights Activists Lobby to 'Engender' Constitution By Nyarai Kachere HARARE - Zimbabwe’s latest constitutional reform process has generated strong interest among activists in strengthening protection for women's rights. The early signs are that the drafting of a new constitution will not prioritise correcting legal, social and economic discrimination against women. MORE >>
EDUCATION-SIERRA LEONE: Schools in Crisis as Thousands of Teachers go Unpaid By Lansana Fofana FREETOWN - Government’s refusal to pay the salaries of thousands teachers, while looking to recruit thousands more, has plunged the schooling system into crisis. MORE >>
ANGOLA: Teenage School Programme Gives Drop Outs Second Chance at Education By Louise Redvers LUANDA - Free primary education for all is an Angolan government policy, but unfortunately this has not translated into a reality that sees all children receiving education. MORE >>
DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: Women in Pursuit of Knowledge By Koffigan E. Adigbli DAKAR - While Africa is still far from having adequate capacity for scientific innovation, women are more and more present in the field of research for the continent's sustainable development. MORE >>
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