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SWAZILAND: Dreams of Free Education Deferred By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE - Ten-year-old Tembuso Magagula sat outside her classroom with her shoulders hunched against the cold today, tears streaming from her eyes. Her long-awaited first day of school had turned into a nightmare. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE: Training Teachers to Cope with HIV-positive Students By Vusumuzi Sifile HARARE - Eleven-year-old Memory’s grandmother wanted her to drop out of school because she is not going to live long enough to complete her studies. And the ridicule and stigma Memory endures at school because of her HIV status does not make her education seem worthwhile. Especially since this ridicule comes from her teacher. MORE >>
MALAWI: Women Fight Harmful Cultural Practices By Lameck Masina BLANTYRE - An experience which Belita Simpokolwe went through in December last year remains deeply etched in her memory. "Sometimes I fail to concentrate in class when these things come back to my mind," laments 13-year-old Simpokolwe, a grade six pupil at Kawale Primary School, in the northern Malawi district of Chitipa. MORE >>
CLIMATE CHANGE: Commonwealth Champions Adaption Fund By Peter Richards PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - South African President Jacob Zuma admits that before to coming to Trinidad for the bi-annual Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), he met with its secretary general, Kamalesh Sharma, to discuss the relevance of the grouping in today's evolving global power structure. MORE >>
Q&A: 'You Have To Be Educated To Be A Leader' Eunice Wanjiru interviews DEMITIRI MUKANDASHIMIYE, nurse, Nyamata Health Centre BUGESERA DISTRICT, Rwanda - Traffic flowing in and out of her office, each interruption addressed with effortless calm, the nurse in charge of Hospitalisation and Immunisation at Nyamata Health Center in Bugesera District, is a confident woman in her element. MORE >>
SOUTH SUDAN: Media Give Us a Fair Deal - Women By Miriam Gathigah JUBA, South Sudan - The guns have gone silent – except for sporadic conflict in parts of the vast South Sudan region, such as the Eastern Equatoria State. It may not be the absolute end of the conflict in the region, but it is a reason for renewed hope. MORE >>
HEALTH-EGYPT: Over the Top With Anti-Swine Flu Steps By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO - As authorities consider suspending a whole academic year to check the spread of swine flu among school children there is a feeling that measures to contain the H1N1 virus - known to be less dangerous than the one responsible for seasonal flu - are going over the top. MORE >>
POLITICS-NAMIBIA: The Struggle Does So Not Continue By Servaas van den Bosch WINDHOEK - They are called the "born frees", the children of Namibia’s Independence, and they will vote for the first time this month. Struggle credentials mean zip to them, and they have a serious beef with politicians. MORE >>
SIERRA LEONE: Claims Presidency Interferes with Judiciary By Lansana Fofana FREETOWN - It may be seven years after the country’s civil war, but Sierra Leone is still battling to obtain an independent judiciary. MORE >>
LESOTHO: AIDS Orphans get Helping Hand By Letuka Mahe MASERU - Fifteen-year-old Ntsebeng Tlokotsi* sighs with relief as she is given 140 dollars. Along with it she receives a bag of maize meal and cooking oil. It is a government handout, and she qualifies for this only because both her parents are dead. MORE >>
RIGHTS-MALAWI: Blame Game While Children Suffer By Charles Mpaka LIMBE, Malawi - Every morning 12-year-old Thomson Genti and his seven-year-old brother, Chifundo, emerge dirty and wretched from the squalor of their hideout behind the crowded shops in the commercial town of Limbe. It is the start of a day of begging, beatings from the older street boys and insults from passers-by. MORE >>
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