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Botswana: How AIDS almost killed An African Dream
One of the most stable democracies in the developing world, Botswana boasts the least corruption in Africa and a post-independence history of unprecedented economic...
The N’ko Alphabet: Literacy by and for West Africans
In October 2009, I came to Mali to learn to read. This may come as a surprise since West Africa is supposedly the world’s...
Michelle Obama: Honors After-School arts projects that inspire youth
In Muqqatum, a community on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, students at Alwan wa Awtar (Colors and Strings) can participate in a wide range...
Guinea: Sacrifice, University Style
On Wednesday, May 28, 2008, a woman from Kankan, Guinea came to the University of Kankan to tell administrators about a dream she had....
Canada’s first “Black only” school under heavy criticism
The "Africentric Alternative School" in Toronto is Canada’s first "Afrocentric" public school. Catering for students of African or Afro-Caribbean descent, the school's main aim...
Guinea Calling
In early April, two hungry students in Kankan went frog hunting at night in a nearby village. The Vice Rector for Teaching, Marcel Haba,...
Achebe joins Brown University (US) faculty
The famed author of "Things Fall Apart" joins an US Ivy League university to lead a new African Colloquium.
The acclaimed Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe,...
Egypt’s niqab ban a religious tug-of-war
Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Grand Sheikh of the al-Azhar mosque in Egypt, last Saturday ordered a schoolgirl to remove her niqab (Islamic veil), whilst visiting...
Seychelles gets its first public University
The University, the first independent, non-profit making higher education institution in the Seychelles, was formally established on the 17th September 2009 at a special...
Zimbabwe university students begin class boycotts
More than 200 Zimbabwean university students staged a protest march
late Tuesday in Harare voicing their disquiet over exorbitant tuition fees at state colleges ahead...
Zimbabwe: Tendai Biti reveals Mugabe’s monthly salary but his plan backfires
Zimbabwe finance minister Tendai Biti on Wednesday revealed President Robert Mugabe's monthly salary. But this was quickly dismissed by restless teachers as a mere...
Zimbabwe: Educational sector to suffer another blow
The Zimbabwe government, fresh from a three week strike by doctors,
is now bracing for yet another strike from teachers. The strike is likely to...
Students & Young Professionals African Liberty Academy 2009
Between 60 and 70 students and young professionals will be selected from an applicant pool that typically numbers in the hundreds. It will be...
Historically African-American Universities: 150 years of service to the black cause
Today, the United States has 105 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) across the nation. They graduate more than 50 percent of African-American professionals...
Nigerian education sector to get a major facelift
The World Bank and the British Department for International Development (DFID) have issued a grant of $180 million to help finance the Nigerian...
Zimbabwe strike averted, fee cuts and levies introduced
The broke Zimbabwe government has averted a crippling strike by teachers after it persuaded international donors including the United Nations Children's Fund, to fund...
Zimbabwe: School fees slashed amid teachers’ threats
State owned schools in Zimbabwe have been instructed to slash their fees as it struggles with an economic crisis desperately crying out for massive...
World Digital Library: All countries invited aboard
Now that the World Digital Library has been launched on the Internet, its creators want to add new partners and content from every country...
Zimbabwe: Another crippling blow for education sector
Zimbabwe's cash-strapped unity government is facing a fresh crisis as teachers have vowed to strike for a “significant improvement” of their allowances when the...
Human rights – A school curricula after Mugabe rule ?
The London-based founder of the nonprofit group said human rights education will promote peace on the continent and help develop a new generation of...
Ethiopian photographic project to be extended to Africa
Sébastien Cailleux, is an ardent photo reporter for Africa. He recently returned from Ethiopia, where he mounted an exciting photographic project with children. Under...
Nigeria: Religious interference in Education and a flimsy future
In recent years, a closer look at the Nigerian tertiary institutions reveals a worrisome skew from the epicentrum of scholarly life. Religious groups (both...
Zimbabwe minister woos teachers back into school
Zimbabwean schools that have been closed since December last year will finally open this coming week. The Minister of Education, Sports and Culture, Senator...
Mugabe’s child studies abroad as Zim system collapses
Bona Mugabe, the daughter of Zimbabwean detector Robert Mugabe reportedly studying in Hong Kong under a different name. She is said to began her...
Islamic schools sending children to beg in the streets
Nigeria's network of Islamic boarding schools, known as almajiri habours children as young as four or five and exploit them by sending them into...
Serena Williams opens school in Kenya
International tennis woman, Serena Williams, was scheduled to arrive in Nairobi late Thursday to open a school she co-funded with technology firm Hewlett Packard...
US and Nigerian universities to sign partnership deal
A delegation of the University of Science and Technology (KSUT) in Nigeria's North-Central Kano State arrived Sunday to foster a partnership with the University...
Greece to extend residence permits for foreign students
In a bid to increase internationalization and promote a multicultural state, the Greek government has moved to increase the residence permit for foreign students...
Teachers still on strike in Gabon
Schools are still empty as teachers all over Gabon have decided to remain on strike until every thing is done to save the crumbling...
Sex for grades in Africa : Necessity or choice
Aminata is 16 years old; she lives at home with her single mother in Darker. Getting an education is the only way she could...