The Mozambican Ministry of Education has received accolades for its decision to review and revoked a 2003 decree that placed a ban on pregnant schoolgirls from attending normal day classes, but restricting them to night classes ‘when they cannot...
A jazz musician with a brain tumour played a guitar during his surgery in South Africa.
Instrumentalist Musa Manzini, from South Africa, played several notes during the successful operation.
According to one of the neurosurgeons, Dr. Rohen Harrichandparsad, the playing of...
With such a young and expanding population, African countries need to put in place measures to create an environment that is friendly to the children and to prevent exacerbating poverty, inequality, unemployment and instability.
The African Report on Child Wellbeing...
Child labour is the employment of children under the age of 18 in a manner that restrict or prevent them from basic education and development.
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Poverty is a major factor that drives child labour in Africa. In poor families,...
Southern Africa, as the name suggests, is the southernmost part of Africa and includes a number of countries aside from the great country of South Africa.
There are 2 major classifications for countries in Southern Africa:
The United Nations classification and...
In a fascinating new study based in Hong Kong, China, researchers found that spending time around "blue spaces" — like beaches, harbors, coastlines, etc. — is "related to good self-reported health," as per the research paper, which has been...
Uganda’s education ministry is planning to add Mandarin language lessons to its secondary school curriculum at 35 schools with future plans to roll it out to more educational institutions as resources become available.
The ministry has selected 35 teachers, who...
British heavyweight boxing star Anthony Joshua has been awarded his OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by Prince Charles in an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Thursday.
The 29-year-old Nigerian-British boxer currently holds the...
When a young girl comes of age in the Kreung tribe of Cambodia, it's tradition for her parents to build a small hut for her away from the main home, sort of like setting up a small apartment in...
The Nobel Peace Prize is the most controversial of the five Nobel Prizes—Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace and Physiology. Not only is this the most coveted, it is also the most significant out of all other awards.
The Nobel Peace prize...
Anele is a web developer and a Pan-Africanist who believes bad leadership is the only thing keeping Africa from taking its rightful place in the modern world.
