Cape Verde allocates 1.2 ME to fight extreme poverty by 2023
The Cape Verdean government plans to spend almost 1.2 million euros this year on the MAIS program, which aims to eradicate extreme poverty in Cape […]
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Tanzania: books contrary to “moral standards” banned from schools
The Tanzanian government has banned several children’s books on sex education from schools, accusing them of violating the “cultural and moral norms” of this East […]
Cholera led to close schools in Malawi
Schools in Malawi’s two largest cities will remain closed until further notice due to the worsening cholera epidemic affecting the country, the government announced Monday. […]
Angolan teachers strike begins with 100% participation
Angolan teachers began a general strike Wednesday that will last until the 30th of this month, demanding answers to the issues in the booklet of […]
Portugal wants to expand the network of Portuguese schools in Africa
Portugal wants a network of Portuguese schools “more robust”, especially in Portuguese-speaking African countries, providing for the construction of establishments and poles to extend that […]
Togo: Government dismisses over hundred striking teachers
New sanction against striking teachers of the SET, the Togo Teachers’ Union. On Monday, April 25, the Minister in charge of the Civil Service issued […]
Sex education removed from school books in Mozambique
The Mozambican government will remove sex education content from a biology textbook for middle school students next year, after an outcry on social networks, an […]
At least 25 children die in school fire in Niger
At least 25 children were killed Monday when their thatched classrooms caught fire at an elementary school in southern Niger, according to a cabinet statement. […]
Unicef calls for the reopening of schools in DRC
Congolese students have been at home since December 18. This decision was taken to stop the spread of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. […]
Nigeria: Release of high school students kidnapped in Kankara
High school students captured last weekend at their boarding school in Kankara, north-western Nigeria, were released on the evening of Thursday 17 December. This mass […]