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MOZAMBIQUE: Property grabbing leaves orphans destitute

PlusNews

Monday, January 07, 2008

On a farm in the district of Bárue, in the central province of Manica, 16-year-old Helena Ivan hurries home with a small bundle on her head. After...

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Swerving Car Leaves Seven Children Critically Injured

africa » gambia » bakau

The Point

Friday, January 04, 2008

Seven children sustained serious injuries in a near-fatal car accident when a speeding vehicle with registration number KM 4448 A veered off the road...

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Miss Gambia USA founder gives to Sajuka school

africa » gambia » barra

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Njilan Fye, founder and organiser of the Miss Gambia USA beauty pageant, last Wednesday, donated learning materials to the Sajuka Lower Basic School...

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NIGERIA: Laptops-in-schools debate turns messy

africa » nigeria » abuja

IRIN

Saturday, December 29, 2007

A scheme to give one million low-cost laptops to Nigerian schoolchildren has stalled because some policymakers say the money would be better spent on...

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Brig. Gen fetes kids

africa » gambia

Friday, December 28, 2007

Brigadier General Lang Tombong Tamba, chief of defence staff of the Gambia Armed Forces, has hosted more than a dozen children who took in a radio...

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MOZAMBIQUE: Orphans deprived of their inheritance

africa » mozambique » catandica

IRIN

Friday, December 28, 2007

On a farm in the district of Bárue, in the central province of Manica, 16-year-old Helena Ivan hurries home with a small bundle on her head. After...

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CHAD: Child soldiers forcibly mobilised not demobilised

africa » chad » ndjamena

IRIN

Friday, December 28, 2007

A UN programme to demobilise hundreds of child soldiers in Chad has been on hold since November following the resurgence of fighting between the army...

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COTE D'IVOIRE: Tend to cattle then go to class

africa » ivory coast » fapaha

IRIN

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Shortly before noon 7-year-old Kolotioloma Soro, her 9-year-old sister Anne-Marie and a crowd of other children tie up their cattle to bushes and sit...

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Ecole Diana Mariama organises end-of-year party

africa » gambia » fajara

Monday, December 17, 2007

Ecole Diana Mariama, a bi-lingual school situated behind the War Cemetery in Fajara, on Saturday, organised its annual school party, ahead of a line...

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New radio soap opera brings children’s issues into Sudanese homes

africa » sudan » khartoum

UNICEF

Sunday, December 16, 2007

A new radio soap opera called ‘Sika Tawadi’ will be launched in Sudan, bringing children’s issues directly into the homes of thousands of families....

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