In Cameroon, hundreds of displaced girls have protested the conflicts that have disrupted or halted their education. Close to a million Cameroonian children have lost school time in recent years due to the separatist conflict in western regions and Boko Haram terrorism on the borders with Chad and Nigeria. The demonstrators are calling Tuesday for better security so children, especially girls, can return to classrooms. Sixteen-year-old Adama Issatou tells onlookers in Maroua, a town on Cameroon’s northern border with Chad and Nigeria, that she needs an education. She said she…
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CAF African Schools Football Championship: UNAF zonal phase enters day two with exciting activities and results
Tunisia’s Ecole Hedi Ayadi Sfax (boys), and Ecole Omar ibn Khattab Rabat (girls) from Morocco secured victories in their first games in the ongoing CAF African Schools Football Championship, UNAF zonal phase taking place in Cairo, Egypt. Ecole Mohamed El Maghraoui beat Ecole Sewada 5-1 in the first game of the day before Ecole Hedi Ayadi Sfax humbled them 10-0 in the second boy’s game of the day at the 30 June Sports Complex. In the girl’s category, Ecole Omar ibn Khattab Rabat from Morocco beat their Egyptian counterparts, Ecole…
Read MoreUNAF kicks off Zonal Phase of African Schools Football Championship in Cairo Friday
About 200 girls and boys from different schools in the UNAF region will take part in the first Zonal Phase Qualifiers of the African Schools Football Championship from Friday, 07 October 2022. Proceedings will start at 08h00 GMT (10h00 local time) at 30 June Complex in Cairo on Friday. Hosts Egypt (host), Algeria, Morocco, Libya and Tunisia will take part in this crucial phase of the competition. After a hard-fought national phase, each of these teams won their ticket to the zonal tournament. The boys’ teams include Sewada School (Egypt),…
Read MoreSchool saves lives: World leaders back a courageous goal, “Education Plus”, to prevent new HIV infections through education and empowerment
NEW YORK/GENEVA, 19 September 2022—At the Transforming Education Summit in New York it was announced that 12 African countries* have committed to Education Plus, a bold initiative to prevent HIV infections through free universal, quality secondary education for all girls and boys in Africa, reinforced through comprehensive empowerment programmes. Speaking on the Leaders Day of the Summit on behalf of the Education Plus movement, the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Winnie Byanyima said, “School saves lives. We are coming together to champion the right for a girl to be in a…
Read MoreCameroon Says Schools Shut Down by Separatists Have Reopened
Education officials in Cameroon say improved security in its western regions have allowed more than 200 schools that had been shut by separatist threats since 2017 to reopen for the new school year. But critics note officials said the same thing last y…
Read MoreStrike Deadlock Shuts Nigerian Universities for Months
Adenekan Ayomide had been attending the University of Abuja for two years when the lecturers went on strike in February. The 27-year-old undergraduate student hoped he would return to school quickly but immediately took a job as a taxi driver to pay bi…
Read MoreCameroon, Nigeria Reopening Border Markets and Schools with Boko Haram Threat Diminished
Governors from Cameroon and Nigeria plan to re-open markets and rebuild schools along their shared border after declaring the area free of Boko Haram militants.Babagana Umara Zulum, governor of Nigeria’s Borno state, said President Muhammadu Buhari ins…
Read MoreNew ‘Doctor Who’ Star is ‘Sex Education’ Actor Ncuti Gatwa
Ncuti Gatwa will take the mantle from Jodie Whittaker on “Doctor Who,” the BBC announced Sunday, ending speculation over the iconic Time Lord’s next regeneration.“Sometimes talent walks through the door and it’s so bright and bold and brilliant, I just…
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