With the exception of South Africa, most African countries criminalise same-sex relationships with imprisonment, while incidents of violence against gay women and men are poorly investigated and rarely taken to court.
Eaglesvale High School has lost 56 students amid reports of mass hysteria blamed on a "cult" that has seen two students chucked out of their hostels for allegedly leading unsanctioned religious meetings on school premises and causing hysteria among fellow students.
THE Frank Fredericks Foundation (FFF) once again announced several scholarships worth thousands of dollars and brand-new sports equipment to athletes and schools in Namibia.
Government will give the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe a new charter to establish a university following the take-over of the name Great Zimbabwe University by the State, President Mugabe has said.
The President of Sudan Omar Al-Bashir through his African youth initiative called 'Al-Bashir 01'has equipped computer labs of five government schools.
ANITHA Kihiyo, a primary school teacher at Kigurunyembe in Morogoro Region, says national curriculum set by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training for its primary and secondary schools, do not create or construct knowledge for the students.
The Obama administration earlier this year named a former United States Peace Corps volunteer, Aaron S. Williams, as the program's new director. The Peace Corps, which will soon celebrate its 50th anniversary, draws thousands of Americans who want to work abroad and under the new administration, it is looking at its areas of focus and how best to continue implementing its programs most ...
As the global wild fire of the Under 17 world cup moves beyond all frontiers, Bauchi State is in the news once again. This time around the state is not in the news for the wrong reasons; which is a welcome development for a state that is being marketed as a tourism destination.
Limpopo Provincial Treasury is offering full-time study bursaries in the accounting, finance and Information Technology fields for the 2010 academic year.
THE Clever Cubs School is a brand new school for 24 San children that opened this month on the N/a' an ku se Wildlife Sanctuary outside Windhoek.
Mozambican Education Minister Aires Aly said in Maputo on Wednesday that though there are still problems of access of children to school, the main challenge to the country, at national level, is about the quality of education.
There are many indignities meted out to children in our educational institutions which bring untold hardship to them and their parents.
On Wednesday a new school was inaugurated in Agou . Built on the site of the ancient college, it consists of two buildings which restoration has cost 16 million CFA francs offered by the Head of State. The school welcomes 34 students from Agbético and Agou Nyogbo.
Public and private secondary schools in the six education districts of Lagos State are already putting their acts together in their bid to emerge victorious in the second edition of the state Internal Revenue essay competition.
The management of the Koforidua Hospital, in collaboration with the Nurses and Midwifery Association (NMA), has organised a five-day training workshop for its staff.
