Africa: Educators Stress Millennium Development Goals

Educators and civil society groups from 54 African countries are meeting in Cameroon to review the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals on education ahead of a 2015 deadline. They say with barely a year to go it is more critical than ever that donor countries reaffirm their commitment to the world's poorest people and adopt strategies that can improve access to education.

A drum beat invites Baka and Mbororo ethnic groups spread in Central African countries to send their children to school. They still live their traditional lives in which education is not a priority.

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