A teenager has been arrested over a Facebook post claiming President Robert Mugabe is dead and being preserved in a freezer. Read more »
Tired of seeing dolls that don't reflect his culture for young girls to be proud of, a Nigerian entrepreneur decided to solve the problem by producing his own line. Read more »
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Education Cabinet Secretary has lauded the performance by girls in the 2013 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exams with more female candidates in the top ten positions. Read more »
The House of Peoples' Representatives and the Ministry of Women, Children and Youth have urged stakeholders and the public to "undertake integrated work to stop adoption of ... Read more »
The West African Examination Council has released the November/December 2013 examination results, stating that there was a marked decline in candidates' performance compared to the ... Read more »
Despite the various programmes put in place by the current government since 2010, and that by previous administrations, over 50 percent of youth were unemployed in 2012, says the ... Read more »
Africare has joined forces with the National Basketball Association (NBA) and ExxonMobil to launch "Power Forward," a new initiative that uses basketball to engage African youth. Read more »
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