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Mauritania: Ravaged By Drought - the Number of Malnourished Children Rises
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:43:27 GMT
[IPS]
Nouakchott -
Mariem Mint Ahmedou sits cross-legged on a worn-out carpet in a basic tent built with mud bricks and layers of sewn-together fabric. Her eight-month-old twins, Hussein and Hassan, lie weakly against her body. Both of them have been malnourished since birth, because Beydar, undernourished herself, cannot produce enough breast milk to feed them.
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Uganda: Invisible Children Make Kids Visible
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:59:47 GMT
[Observer]
Invisible Children Uganda (ICU) will this year offer bursaries to about 200 needy students from war-torn northern Uganda to undergo university and secondary school education under their Legacy Sponsorship Programme.
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Uganda: Wasswa, Scaling the Heights At 26
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:17:20 GMT
[Observer]
Few people, especially fresh graduates, can boast of winning awards in their 20s.
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South Africa: MDR-TB Trials Could Make a Tangible Difference for Children
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:16:52 GMT
[Health-e]
A team from Stellenbosch University's Desmond Tutu TB Centre will be monitoring 200 children at the Brooklyn Chest Hospital in Cape Town over the next five years in a potentially groundbreaking trial.
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Ghana: Youth Perspectives On Employment
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:53:31 GMT
[Public Agenda]
Key facts and selected quotes from worldwide youth contributors to UN World Youth Report
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Gambia: Yjag Executive Meets Board Chairperson
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:25:38 GMT
[Daily Observer]
The new executive of the Young Journalists Association of The Gambia (YJAG) Wednesday paid a courtesy call on Amie Bojang-Sissoho, the board chairperson of the Association, who is also the programme coordinator of Gamcotrap, at her office in Kanifing.
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Gambia: Young People and Local Governance
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:43:24 GMT
[Daily Observer]
The Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Local Government and Lands are currently engaged in building the capacities of young people with a view to ensuring better and effective participation of young people in local governance as well as broaden their scope on their areas of operation.
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Zimbabwe: Junior Parliament Hailed
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:41:15 GMT
[The Herald]
TWO Cabinet ministers have hailed the Junior Parliament saying it is more organised compared to the senior one. Speaking at the handover ceremony of 350 mobile phones and Econet Wireless sim cards to child parliamentarians on Wednesday, Information Communication Technology Minister Nelson Chamisa said Zimbabwe now comprised two types of people, the digital native and the digital immigrants.
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Tanzania: Coca-Cola to Launch Teen Parties in Mwanza
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:32:02 GMT
[Daily News]
1000 teenagers are set to participate in the inaugural event of the Coca- Cola Waka Waka parties to be held at the Gold Crest Hotel in Mwanza on Saturday with the aim to engage the youths in active interactive games, funs and foster relationship among themselves as they enjoy the world's most preferred soft drink - Coca-Cola.
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Tanzania: Refugee Camp Children Display Unique Art Skills
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:31:37 GMT
[Daily News]
THANKS to a unique initiative, a total of 140 primary and secondary students living within and neighbouring Nyarugusu refugee camp in Kigoma got to show their artistic talent.
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