Article taken from the Evening Standard, 9/02/2011 – Richard Godwin When the images of youths revolting in Tunis and Cairo first appeared on our TV screens, a few wry comparisons were made. So Arab students are taking to the streets for democracy, yeah? The only thing that rouses our lot is the prospect of actually …
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A total of 499 youth business enterprises were established last year. Youth Enterprise Fund Secretary Bheki Thwala yesterday said the Fund used up an amount of E5.8 million towards funding youth businesses. He said their main aim was to contribute to the reduction of youth unemployment through the provision of business capital for young people …
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Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, presents youth ambassador to the United Nations, Ruth Lawrence (right) with her instrument of appointment, during a ceremony at King’s House on February 8. Sharing the proud moment are Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture, Hon. Olivia Grange (left) and Director of Youth Policy and Programme …
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Boys as young as 13-years-old are being used as soldiers by officers of the Chadian national army and armed groups, a report by Amnesty International said today. More than 40 former and current child soldiers from Chad and Darfur describe how they were compelled to join the groups in testimonies presented in the report “A …
This is a video of Sugata Mitra, responsible for the original “Hole in the Wall” project in a slum in New Delhi India started in 1999. Mitra outlines the findings from the expansion of the program in India and elsewhere including South Africa. The video talk by Mitra focuses on how children can learn to …
This 2011 edition of The African Report on Child Well-being is the second in a series of reports published biennially by The African Child Policy Forum as their contribution to putting Africa’s children on the public and political agenda, and to holding African governments accountable to their obligations – to their children. This report explores …
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By Tansy Hoskins Iraq and Afghanistan taught me that I could weep at the suffering of people I’d had never met but until the Egyptian Revolution I did not know that I could dance in the street to celebrate something happening on the other side of the world. The fight to make the world an …
The crowd that turned out at the Manga Williams Avenue on Friday for this year’s 45th National Youth Day celebration was impressive. Under the theme “Youths and the consolidation of the achievements of the Reunification of Cameroon,” it was an occasion that shall remain indelible in the annals of Limbe. Under the distinguished patronage of …
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A youth solidarity march designed to create oneness and understanding among youths in the country is being planned as part of activities marking the country’s 46th Independence Anniversary. Slated for the 19th of February 2011, the event will be in a form of March past from the July 22nd Square to Arch 22nd, where speeches …
The Scottish Parliament Presiding Officer (Speaker) Alex Fergusson and pop star Annie Lennox arrived in Malawi for a week- long visit as guests of Malawi Parliament and some projects being funded by the Scottish government. Malawi Parliament Speaker Henry Chimunthu Banda told journalists in the capital Lilongwe on Monday that he and his guest will …
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