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Mauritius: How can i help my child learn english? - The British Council's language clinic with "Dr Danny"
Hello and welcome back to the English Language Clinic. This week's question, and the title of this article, is one that I am asked more than any other. As a growing number of parents realise the immense importance of English to their child's future success and development, providing them with controlled and stimulating access to English is becoming a key concern.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 12:15

Nigeria: Ikot Abasi Council Boss Restates Commitment to Youths Development
The Chairman of Ikot Abasi Local Government Area, Dr. John Ekott has reaffirmed his administration's commitment to encourage various programmes that will discourage youths from participating in cult activities among other vices in the area. Dr John Ekott stated this while declaring open a one day seminar on Cultist, impact on the Nigerian Youths and the society, organised by the council authorities in conjunction with the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 12:09

Nigeria: Child Labour - a Threat
Many tender children are engaged in private and commercial labour, doing works beyond their age when they should be at school. CHRISTIANA ESEBONU looks at the case of child labour and its implications for personal and national development.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 12:00

Nigeria: Akpabio Tasks Country Youths
Governor Godswill Akpabio said the inauguration of the Nigerian Youth Parliament by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua somtimes ago, was a challenge to Nigerian youths and therefore, urged them to device positive programmes that would contribute to the development of the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 12:00

South Africa: SA Called to Support Anti-Violence Campaign
Government has called on South Africans to join hands and support the national campaign against gender-based violence.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 11:38

Nigeria: Akpabio Tasks Youths on Development
Governor Godswill Akpabio has urged Nigerian youths to devise positive programmes that will contribute to the development of the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 11:32

Nigeria: Aviation College to Tackle Unemployment - Saraki
Kwara State Governor, Bukola Saraki, yesterday said the move to establish International Aviation College in the state is meant to tackle unemployment among the teeming youths.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 11:22

Nigeria: NYC Drags Bony Amayanabo to Rivers' Truth Commission
The National Youth Council of Nigeria, Bonny Chapter, yesterday, dragged the Bonny Amanyanabo-in-council to the Rivers State Truth and Reconciliation Commission, over the Bonny crisis, following which the chiefs and elders have asked for an out-of-the-commission settlement.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 10:19

Uganda: Organisations Irked By Rising School Drop-Out Rate
ORGANISATIONS dealing in child rights protection have expressed concern over the rate at which children are dropping out of school in Kasese district.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 09:41

South Africa: Cops 'Beat Up Schoolchildren'
Atlantis police are investigating charges of assault after officers of the Area Crime Combating Unit there allegedly beat up nine schoolchildren, apparently with batons, during a raid on a house believed to be a drug den.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 08:59

NDC to Tackle Youth Unemployment As National Emergency
Mr. John Dramani Mahama, running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, has said the NDC would tackle youth unemployment as a national emergency policy.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 22:25

Congo-Kinshasa: Monuc Promotes the Adoption of a Law for the Protection of the Child
In advance of Universal Children's Day, celebrated on 20 November each year, at the MONUC weekly press conference of 19 November 2008, Congolese children transmitted their demands to members of Parliament of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 21:55

Nigeria: Lagos Warns Parents Over Child Abuse
Lagos state government will from January 2009 commence the arrest and prosecution of parents or guardians whose wards are found hawking during the school hours.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 21:14

Oyinlola Pledges to Implement Child Right Acts
Osogbo-Osun State Government has declared that it was set to implement the Child Rights' Acts to the letter. The bill was signed into law last month by Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 18:41

Abused Kids Rescued
THE Department of Social Welfare has taken custody of two children, aged nine and seven, who were being allegedly abused and neglected by their father and stepmother in Harare.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 17:17

South Africa: R1 Million Award Won for Orphan Project
A former Rondebosch Boys High School pupil has won $100 000 - about R1 million - in a top international award that will allow him to expand his project that trains head-of-household orphans for sustainable jobs in the ecotourism industry.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 16:04

Nigeria: Be Role Models, Parents Told
Parents have been urged to pay more attention to the upbringing of their children and serve as role models to them.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 15:35

Nigeria: Indomie Honours Heroic Children
A special award that seeks to identify, recognise and celebrate acts of heroism in children has been inaugurated by foremost noodles manufacturer, Dufil Prima Foods Plc, makers of Indomie Instant Noodles.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 14:35

South Africa: ANC Blasts Media for 'Belittling' Malema
THE African National Congress's (ANC's) powerful national working committee (NWC) yesterday blamed the media for what it called a sustained campaign to belittle ANC Youth League president Julius Malema.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 14:26

Botswana: Youth Hooliganism Poisons Democracy
Youth wings of the ruling political parties in neighbouring countries appear to have literally taken over the running of those parties. In fact, they are running the governments since their parties are in power.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 12:22

Nigeria: 'Government Alone Can't Eradicate Drug Trafficking'
Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi state has called for concerted efforts amongst parents, traditional leaders, teachers and everybody, to eradicate all manner of drugs trafficking, addiction and abuse in Nigeria.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 11:50

Burundi: Unicef Sounds Alarm After Brutal Murder of Albino Girl in Burundi
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is working with authorities in Burundi to better protect the country's albino children in the wake of a brutal crime in which a six-year-old girl was shot and dismembered, apparently in the mistaken belief of some locals that the body parts have magical qualities.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 06:43

Sierra Leone: NUSS Celebrates World Students' Day
National union of Sierra Leone students has signed a communiqué prohibiting violence that has plagued student unionism in the country, especially after the war.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 23:55

Gambia: NayConf Flag Continues Tour
The flag of the National Youth Conference and Festival officially left Banjul on Friday for a nation-wide sensitization ahead of the biennial youth gathering scheduled for December in Farafenni, North Bank Region.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 20:44

Nigeria: Bayelsa LG Poll - Sagbama Youth Canvasses Support for Nelson
Ahead of the local governments election in Bayelsa State, Sagbama Youth Forum has called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to present Ebinepre Ebineche Nelson (Snr) as its flag-bearer.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 18:25

Nigeria: Lawmaker Flags-Off Vocational Training Pragramme for 60 Youths
A member representing Langtang North and South federal constituency of Plateau State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Beni Lar has flagged-off a six week training programme for 60 youths in deferent vocational skills to enable them became more productive to themselves and the wider society.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 18:24

Nigeria: PDP Youths Are Awake to Their Responsibility -Youth Leader
A group of youths under the auspices of PDP Youth Revial Initiative recently took up the initiative to challenge the elders of the party when they embarked on a campaign to provide free medical aid to some indigent communities. Leader of the group a medical doctor, Dr. Umuege Kennedy, in this interview with Chika Otuchikere and Femi Akinola revealed that a new dawn has broken in the party. According to Umuege, the youths who hitherto were deployed as thugs and miscreants have decided to engage themselves in useful activities which would paint them in a better light. Excerpts.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 18:24

Nigeria: Nema Trains Over 200 Youths in Adamawa
Over 200 youths have been trained in Yola North in Adamawa State in basic disaster management skills.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 17:59

Nigeria: Poverty Fuels Oil Smuggling
Crude oil smuggling continues unabated in the Niger Delta in southern Nigeria, spurred by chronic under-development, a disaffected youth, and increasing lawlessness.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 14:46

Government to Create 10 Courts for Minors in 2009
Ten Courts for Minors will be built next year, in the framework of the Government's National Plan for 2009, announced Monday the Angolan Justice minister, Guilhermina Prata.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 14:14

Nigeria: NSYF Lauds Nasarawa LG Polls
The President of Nasarawa State Youth Forum (NSYF) Kaduna State Chapter, Alhaji Adamu Abubakar Toto, has described the recent Nasarawa State local government elections as another milestone in the annals of democracy.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 13:43

Rwanda: Minisante Takes Polio Immunisation to Rwanda, DR Congo Border
The Ministry of Health is to embark on a polio immunisation programme, targeting about half a million Rwandese children, at the Rwanda-DR Congo border in order to prevent trans-border infections.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 12:50

Nigeria: FG, Private Sector Set to Empower Youth in Agriculture, Others
A workshop aimed at involving youths in agriculture, industries, public works, infrastructure and the environment commenced yesterday in Abuja for participants from the North central zone of the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 11:38

Village That Gives Hope to the Hopeless
Maun's Motse wa Tsholofelo (The village of hope) has for a very long time now been home away from home for 46 little boys and girls aged from two to six years, most of them orphans.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 09:55

South Africa: By Failing Our New Democracy 'Young Lions' Betray Country's Youth
I MISSED out on the anti-apartheid struggle. So did African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema. I often wish I had been born earlier.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 08:41

Nigeria: Albishir - Group Wants Okiro Sacked
Angered by what it regards as a clear and deliberate abuse of a court order, the National Association of Nigerian Youth Leaders, (NANYL), has asked President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to sack the Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Nov-2008 23:41

Country Observes World Diabetes Day
The Gambia - on Friday, November 14th - joined the rest of the world to observe World Diabetes Day on the theme "Diabetes in Children and Adolescents".
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Nov-2008 18:28

Ghana: Journalists Urged to Uphold the Rights of Children
Journalists and media practitioners often face challenges in covering children and their rights. They are required to protect children and enhance their rights, but not in any way damage their freedom of expression.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Nov-2008 17:55

Uganda: My Child Has an Itchy Skin
Ask the doctor with Dr. Paulâ-àSemugoma
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Nov-2008 15:49

Liberia: Student Group Wants Second Autopsy Report Released
The National High School Students Union of Liberia (NAHISSU) has observed with dismay the continuous delay of the second autopsy report for the late Little Angel Togba which cost the government has underwritten.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Nov-2008 15:25

South Africa: Torch of Peace Lit Ahead of 16 Days Campaign
A Torch of Peace has been lit to mark the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children Campaign, which will kick off on 25 November.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Nov-2008 15:07

Tanzania: Emusoi Reaches Out Disadvantaged Maasai Children
The Emusoi pastoral community centre at Olasiti in Arumeru district has made great strides in supporting Maasai children from Simanjiro, Ngorongoro, Monduli and Kiteto districts through secondary and college education. These include those who had failed to secure places in public secondary schools after primary education.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Nov-2008 14:42

South Africa: Where Babies Are Busy Making Babies
A mother of one has invited me out for a weekend. Scary! Scary! Run! If this was happening in Arusha, I would have surely earned myself some 30 years in one of those filthy prisons.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Nov-2008 14:42

Liberia: Rape Claims Unabated
Liberia is of late rift with claims of rape, as it is with the present case of rape which is engendering much public interest and anxiety. 39 years old Nathaniel Wilson is awaiting trial for allegedly raping a two years old girl. Already his wife, Victoria Wilson is crying foul, claiming that her husband is innocent.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Nov-2008 14:39

Uganda: 'I Saw My Friend Beheaded' - LRA Abductee
Children abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) during its decades-long insurgency in the north have to live with the trauma and psychological scars long after their rescue and return to civilian life.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Nov-2008 14:26

Nigeria: Chime Assures on Child Rights Law
Enugu State Government has declared that it will comply with some provisions on children's rights provided for in the 1999 Constitution.
Source : AllAfrica | 17-Nov-2008 14:14