DIFID Supports SWAP to Help Education in Malawi

The UK Government through the Department for International Development (DFID) in Malawi has announced support to the Government of Malawi to implement a new national education reform program that will put many more girls into secondary school; reduce repetition and dropout rates; and support all 5,500 primary schools with new School Improvement Grants. These measures will reduce the average number of children per teacher in primary schools from 81:1 in 2009 to 60:1 by 2013.
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Zimbabweans in South Africa Face Uncertainty

In Zimbabwe daily survival is such a struggle that, in desperation, many cross into neighboring South Africa in search of menial labor. It is estimated that as many as two million Zimbabweans live and work undocumented in South Africa. But now South Africa's cabinet has announced that as of 31 December this year, the special dispensation will end, for reasons of regional security.To read more click here. For contacts in South Africa for
Zimbabwe Exiles Forum
Holding Hands for Zimbabwe International
Jesuit Refugee Services
People Against Suffering, Suppression, Oppression and Poverty
Lawyers for Human Rights
Consortium for Refugees and Migrants in South Africa
The South African Human Rights Commission
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25 YEARS BEHIND OR AHEAD?

EXAMINING THE AGE OF AFRICAN LEADERS

Abdulai Wade (Senegal) age 83
Hosni Mubarak (Egypt) age 82
Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe) age 86
Hifikepunye Pohamba (Namibia) age 74
Rupiah Banda (Zambia) age 73
Mwai Kibaki (Kenya) age 71
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf(Liberia)age 75
Colonel Gaddafi (Libya) age 68
Jacob Zuma (South Africa) age 68
Bingu Wa Mtalika (Malawi) age 76
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Average Age: 75.6 ~ Approximately 76 years

SOME OTHER COUNTRIES

Barrack Obama (USA) age 48
David Cameron (UK) age 43
Dimitri Medvedev (Russia) age 45
Stephen Harper (Canada) age 51
Julia Gillard (Australia) age 49
Nicolas Sarkozy (France) age 55
Luis Zapatero (Spain) age 49
Jose Socrates (Portugal) age 53
Angela Merkel (Germany) age 56
Herman Van Rompuy (Belgium) age 62
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Average Age:51.1 ~ Approximately 51 years

AFRICANS ARE ASKING, WOULD YOUNGER LEADERSHIP GIVE AFRICA MORE PROSPERITY?