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No-work-no-pay rule damned

afrol News - Nigerian government has been damned for issuing a directive to all heads of universities that it would apply no-work-no-pay rule. In this piece, an education rights campaigner of Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria, Kola Ibrahim, wondered why the rule should be applied to all lecturers who participated in the last warning strike, describing the rule as "condemnable" and "provocative."

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Uganda combats demons

afrol News - School authorities in Sir Tito Winyi Primary School in Western Uganda held special prayers to combat a rampant "demonic attack" among pupils.

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Mangroves in the Casamance (Senegal)

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The Mangroves
an undervalued ecosystem


afrol News - Historically classified "unhealthy wastelands" or "useless swamps" by development-eager authorities and businesses, the mangrove forests actually are one of the most fascinating resources in tropical Africa. The trees manage to live on the edge between flooding rivers, tidal waves intruding with salt water and the drylands, where they create new land and environs rich in fish, birds, wood and other resources. Finally, their value is being discovered.

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UNAIDS image of Africa

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Is the African AIDS pandemic a bluff?

afrol News - A growing number of researchers question the "official" inflated numbers of HIV/AIDS prevalence in African countries such as Botswana, South Africa and Lesotho. Poor testing, a special diagnosis of AIDS in Africa and erroneous computer-generated estimates by the UN had led to "misleading" numbers, they hold. The history of AIDS in Uganda serves as proof.

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