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UNICEF brings books to CAR

afrol News, 17 March - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is working to ensure that some 145,000 children affected by conflict in the Central African Republic have literature, mathematics and science books.

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Education still under attack - Unesco

afrol News, 11 February - A new report by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has found that politically and ideologically motivated attacks against teachers, students and schools are on the rise, calling for greater community involvement to reduce such incidents.

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Experts on black-eyed peas to meet in Dakar

afrol News, 26 January - Experts from around the world are expected to present the state of the art in cowpea research, building upon technological advances to move the science of cowpea forward, with the ultimate aim of identifying myriads of opportunities for cowpea growers to gain higher incomes, greater food security, and lead healthier lives.

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Poor nations’ children’s education at stake

afrol News, 20 January - The global financial crisis threatens to deprive millions of children in the world’s poorest countries of an education, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, with a knock-on effect on future economic growth, poverty reduction and progress in health and other areas, according to a United Nations report released yesterday.

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Online consultations to help poor nations’ energy strategy

afrol News, 19 January - The World Bank Group launched online consultations today to gather input for a new energy sector strategy, which is expected to be completed in early 2011.

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» 23.11.2009 - Women researchers still scarce, UNESCO
» 18.11.2009 - Heart disease discovered in ancient Egyptian mummies
» 09.11.2009 - Nigeria to get agro-research park
» 06.10.2009 - Indian Ocean nations to test tsunami warning system
» 01.10.2009 - Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana youth to benefit from Cocoa development grant
» 23.09.2009 - UNESCO elects new chief
» 21.09.2009 - Two African candidates for UNESCO head
» 18.09.2009 - University of Seychelles takes off
» 15.09.2009 - $70 million to revive Zimbabwe’s education
» 07.09.2009 - EU commissioner in Africa to boost science partnership
» 27.08.2009 - New teacher training college for Malawi
» 14.08.2009 - $1.7m grant for African Leadership Centre
» 05.08.2009 - Poverty a threat to education, UN
» 04.08.2009 - Scientists publish discovery of Malaria origin
» 04.08.2009 - AU-UN mission provides funds to Dafur
» 07.07.2009 - Morocco signs €155 million loan agreement with France
» 05.06.2009 - Mahale Ecosystem research project launched
» 18.05.2009 - Australia to donate 4250 Lapdesks to a Maputo school
» 29.04.2009 - World Bank doubles education financing
» 22.04.2009 - Africa-India satellite gets a nod in Nigeria
» 21.04.2009 - Countries set to meet the 2015 education for all target
» 01.04.2009 - Morocco to modernise its educational system
» 25.02.2009 - Zim teachers end year long strike
» 04.11.2008 - Angola could become continent's growth engine
» 16.10.2008 - Zimbabwe’s education in much deeper crisis
» 15.10.2008 - Rwanda to host Africa regional higher education summit
» 09.10.2008 - Cairo among top ten emerging global outsourcing cities
» 07.10.2008 - Small space rock expected over Sudanese sky
» 25.09.2008 - WFP welcomes private sector partnership to feed world's poor children
» 23.09.2008 - New training levy introduced in Botswana
» 08.09.2008 - Morocco seals $23.8 million for education
» 17.06.2008 - Funding streams in for Seychelles University
» 02.06.2008 - Skills shortage plagues Namibia's mining industry
» 20.05.2008 - Schools for Africa campaign succeeds
» 25.10.2007 - Sudan benefits gender education
» 16.10.2007 - Nigeria: No scientific success without mathematics
» 17.09.2007 - "African attitudes obstacle to innovation"
» 01.06.2007 - Mali gets serious about home-grown science
» 16.05.2007 - Big boost for Liberia education
» 28.03.2007 - AIDS killed 193 Tanzanian teachers
» 23.03.2007 - Djibouti to host first African Horn intellectuals' conference
» 23.01.2007 - Zambia's science ambitions get recognition
» 15.01.2007 - 10,000 South African educators to die of AIDS
» 13.09.2006 - Preparations for Timbuktu manuscript centre advance
» 26.05.2006 - Africans on the Internet: Maghreb most sex obsessed
» 10.11.2005 - Mbeki inaugurates giant African telescope
» 12.09.2005 - Ghana Minister laments "increased brain drain"
» 20.08.2004 - Somaliland now counts on four universities
» 13.08.2004 - Madagascar educates 1 million school drop-outs
» 30.06.2004 - South Africa's science sector reorganised
» 06.11.2003 - Little progress for girls' school attendance
» 20.06.2003 - Funds for education and reconstruction in Eritrea

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