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Burkina Faso
Politics | Science - Education

Protest wave reaches Burkina Faso

afrol News, 15 March - Anti-government protests are gaining space in Burkina Faso, one of West Africa's least democratic countries. Massive student protests have already led to the closure of all universities.

Algeria
Labour | Politics | Science - Education

Students keep Algeria protests warm

afrol News, 17 February - As weekly anti-government protests are planned in Algeria each Saturday, students around the country keep the movement warm during weekdays, organising strikes, sit-ins and protests.

Seychelles
Science - Education | Society

Seychelles gets its 1st university

afrol News, 30 November - Seychelles, a nation of only 85,000 inhabitants, yesterday inaugurated its first university. The small nation hopes to reverse the "brain drain" resulting from students having to travel abroad.

Mauritius
Science - Education

Mauritius seeks 100,000 foreign students

afrol News, 23 September - Fancy to study on the cosy Indian Ocean island of Mauritius? The Mauritian government is now building infrastructure to receive 100,000 more foreign students by 2020.

Algeria
Science - Education

Algeria approves major science funding boost

afrol News / SciDev.Net, 11 June - The Algiers parliament has approved a bill to spend an extraordinary 100 billion Dinars (US$ 1.48 billion) on science over five years. Algeria now hopes to reverse the "brain drain".


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» 02.12.2008 - Agadir student killings trigger protests
» 15.10.2008 - Rwanda to host Africa regional higher education summit
» 06.10.2008 - Ghanaian wins first African scholars award
» 23.09.2008 - New training levy introduced in Botswana
» 17.06.2008 - Funding streams in for Seychelles University
» 22.05.2008 - Ivorian govt "behind student violence"
» 07.03.2008 - No-work-no-pay rule damned
» 25.10.2007 - Sudan benefits gender education
» 17.07.2007 - Critical lack of health workers in Brazzaville
» 21.12.2006 - University lecturers in Uganda call off strike
» 20.12.2006 - 400 new doctors to lose jobs in Kenya
» 16.11.2006 - Moroccan professors strike over work conditions
» 04.05.2006 - Women preachers appointed in Morocco
» 27.04.2006 - Mauritius urges laureates to return home
» 12.09.2005 - Ghana Minister laments "increased brain drain"
» 25.04.2005 - Cameroon students on hunger strike
» 11.03.2005 - Burkina Faso graduates first wetland scientists
» 26.01.2005 - Students abduct Guinea-Bissau Ambassador in Russia
» 21.01.2005 - New journalism school in Mozambique successful
» 20.08.2004 - Somaliland now counts on four universities
» 12.07.2004 - Nigeria may join Global University System
» 28.05.2004 - Brain drain: "Europe poaching African healthcare workers"
» 15.03.2004 - First medical school in Eritrea opens
» 13.02.2004 - Students arrested in Guinean university strike
» 27.01.2004 - Togo's new university opens in borrowed buildings
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