COVER: Feeding stomachs and minds for better grades

Sentiment in emerging markets was one of the key topics for finance leaders at the IMF spring meetings in Washington DC – but slower growth in parts of Asia and political discord in some emerging economies should not be allowed to obscure the strong economic potential of these markets.

There seems to be a wave of rising African storytellers in the fiction genre. Names such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, NoViolet Bulawayo are known all around the world for their current storytelling through fiction. But there is a genre that many haven’t well explored and perhaps one that is used by most writers without knowing the right techniques – creative non-fiction.

There is a general agreement amongst most Tanzanians that currently, the country needs changes; changes that would steer it to new levels of development, with the most talked about area that needs transformation, according to the “analysts”, being the country’s top leadership.

On the night when film makers, big and small, crossed each other’s paths, Guinea Bissau Film Espinho De Rosa (A Thorn of Rose) emerged as the greatest winner of the night after scooping three awards.

By now I believe you have started observing successful students from your school or college. Large numbers of students’ performances are affected by their attitudes towards specific subjects, education and academics in general.

Undercover filming showed the Ghanaian academics breaching university policies on sexual harassment.

All schools must have feeding programmes
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THE Acting Executive Director for Sumbawanga District must have won many a heart at the weekend when he imposed a two-week ultimatum on village executive officers in the district so they ensure that an elaborate primary school feeding arrangement ...

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UN says will stop feeding some 7000 ex-fighters in DR Congo
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In this photo provided by UN Photo, the United Nations Security Council meets at the UN headquarters Monday, Jan 19, 2015 to discuss the maintenance of international peace and security. AP. KINSHASA, DR Congo—The UN mission in the Democratic ...
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School feeding 'not practicable'
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THE low capacity of milk processing and meagre budget has hampered government plans to implement the school feeding policy which among other things demands that the government supply at least one glass of milk to each pupil each day. The Minister ...