Niger schools shut over meningitis

A mass immunisation programme to protect children against meningitis starts in Niger, as the death toll rises from 85 to 129.

Shulenchini Niger zinafungwa kwa siku kadha wakati nchi hiyo inapojaribu kukabilian na mlipuko wa ugonjwa wa uti wa mgongo

The Roman Catholic Church shuts its schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital as protests against President Joseph Kabila continue for a third day.

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Public schools in Kenya are closed following a government order in response to the three-week teachers' strike for a 50% pay rise.

>Some 11,065 primary schools will not immediately benefit from the laptop project due to lack of electricity. The Rural Electrification Authority (REA), that has been tasked with ensuring power connectivity all over the country, has reported that it has only managed 48 per cent connections for schools.

Public schools in Kenya have been shut by the government in response to a three-week teachers' strike.

A mass vaccination programme against meningitis A in Africa has been a "stunning success", say experts.

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