South Sudan children swapping guns for books

Thousands of children are likely to have been separated from their families as a result of the latest violence in South Sudan, an aid agency warns.

Children need books not rituals
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COAST Region Special Seats legislator Subira Mgalu has urged parents to make sure that their children acquire academic skills. The legislator made the call at the end of the week during a fundraising function organized by Ukombozi Women's Group which ...

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Elias Mutani, 39,is a children books writer. In December last year his book “Human Porches”  was short listed to compete for the Burt Awards for African Literature (BAAL) competition this year. He was also  presented a cheque worth  Sh3million from the Children Books Project in Tanzania. He shares  his love of writing with  Success.

Presidents Obasanjo and Mbeki recognized that the solution to the current crisis was within the reach of the peoples of South Sudan

The African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan (AUCISS) (http://www.au.int) met with President Thabo Mbeki, in his capacity as Chairperson of the High Level Implementation Panel on Sudan, today 4 September 2014. In attendance were President Olusegun Obasanjo, Professor Mahmood Mamdani and Lady Justice Sophia Akuffo.

The meeting follows nation wide...

Sudan beat neighbours South Sudan in a penalty shootout to reach the semi-finals of the Cecafa Cup in Ethiopia.

Sir Emeka Offor Foundation and Books For Africa (BFA) to Donate 20000 Books ...
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ABUJA, Nigeria, March 12, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Sir Emeka Offor Foundation, a non-governmental, philanthropic organization focused on youth employment, widows cooperative, education, healthcare and infrastructural development, is set to ...

Children in South Sudan as young as seven have been killed, abducted and raped in recent violence, Unicef says.

South Africa's leader Cyril Ramaphosa is accused of inaction over a spate of child murders.