Zimbabwe crisis: Parents of school dropouts face jail

As we close the year, we can take stock of a lot of drama - and mind games that our leaders played on us.

Tanzania: In January, It Is Either School or Jail for Parents
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As we close the year, we can take stock of a lot of drama - and mind games that our leaders played on us. It was also a history-making year, during which the 'Warioba Draft Constitution' was torn apart. It was later nicknamed the 'Sitta/Chenge ...

With children off school and gaming online, parents face shock bills  The Guardian

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Fees or no fees, parents to send children to school or face arrest
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Whether they have the school fees or not, parents in Singida region have been ordered to send their graduate pupils to secondary schools or they will be arrested. To implement the command, District Commissioners across Singida region have been ...

>President Jakaya Kikwete has directed Korogwe District Council to make sure that all school-age children are in school.

President Jakaya Kikwete has breathed fire on all district leaders who take lightly the issue of school children dropping from school before completing their learning.

Manyara DC threatens to jail parents
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Simanjiro District Commissioner in Manyara Region Mohamoud Kambona has threatened to jail all education unfriendly pastoralists who will not let their school age kids to class next academic year that starts next month. Officiating the Form Four ...

Parents will face prosecution if they fail to prevent their daughters undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) or forced marriage under new measures being announced.

Three Al-Jazeera journalists accused by Egyptian prosecutors of links with the "terrorist" Muslim Brotherhood are remanded in custody for 15 days.