Africa: All of Africa Today – June 17, 2025
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FRIDAY, 20 JUNE 2025, 03:17
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A teenage girl fled her home last month after what she said was years of abuse. Prosecutors called what had happened to her “beyond heinous.”
The government in Jersey will not revoke its trans guidance for schools after petition.
[Namibian] Deputy executive director of education, innovation, youth, sport, arts and culture Edda Bohn highlighted Namibia’s education progress and challenges while reflecting on the Day of the African Child and the Soweto uprising on Monday.
Eight-year-old Henry, who has autism and ADHD, was left without schooling for more than two years.
[263Chat] Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has marked the Day of the African Child with a call for the government to clean up the country’s education system, citing widespread corruption risks and financial opaque that continue to shut vulnerable children out of classrooms.
[New Zimbabwe] DOZENS of teachers under the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) in Manicaland, Monday, staged a protest over paltry salaries and poor working conditions.
[Dabanga] Khartoum — The Sudanese Teachers’ Committee has voiced its disagreement with a decision by the Khartoum state government’s decision to reopen schools, saying that the move ignores the deteriorating security, health, and economic reality, and post a direct threat to the lives of education workers and their families.
The university has largely complied with the administration’s demands, but has adjusted them in meaningful ways. One department offers a window into that effort.
[Leadership] Almost a year after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the new minimum wage of N70,000 into law, most states have extended its implementation to teachers and local government workers. Initially, many states adopted piecemeal payment, citing limited funds, while some restricted the payment to core civil servants, excluding teachers and local government workers.
[Daily News] Dodoma — Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has directed leaders of the Tanzania Higher Learning Institutions Students Organisation (TAHLISO) and Zanzibar’s TAHLIFE to champion ethical conduct among students while promoting academic excellence in institutions of higher education.
Hundreds of graduate students are writing to their hometown newspapers to defend their research, as the Trump administration drastically reduces science funding.
[Capital FM] Nairobi — A Kenyan nonprofit is urging African governments to adopt a four-phase action plan to make school feeding a right for every child across the continent in a bid to eradicate hunger affecting nealr 60 million children across the continet.
[Nile Post] Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has demanded an urgent review of Uganda’s government scholarship system, saying it unfairly benefits children from wealthy families while neglecting academically deserving students from low-income backgrounds.
[New Era] Chinchimani — The directorate of education in Zambezi region has launched an urgent investigation to determine the appropriate action for a conducive teaching and learning environment at Kisako Primary School.
[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia — Volunteer teachers and support staff within the Monrovia Consolidated School System (MCSS) are demanding answers from the Liberian government and their union leadership over what they describe as broken promises stemming from a March 27 memorandum of understanding aimed at improving their working conditions.
[Radio Dalsan] It was a morning charged with purpose, a morning of quiet footsteps and deep breaths. In Mogadishu and across several regional cities in Somalia, the official Secondary School Leaving Certificate Exams have kicked off, marking one of the most important academic milestones in the country’s calendar.
[Daily Maverick] At Christel House South Africa education is not just about passing exams, it’s about disrupting poverty by providing holistic care, trauma-informed teaching and support to some of Cape Town’s most under-resourced children.
New research shows that after recent deportation sweeps, parents kept their children home — with big impacts on how all students learn.
The technology’s ability to read and summarize text is already making it a useful tool for scholarship. How will it change the stories we tell about the past?
The university is hoping for a broad court order that would keep the White House from using workarounds to prevent foreign enrollment.