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SOUTH AFRICA: Local languages in schools urged to help students learn
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JOHANNESBURG, 23 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - With South Africa still struggling to improve education standards, a new report has called on the government to consider using local languages as a medium of instruction in schools. Full report
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SWAZILAND: Children in for a better deal
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MBABANE, 23 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - Swaziland has finally got around to drawing up legislation focusing on the protection of children's rights. Full report
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NAMIBIA: People respond to anti-polio campaign
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WINDHOEK, 22 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - Thousands of Namibians flocked to polio vaccination points on the second day of an immunisation campaign on Thursday, with the death toll from disease outbreak at 15. Full report
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COTE D IVOIRE: Involving children in issues raised by HIV/AIDS
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BOUAKE, 22 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - As co-founder of a shelter for children orphaned by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, Rodrigue Koffi knows that children should never be shut out of the complex problems faced by families living with HIV/AIDS. Full report
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: Better research needed to combat trafficking
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JOHANNESBURG, 21 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - The evil of human trafficking has become a hot-button international issue, but not that much is actually known about the practice, according to a new study by the South Africa-based Institute of Security Studies. Full report
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SOUTH AFRICA: New AIDS threat looms
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CAPE TOWN, 21 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - A rise in HIV infection rates in South Africa's Western Cape Province could be linked to the growing popularity of a relatively new but highly addictive and easily accessible drug, some analysts are beginning to suspect.Full report
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SWAZILAND: AIDS slows school building in rural areas
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MBABANE, 19 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - Deaths of parents from AIDS-related illnesses in rural Swaziland has slowed the rate of school construction, school officials told Prime Minister Themba Dlamini during a visit to the north of the country.Full report
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SOMALIA: Diarrhoea kills 20 children in the south
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NAIROBI, 19 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - An outbreak of watery diarrhoea in Afmadow District in southwestern Somalia has claimed the lives of at least 20 children during the past 10 days, medical sources said on Monday. Full report
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ZIMBABWE: Abusive religious cult exposed
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HARARE, 16 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - Zimbabwe's social welfare department has divulged details of a religious cult led by a teenager, which abused children after their parents forced them to join.Full report
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WEST AFRICA: Children in danger: Begging for teachers
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DAKAR, 16 Jun 2006 (IRIN) - When Ibrahima Sow turned five, he was sent away to a religious school – or daara – to learn about Islam and memorise the Koran. Forced to beg to pay his teachers and to feed himself, and beaten whenever he returned empty-handed, he finally ran away from the daara. Full report
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