Nigeria to jail parents of stay-at-home children
Nigeria’s education minister plans to jail parents children not registered for school. Malam Adamu Adamu says criminalizing the parents of stay-at-home children is an effective way of forcing them to have their offspring educated. The United Nations Children’s Fund says Nigeria has one of the highest rates of children out of school. Two thirds of […]
Cyclone Idai is the worst weather disaster to have struck the southern hemisphere, says UN
The United Nations is calling cyclone Idai the worst weather disaster ever to have hit the southern hemisphere. Appealing for material and logistical support, the world organisation says the emergency is getting worse by the hour. People clinging to trees or stranded on rooftops are waiting to be rescued from the floods caused by Cyclone […]