Brahima Ouedraogo
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/ 24 March 2004

Saving the Burkinabe teen brides

It is an article of faith in development circles that assisting girls to complete their education — and postponing the age at which they have children — benefits both the girls and the communities they live in. This truth is proving difficult to entrench in Burkina Faso, however, where early marriages are often the norm.

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/ 21 October 2003

Impossible dream for African students

Radical solutions are being sought for the crisis in African universities, including new sources of funding to supplement government efforts. Representatives of sub-Saharan African countries, who met recently in Ghana, said state funding no longer responds to Africa’s needs to train professionals, especially in science and technical subjects.