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JOHANNESBURG – The World Cup is wreaking havoc with a key millennium development goal in South Africa: as the football tournament hit its stride, not a single child across the nation attended school.
It’s temporary, of course: the winter holiday has been extended so schools are closed during the month-long tournament.
But there are 43 million children in sub-Saharan Africa who are truly una
YALOKE, Central African Republic, 13 May 2010 – Fatima Yadik, a mother of 12 and grandmother of 18, recently settled in the Central African Republic town of Yaloké after 60 years with her nomadic community. Her camp of Peuhl nomads was attacked by bandits who killed all the men and stole their cattle.
