Rwanda will continue its efforts to support the Mozambican state in the fight against terrorism in Cabo Delgado province, according to Major General Alex Kagame. The brother of Paul Kagame - Rwanda's President who was recently re-elected with more than 99% of the vote - reaffirmed his commitment this Monday in the community of Namalala,...
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School janitor killed after being assaulted by 13-year-old girl
A school security guard died two days after allegedly being attacked by a 13-year-old girl while trying to break up a fight between two other people. According to Miramar, it was a 51-year-old employee of the Unit 19 Primary School who was assaulted by a pupil attending the seventh...
Students caught using and dealing drugs at school expelled
On Monday (11), the management of Samora Moisés Machel Secondary School, in the Chimoio district of Manica, expelled four students (one from the 10th grade, one girl from the 11th grade and two from the 12th grade) caught by the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) consuming and trafficking cannabis sativa on school grounds. The school also decided to suspend...
More than 500 pupils benefit from rehabilitation of basic school in Dondo
On February 15, the Fábrica de Explosivos de Moçambique (FEM) and the Dondo Municipal Council handed over eight classrooms - five rehabilitated and three new - to the 25 de Setembro Basic School, located in the Mafarinha neighborhood of Dondo, Sofala Province. The work, a partnership between the Municipal...
Quelimane: bricklayers lock classrooms for lack of payment
Building masters at Coalane School in Quelimane, Zambezia province, have locked classroom doors due to non-payment of salaries. The school's classrooms have been locked for two weeks. Building masters say that their salaries have not been paid since construction began. "We locked the doors...
Country's largest secondary school inaugurated
The country's largest secondary school, built since independence, was inaugurated today. It is the Mafambisse Secondary School, located in the district of Dondo, Sofala province, in the center of the country. The school was built with an investment of 13 million dollars from the Tzu Chi charity foundation, has the capacity to accommodate 10,000 students, and has already...
Court acquits students who protested against conditions at school
The court in Maputo acquitted the six students who were on trial for contempt of the authorities, after they promoted a march against "inhumane conditions" at the boarding school of the School of Nautical Sciences. "This case, in fact, probably shouldn't even be tried, it shouldn't have gotten here," said the judge in charge of the case, quoted by Lusa....
School canteen gives way to Namaacha Secondary School Board
The canteen at Namaacha Secondary School has given way to the school management due to the imminent risk of the entire school infrastructure collapsing. The school is in an advanced state of disrepair, Radio Mozambique reported today, adding that ten classrooms and the home are abandoned. The remaining 13 classrooms, which...
Terrorist attack on school in Uganda has left 41 dead, 38 of them students
An attack by an alleged group of rebels on Lhubiriha secondary school in the border town of Mpondwe, western Uganda, on Friday left 41 bodies, 38 of them students. The information was released today by the authorities. The police attributed Friday's attack to rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces, who for years have been operating from...
Child was banned from school for three years for having dreadlocks
Court in Malawi lifts ban on public schools. More than a thousand children can resume their studies. Ali Nansolo, the father of the child banned from attending school because he has dreadlocks, has pondered several times whether he should cut off his 15-year-old son's dreadlocks. According to the father, for his community, dreadlocks are...