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Ceuta shelters strain as migrant minors remain stranded

More than 1,600 migrant children have been registered in Ceuta as Spain struggles to move minors from streets and makeshift camps into adequate care more than a month after the mass crossing from Morocco. Spain’s Ministry of Youth and Children said 1,612 minors were registered in the North African enclave by September 1, including 1,129…

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Road inspections not a witch-hunt against contractors — Agbodza

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has denied claims that the nationwide road inspection exercise is designed to find fault with contractors handling ongoing projects. He said the inspections are rather aimed at assessing progress, identifying challenges and encouraging contractors to speed up work so that…

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I failed beautifully – Dr George Asiamah on the SSSCE results that turned him into a shoeshine boy

Today, he is a PhD holder and a lecturer at Oxford University, but back in 2003, Dr George Asiamah would not have thought this would ever be his story.

  • Dr. George Asiamah failed SSSCE in 2003 with Fs in several subjects.
  • Once a top student, he turned to hawking clothes and shining shoes on streets.
  • Experience taught him street-level economics that outlasted classroom lessons.

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Africa urged to put leadership at the centre of public sector reforms

African governments have been urged to invest in leadership alongside technical expertise to ensure public sector and public financial management reforms translate into lasting institutional change. Speaking during a webinar on Leading Public Sector Transformation in Africa: Leadership Lessons from the LEAPS Programme, African Capacity…

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