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MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia plans to recruit 12,000 government-employed teachers by the end of 2026, Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre said Saturday, framing the effort as the centerpiece of a drive to rebuild a long-fragile education system and place it on a domestically financed footing. Barre said his administration has already recruited and deployed 6,000 trained teachers in less than two years, a dramatic shift from the roughly 900 teachers on the federal payroll when the government took office. “In just two years, we…

Somalia to recruit 10,000 teachers, shift salaries to domestic revenue in education overhaul MOGADISHU — Somalia will hire 10,000 teachers over the next 45 months and pay their salaries entirely from domestic revenue, Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre announced Friday, framing the move as a cornerstone of state-building and economic independence. “For the first time in Somalia’s history, teachers’ salaries will be paid entirely from domestic revenue rather than external support,” Barre wrote on X. “This is not just politics,…

Kenya presses Tanzania over slain teacher; body still missing Kenya has escalated diplomatic pressure on Tanzania to account for the killing of Kenyan teacher John Ogutu in Dar es Salaam and to help locate his body. Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi told MPs the government has sought urgent action through formal channels and is providing consular support to the family. The case is the only reported Kenyan fatality linked to unrest that followed Tanzania’s October 29 presidential…

Mogadishu (AX) — On the 21st of November, Somalia celebrated its cherished Teachers' Day. The affair was headlined by President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre, who highlighted the ongoing governmental efforts to tackle the educational sector's roadblocks. President Mohamud, communicating with the nation via a televised speech, showered teachers with praise, describing them as the "backbone of Somali society." He poignantly remarked, "While our soldiers secure the present, it is our…

The "We Supported Too Much" movement (OTS), which launched the "dead chalk" operation on February 21, has still not lifted its strike slogan. Other teachers, especially those in primary school who had been relatively behind until then, have also joined the…

In Burkina Faso, the Federation of Education and Research Unions has supported students who have been fighting for several weeks against the reform of exams. The Ministry of National Education had announced reforms on BEPC and BAC degrees, including the abolition of a subject in certain subjects and the organization of bac which…

In Chad, unemployed academics demonstrated on Monday, May 24, before spreading rapidly. But the riot police fired tear gas into the courtyards of some high schools that are overwhelmed by the whirlwind. The teachers' union condemns another systematic use of tear gas by the police in high school. In the morning, unemployed…

In Algeria, the schooling sector is on strike for 3 days after the 14 largest unions within the sector. Elementary faculty academics, highschool and highschool academics, central and technical administration employees have been laid off since Sunday, Might 9, in line with the president of the Nationwide Autonomous Union of Secondary and Technical Academics, who speaks of a "well-followed strike"…

The protests against insecurity in the cities of the eastern DRC continue to make headlines. If activities in some cities like Butembo, Oicha and Kasindi start to pick up little by little, after three weeks of tension, this is not the case everywhere. This situation affects the school calendar and worries more and more parents and teachers.…

Thirty-one professors from the University of Kinshasa, the largest in the country, have died since January. Illness, poor medical care, difficult working conditions are among the causes, according to the association of UNIKIN professors. This is the first time that the university has achieved these figures in one year. Kinshasa, the troubling situation in academia.…