Some 7,000 children left the battlefields when combatants in Sierra Leone's savage civil war started turning in their guns last year -- the youngest just 6 years old.

Maputo city education director Samuel Madumela reiterated on Friday that overcrowding in schools hinders the organizational work of his sector, and contributes to poor academic performance in the country.

World Neighbors seeks an East Africa Area Representative. Responsibilities include program development, strategic planning, budgeting, evaluation, reporting, administration and fund-raising.

The number of people over 60 years old in Ghana, as in other African countries, is steadily rising. By 2050, their number will have increased by 500 percent. For many of them the prospect of an old age lived out in poverty is becoming increasingly real, as family support is declining and no adequate pension systems exist. So far, little is being done to stave off the crisis.