Some of the poorest countries in Africa have put in place appropriate laws and policies to protect child rights than wealthier countries.

The countries have allocated their limited resources to the provision of basic needs for their children and the funding arrangement has helped greatly in protecting the children against exploitation and harmful traditional practices.

BRAVING the cold, the women, men and children in jubilant mood crowd the humble homestead in a remote village in Western Province. 

News has just reached the usually quiet village that one of their daughters, *Nelly, has emerged top in the form four national examinations.

Students in Kenyan secondary schools are experiencing higher levels of bullying than the international trend, a development researchers warn may hurt individual performance and self-esteem.

Those who are bullied are increasing transforming themselves into bullies increasing the prevalence of the incidence in secondary schools, according to research released one week ago by Africa Mental Health Foundation.

In an attempt to internationalize their course, the department of architecture at the University of Nairobi has for the first time broken with tradition and started to offer two degrees in a single course, simultaneously.

The two tier-degree course in architecture, as it is now known, is part of the strategy by the department to transform itself into a world class school of architecture.