Saturday, November 22, 2008

Eritrea not "child friendly"?

Accoding to CNN.COM http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/20/africas.children.ap/index.html

A report titled, African nations ranked for 'child friendliness', states:

The top countries of the 52 ranked as [“child friendly”] are Mauritius, Namibia, and the northern African countries of Tunisia, Libya and Morocco. The bottom five are Sao Tome and Principe, Gambia, Central African Republic, Eritrea and Guinea Bissau.

No surprises there, unfortunately. Namibia and Eritrea are two of the youngest nations in Africa. While it is gratifying to see Nambia getting things right, Eritrea has turned itself into a stagnant authoritarian system. Children born into the dawn of its independence now find themselves consumed by a militaristic system where talent and human potential are squandered so recklessly.

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