| Study-abroad appeals to many
Wearing brightly colored, squishy clogs in Paris might be fashion suicide, but it's a gambit Cassandra Thill is willing to take to polish her French, forge global alliances and learn the ropes of international marketing.For the next year, the University of Colorado at Boulder junior will study at L'Institut d'…tudes Politiques de Paris, better known as Sciences Po. Outside the realm of France's public universities, Sciences Po and other Grande …coles or “great schools" are said to produce most of the country's business and political leaders.“It'll be great," Thill said. “Just trying to explain Crocs and Nalgene water bottles - I just don't know if they'll quite understand it. If I see someone wearing Crocs, I might have to run up and hug them." .
Namibia: Sorry Ngo! - Keeping Up Appearances
Keeping up appearances - what appearances? I asked . The past week was not really one of the finest for me. Simply, I could hardly get to terms with what happened to me in Swakopmund. A friend of mine from varsity is quite a devout Rastafarian and as such has come to harbour his strong bond with the order of Haille Sellasie and the theory of the king of kings. .
Nigeria: Another Approach to Check Youth Militancy
With the combined efforts at solving the Niger Delta problem gaining momentum, different organisations are applying different approaches at resolving the same malaise, which has brought the economy of the area to its knees. The latest is targeted at the youth of school age. In the suburbs of Abuloma, a sleepy town that adjourns Port Harcourt is the Community Secondary School, Abuloma which has been chosen to experiment an approach at engaging the Niger Delta youth in a manner that would make them self reliant by the age of completing their secondary education. The children numbering about 30 were in a classroom, which reeked of Ammonia but on inquiry, the teacher explained that it was a chemical used for tie and dye lessons. .
Kenya: Naomi Set to Assist Models
British supermodel Ms Naomi Campbell plans to invest in several business and charity ventures in Kenya. Speaking to local journalists in Malindi, where she is on a one-month holiday, Ms Campbell said she and her boyfriend, Italian billionaire Flavio Biatore, would start an international modelling college for Kenyan girls, and were planning on starting a school and a tourist resort in Malindi. .
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