Global News by Tag: population
ABUJA, NIGERIA – David Habba, 24, is a student at Benue State University, where he is currently studying sociology. Habba says his vision for his future is to practice what he is studying.
“I want to speak for others,” he says. “I see myself as a social engineer, proffering solutions to social issues.”
ACCRA, GHANA – “You Count, So Be Counted,” read the signs plastered throughout the capital city. On September 26, Ghana launched its eleventh census campaign. But after more than a month of delays, material shortages, resident conflicts and logistical delays, Dr. Grace Bediako, the government statistician overseeing the census, announced last week that the count is nearly complete. The process, however, advocates charge was rife with problems and the accuracy of the numbers collected is in doubt.
NAIROBI, KENYA -- Concefta Naliaka is a 48 year-old mother of 12 children.
Born in the Bungoma district in the far Western region of Kenya and married at the age of 16, Naliaka says she had no knowledge of or access to birth control. She says she has always lived with the biblical adage, “multiply and fill the earth” ringing in hear head.