A good overview of Education and Africa can be find by www.africaeducation.org, with textbooks, learning skills and others.
Recent news can be found on: allafrica.com/education;
Other sites are: www.educationafrica.com (a non commercial organisation to improve education)
Assocation for the Development of Education in Africa (started by the Worldbank in 1988); Forum for African Women Educationalists (news section is active, as well as lots of National Chapters); 

EU and Africa
The program of cooperation in (higher) education between the EU and Africa (as well as Caribbean & Pacific) is Edulink (Africa, Caribbean & Pacific). A summary of selected projects under the 3rd call can be find in the newsletter of summer 2009. 
General news about the EU and Africa can be find here.

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