Wanted: 11 million professionals to save Africa from ‘disaster’

Africa needs 11 million more doctors, nurses and teachers by 2030 to prevent a “social and economic disaster” that could propel millions to migrate, the United Nations said on Oct. 26.

• LONDON – Reuters
• Hurriyet

It said the 11 million were needed to help the continent cope with a booming population, with the number of children set to increase by 170 million to 750 million in the next 13 years.

“We are at the most critical juncture for Africa’s children,” Leila Pakkala of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a statement.

“Get it right, and we could … lift hundreds of millions out of extreme poverty, and…

• Wanted: 11 million…