Swaziland: Reading project aims to improve critical thinking

 Although Swaziland has a literacy rate of more than 80 percent — relatively high compared to other countries in the region — this figure is misleading, according to the IRA-affiliated Swaziland Reading Association, because the ability to read does not necessarily translate into critical thinking. Visit the IRIN News.org website for information about an effort to reinforce the link between reading and critical thinking in this southern African nation.