A statement by the ruling party's secretary general angered a group of children called "struggle kids" who stormed into the party's headquarters demanding an explanation and a way ... Read more »
A French couple has been found guilty of attempting to smuggle more than 100 children to the European country for adoption, under the pretext that they were orphans from Darfur. Read more »
Poorly-regulated arms transfers continue to contribute to the recruitment and use of children in conflict, says an NGO ahead of the International Day against the Use of Child ... Read more »
The first tuberculosis (TB) vaccine to be tested for efficacy in infants in more than 40 years has proved ineffective as a TB booster shot. Read more »
While Malawi has made significant strides in expanding family planning services, high fertility rates in the country are contributing to a population growth that is expected to ... Read more »
In his 2013 annual letter, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, awarded the Gates Vaccine Innovation Award to Margarida Matsinhe for her work in helping ... Read more »
The country's traditional leadership insist that child marriages are allowed under customary law despite the banning of such unions by modern courts. Read more »
Candidates who sat last year's Kenya Certificate of Primary School Education exams are celebrating after the announcement of the results by Education Minister Mutula Kilonzo. Read more »
The government has announced plans to provide online birth registration facilities at all hospitals and clinics in the country. Read more »
Kibisu primary is one of the 11 schools that is out of session following the Tana Delta violence that left 11 people dead among them five children in the village. Read more »
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