More than 130 students abducted by gunmen from a school in Nigeria earlier this month have been freed unharmed, just days before a ransom deadline, officials say. The kidnapping, ... Read more »
Ishmael Chokurongerwa, leader of the Johanne Masowe Gore Jena Penyeranyika sect, has been arrested with his aides after police found hundreds of children on his compound - ... Read more »
A UN report reveals that the global under-five mortality rate reached a historic low in 2022, with an estimated 4.9 million children dying before their fifth b Read more »
South Africa's upcoming elections have triggered a surge in online conversations, with over 450,000 mentions on social media from February 12th to 29th, according< Read more »
Decades of lead mining by Anglo-Americans left the Kabwe community in Zambia gasping for breath, literally and figuratively. The land is choked with lead dust, the air thick with ... Read more »
Cameroon has initiated the world's first routine vaccine program against malaria, aiming to save numerous children's lives across Africa. Malaria claims the lives of 600,000 ... Read more »
The highly anticipated face-to-face meeting between the top commanders of the warring Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been postponed for ... Read more »
This year's Human Rights Day marks the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Disaster relief experts say the largest humanitarian disaster in the ... Read more »
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A power move from women wanting to end child marriage before another generation of children have to deal with its consequences. Graca Machel, Michelle Obama, Melinda French ... Read more »
According to SANews, a joint sting operation between the Border Management Authority (BMA), Home Affairs and the South African Police Service has stopped more than 4 Read more »
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