Human Rights activists are claiming victory after a five year battle to overturn a law that banned pregnant girls from attending school. This comes after the ECOWAS Court of ... Read more »
A Zimbabwe high court has delivered a landmark ruling that now gives fathers who are not married to partners the same rights as mothers. The court ruled that the existing common ... Read more »
The Anzisha Prize Program, a partnership between the African Leadership Academy and the Mastercard Foundation wants to "fundamentally and significantly" increase the number of very ... Read more »
At least 223 children, including 10 girls, have been cleared of having links with armed militants, the UN Children's Fund has said. Some have been missing for up to five years, and ... Read more »
A UN-backed report assessing the capacity of 180 countries to ensure that their youngsters can survive and thrive highlights numerous "immediate" threats to children's health, ... Read more »
About 50% of young people aged above 18 are sexually active and only about 11% are using family planning methods although they desire to use a method to prevent ... Read more »
While 93.2% of HIV-positive children between the ages of 0 and 14 years are on antiretroviral drugs, only 67.1% have achieved viral load suppression, that is when a person's viral ... Read more »
The alleged killings in Nairobi's Mathare, Kasarani, and Majengo settlements are the latest in a longstanding pattern of excessive force and unlawful killings in Nairobi's ... Read more »
Young Africans see unemployment, corruption and political instability as the most pressing issues facing them, according to the African Youth Survey 2020. But when they were ... Read more »
There was "massive'" fraud and corruption of voters during the recent local and national assembly elections, according to opposition spokesperson Denis Kemlemo of the Social ... Read more »
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