The human costs of the ongoing crisis in the country are borne disproportionately by women and children, whose homes have been pillaged and burned, and who are not in school and ... Read more »
Sex work, whether for adults or children, is seen as an acceptable means of earning a living in coastal Kenya. To parents and relatives, a child with a white tourist as a ... Read more »
When used consistently and correctly, condoms are highly effective in preventing HIV - but as much as they are a critical component in a comprehensive and sustainable approach to ... Read more »
The Roman Catholic Church in the Mpanda Diocese in Katavi Region has proposed that all pregnant girls and their parents be arrested and prosecuted so that the number of pregnancies ... Read more »
The initiative aims to improve maternal and newborn care in the Kigoma region, where figures have shown that only 47% of women give birth at healthcare facilities. Read more »
Eight Zimbabwean children have been held by South Africa's Department of Social Development ever since they were found undocumented in the back of a truck in November 2017. Their ... Read more »
The Global Child Soldier Index reveals that child suicide bombings by Boko Haram militants have surged in northeast Nigeria, while recruitment has also been documented in ... Read more »
After a head count, school authorities and parents say that at least 94 students are missing following an attack by suspected Boko Haram members on the Government Girls Secondary ... Read more »
Hunger, fuelled by a protracted civil war and a failed economy, has pushed children like 12-year-old Malit into labour or life on the streets, according to a report by the UN. Read more »
Parents have dragged the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council to the High Court seeking an order nullifying its decision to have students rewrite the 2017 Ordinary Level English ... Read more »
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