Nigeria: Karu Orphanage Bars Public From Photographing Children

13 September 2010

The management of Karu Motherless Children's Home in Abuja has stopped members of the public taking pictures of children in the home to protect their privacy.

Mr Buazo Jean Marc, a staff of the home, who stated this, said the measures were taken because the children stand the risk of being abducted if exposed to the public.

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