The World Economic Forum on Africa has just concluded in Cape Town. If government leaders and captains of industry called for an eight trillion dollar bailout for the continent's beleaguered education ...

Thousands of children are participating in activities across Africa advocating for governments to boost child survival in commemoration of the Day of the African Child. Celebrated on 16 June, this is ...

MORE than 1.2 million children in Zambia are victims of child labour, research by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank revealed.

Several African countries have made impressive gains in child survival in recent years but much more needs to be done, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today, marking the International ...

Caroline Mbewe, 14, would prefer to be in school, but instead is a domestic worker for an affluent family in Malawi's capital, Lilongwe.

The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has announced that an independent evaluation conducted in Ghana has found that in ICI supported cocoa growing communities there is a significant change in ...

As Africa marked the Day of the African Child on 16 June, the Kenyan government launched an eight-year strategy aimed at delivering efficient and effective services to improve the lives of women and ...

TODAY marks the launch of Seven Days of Activism Against Child Abuse which runs up to June 22.

The struggle may be different from the one in 1976 but the Gauteng youth's message is clear - they will not give up.

African states, civil society organizations and the private sector should urgently tackle the problems of child and maternal mortality, school dropouts, gender inequality and poor quality standards of ...