June 16
Africa: Unicef - Overlapping Climate Hazards Threaten Children's Quality of Life
A new report from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) highlights the vast, overlapping climate threats affecting children worldwide, which is leaving them increasingly… Read more »
June 12
Africa: Africa Needs a Radical Plan to Tackle 15m Youth Job Crisis
Africa has no problem with ideas, but the struggle is in how to implement them, leaders said at an inaugural forum convened to promote action on development. Read more »
May 12
Somalia: The Iran War Is Costing Children's Lives in Somalia
When war erupted in the Middle East in late February, the most visible consequences were playing out in the Persian Gulf, with smoke rising from Dubai's Jebel Ali port and shipping… Read more »
May 05
Africa: Africa's Youth Are Shaping the Continent's Climate Future
Africa is on the frontlines of the climate crisis, warming faster than the global average and facing disproportionate climate impacts, despite contributing the least to global… Read more »
March 02
Tanzania: How Child Labour Persists Along Zanzibar's Blue Economy
As the tide falls on Zanzibar's western coast, 13-year-old Asha* moves across the reef, her gown flapping in knee-deep water. She carries a plastic basin and a knife. Since dawn,… Read more »
February 27
Senegal: Maison Des Talibés Confronts Abuse of 'Talibé' Children in Senegal
When you walk through the streets of Senegal's cities, you notice them almost immediately: young boys in worn clothes, clutching plastic cans or tin bowls, weaving between cars and… Read more »
February 19
Africa: Why Ending Child Marriage Is Key to Advancing Africa's Economic Development
By Zuzana Schwidrowski and Omolola Mary Lipede Read more »
February 13
Africa: Africa At the Epicenter of Child Labour Crisis As Migration Fuels Exploitation
Although global rates of child labour have declined since 2020, the practice remains a serious and persistent violation of children's rights, undermining their safety, social… Read more »
February 11
Africa: Bridging the Capital Gap - Strategic Public-Private Partnerships Invest in Young Agri-Entrepreneurs
The global aid system is crumbling amidst chronic underinvestment in rural areas, posing a systemic threat to food systems everywhere. Read more »
February 02
Africa: To Develop a Continent, Africa Must Nourish Its Children
Hunger shadowed Mercy Lung'aho's childhood, fueling her campaign to promote nutrition as a foundation for Africa's development. Read more »
January 07
Africa: Online Abuse Is Real Violence - - and Africa's Women and Girls Are Paying the Price
- New estimates show that violence against women and girls remains one of the most pervasive human rights violations in the world - and that one of its fastest-growing frontiers is… Read more »
December 05, 2025
Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe, School Children Are Turning Waste Into Renewable Energy-Powered Lanterns
When going home after school, Monica Ben not only takes with her a pen and exercise books but also a lantern to light the dark room and completes her daily homework in Mashonaland… Read more »
November 28, 2025
Nigeria: Authorities Urged to Take Lawful Measures to Stop Mass Abductions in Nigeria
On the morning of 17 November 2025, darkness cloaked Maga town in the Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area, Kebbi State, until gunfire shattered the silence. It was around 4 am when… Read more »
November 03, 2025
Africa: Lawmakers Urged to Consider Emerging Drivers of Child Marriage
Closing the chapter on child marriages is still a distant ambition in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, and despite great strides at developing and passing… Read more »
September 26, 2025
Sierra Leone: Ending Child Marriage Needs a Culture of Accountability, Respect for the Rule of Law
On the sidelines of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA80) under the theme 'Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights,'… Read more »
September 02, 2025
Togo: Togo's Young Generation Challenges Six Decades of Dynastic Rule
In late June, thousands flooded the streets of Lomé, Togo's capital, presenting the ruling dynasty with its biggest challenge in decades. Read more »
August 25, 2025
Sudan: Unicef to Deliver 1.4 Million Cholera Vaccines to Sudan Amid Supply Chain Breakdowns
In Tawila, North Darfur State in Sudan, more than 1,180 cholera cases, including 300 cases in children, and at least 20 deaths have been reported since the first case was detected… Read more »
July 15, 2025
Africa: WHO, Unicef Find the World Is Off Track to Meet Childhood Immunization Goals
The latest data highlights that the world is off track to meet the targets set by the Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030) to achieve 90 percent global immunization coverage for… Read more »
June 30, 2025
Africa: When Life-Saving Treatment Disappears - the Coming Crisis in Child Malnutrition
On July 1st, USAID officially shuts down and transfers operations to the U.S. State Department. Amid growing uncertainty about the future of U.S. foreign assistance structures and… Read more »
September 11, 2012
Kenya: Kenya's Water Wars Kill Scores
Water scarcity is fuelling deadly inter-ethnic wars that continue to claim lives in Kenya, according to government officials. And if nothing is done to educate communities on how… Read more »
