A group calling themselves "struggle children" have defied a High Court order to leave a building they occupy illegally. Read more »
When it came to keeping lions at bay, an old-fashioned scarecrow just wasn't up to the job. So a 13-year-old Maasai cattle herder combined basic technology with teenage ingenuity ... Read more »
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested one woman for allegedly selling babies, after the rescue of 32 pregnant teenagers from a maternity home where they were ... Read more »
Hard times have hit Zimbabweans and forced underprivileged children to earn a living as vendors in the capital, Harare. Read more »
At least 900 members of the National Youths Service Corps posted to Kano State for orientation service have been redeployed to other states due to the current security challenge in ... Read more »
According to research coordinator of African Network for Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect, Ruth Birungi, at least 628 cases of children's rights are ... Read more »
Thousands of children are working as rock-breakers for the country's construction industry in order to help their families or pay school fees. Read more »
Hundreds of children have been arrested since the anniversary of the Egyptian uprising, according to the country's Coalition for Child Rights. Read more »
Rwanda has become the first in Africa to introduce a combined rubella-measles vaccine that millions of children are expected to benefit from. The country's health minister answers ... Read more »
At least 28% of schoolgirls in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands are HIV positive. The country's Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi says around 94 000 schoolgirls were pregnant in ... Read more »
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