Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has appealed to residents of Braamfischerville to offer their support and protection to the family of the mentally ill Soweto teenage girl who was ... Read more »
The painting called, "Pollution-free World" measuring 7,166 kilometers has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest painting. Read more »
Parents with children suffering from autism are appealing to the government to consider the need to urgently restructure inclusion units across the country. Read more »
The malnourished children of Kanim, Chad, offer a stark illustration of the severe food and nutrition crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa. Senior United Nations have warned ... Read more »
Young children in rural Uganda are forced to work to sustain their families as grandparents who used to rely on their children now have nowhere else to turn. Read more »
Sexual exploitation of children is often related to high poverty levels and growing inequality, however governments are adopting strategies to help stamp out the scourge. Read more »
The three men arrested on charges of human trafficking and child sex should not be granted bail, chairperson of parliament's portfolio committee on Social Development has said. Read more »
Almost a year after the country was disrupted by election violence, children are still trying to recover from the psychological and social trauma the unrest caused them. Read more »
Ugandan Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi has released an eight-minute YouTube video saying that Lord's Resistance Army has not returned to Uganda since it was defeated by the Uganda ... Read more »
Survivors of sexual violence and non-government organisations have called the ICC's verdict in the Thomas Lubanga trial "weak" and "not definitive" as most sex-related crimes were ... Read more »
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