Despite the various programmes put in place by the current government since 2010, and that by previous administrations, over 50 percent of youth were unemployed in 2012, says the ... Read more »
Africare has joined forces with the National Basketball Association (NBA) and ExxonMobil to launch "Power Forward," a new initiative that uses basketball to engage African youth. Read more »
A school principal has been beaten up by a group of youths for sending home a learner wearing a hijab or head scarf. Read more »
A new study shows that alleviating poverty can help protect South African teenage girls from HIV/AIDS. It says small, monthly government grants allow girls to live more normal ... Read more »
Mind the Gap: Gender Equality and Trade in Africa...Uganda Expands Outsourcing Centers to Provide Jobs to Youth...Thousands Flee Their Homes as Violence Escalates in the CAR... Read more »
Conditions for children have improved in the last five years, due to an increase in survival rates, a reduction in infant mortality and improved access to water and sanitation, a ... Read more »
The current generation of young people is the largest in history--and also at great risk for unintended pregnancy, maternal death and the life-altering consequences of becoming ... Read more »
South African Boxing Club Keeps Kids Off the Streets...At Least Four Dead in Mogadishu Hotel Car Bombing...Energy Companies Coming Under Fire for Pollution in S Africa... Read more »
Following a visit that revealed that the exploitation of children is widespread in the country, a United Nations independent expert has urged Benin to make child protection a ... Read more »
The police now say it is unlikely 16-year-old Busia girl, known as just 'Liz', was gang raped in the early hours of June 27, 2013. A series of protests were organised after it was ... Read more »
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