Africa: The Reluctant Farewell to Corporal Punishment

20 November 2019

30 years ago the UN passed its Convention on the Rights of the Child. But caning and beating remain common practice in many parts of Africa - in rare instances this can have fatal consequences.

Nyabenda Emmanuelle and her husband Misago Jean Mari are still in shock. They live in the Kinama neighborhood in Burundi's capital Bujumbura. When Nyabenda got home from a day of work in the field, classmates of her daughter Shadia told her the terrible news - Shadia had fainted at school and was unconscious.

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