Children

Amnesty urges Senegal to tackle abuse in Koranic schools

Senegal – Many children in Senegal’s Koranic schools face multiple abuses as well as financial exploitation through forced begging,... Read more

13 Dec, 2022

Johannesburg – At the age of 13, Ndumiso Gamede was orphaned when his parents died at the peak of... Read more

25 Nov, 2022

Niamey – Nearly 150 000 children displaced by violence in jihadist-torn Mali have no birth certificates and could be... Read more

21 Nov, 2022

Cape Town – A 35-year-old Cape Town mother was reportedly arrested after her two children died in a shack... Read more

19 Nov, 2022

Cape Town – An eight-year-old boy was reportedly mauled to death by a neighbour’s pitbull while playing alone at... Read more

13 Nov, 2022

Kano – Gunmen who abducted a group of children working on a farm in northwest Nigeria’s Katsina state have... Read more

6 Nov, 2022

Kano – A criminal gang has kidnapped nearly 40 children working on a farm in northwest Nigeria and demanded... Read more

3 Nov, 2022

Ouallam – With blue schoolbags bouncing off their backs, hundreds of schoolchildren hurtle down small sand dunes eager to... Read more

2 Nov, 2022

Free State – A 72-year-old grandmother from Petsana near Reitz was overcome with shock after she discovered her four... Read more

27 Oct, 2022

Banjul – Gambia on Friday ordered a recall of several more drugs suspected of causing the deaths of 70... Read more

22 Oct, 2022