Countries Gambia halts syrup paracetamol use after child deaths Banjul – The Gambia’s Health Ministry has asked hospitals to stop using syrup paracetamol after at least 28 children... Read more 10 Sep, 2022
World South Korean police locate relative of children found dead in suitcases Seoul – A woman who is believed to be related to two children whose remains were found in suitcases... Read more 22 Aug, 2022
Countries More than 150 children dead in Zimbabwe measles outbreak Harare – A measles outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed at least 157 children, with more than 2 000 infections... Read more 17 Aug, 2022
Countries Thousands of children displaced in eastern DRC, says UN Kinshasa – Thousands of children have been forced to flee their homes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo where... Read more 31 Jul, 2022
Countries At least 33 000 children flee Mozambique violence Maputo – A new wave of violence in jihadist-hit northern Mozambique uprooted nearly 33 000 children last month, the... Read more 2 Jul, 2022
Countries Child malnutrition soars in Ethiopia as drought worsens, says charity Addis Ababa – Tens of thousands of children in Ethiopia are suffering from the “most deadly” form of malnutrition... Read more 16 Jun, 2022
Countries Crash in Egypt’s Nile Delta kills 8 child workers Cairo – Eight child workers were killed in northern Egypt on Saturday when the vehicle they were travelling in plunged... Read more 1 May, 2022
World At least six children killed in Colombia school bus accident Bogota – Six children died and over a dozen were injured on Tuesday after their school bus rolled down a... Read more 23 Mar, 2022
Countries ‘I went through hell!’ – ‘Nightmare’ of underage marriage for Moroccan girls Tamarwoute – Nadia was just 16 when she was married off to a violent husband old enough to be... Read more 7 Mar, 2022
World 6-year-old girl missing for over 2 years found alive in dark and wet makeshift room under stairs New York – A six-year-old girl missing for over two years has been found hidden in a “dark and wet”... Read more 17 Feb, 2022