Countries Jihadist conflict in Niger leaves children in limbo Sakoira – After fleeing the jihadists who threatened their remote village, Aichata Hassan had no idea that another mighty... Read more 31 Jan, 2023
Countries In Spain’s Ceuta, ex-politician jailed on child abuse allegations Madrid – The former health minister in Ceuta, one of Spain’s North African enclaves, has been placed in pre-trial... Read more 15 Jan, 2023
Countries Abandoned children of UN peacekeepers in DRC face stigma Kavumu – Chance, 16, is different from the other children in her school in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo... Read more 14 Jan, 2023
Burkina Faso UN calls for urgent help to combat acute child malnutrition Geneva – The United Nations called on Thursday for urgent funding to help 30 million children suffering from acute... Read more 13 Jan, 2023
Countries Gambian MPs target Indian pharma group over child deaths Banjul – A Gambian parliamentary committee on Tuesday recommended that an Indian pharmaceutical company be banned and prosecuted over... Read more 21 Dec, 2022
Countries In troubled South Africa, a boys’ choir gives cause for hope Winterton – A hush grips the auditorium as the long-awaited concert by one of the world’s most renowned chorales... Read more 21 Dec, 2022
Countries Egypt tycoon dies serving sentence for sexually assaulting minors Cairo – Egyptian businessman Mohamed el-Amin has died while serving a three-year sentence for trafficking and sexually assaulting girls... Read more 19 Dec, 2022
World ‘No space’: German hospitals overwhelmed by sick kids Berlin – When Debora Zilz rushed her baby son Andreas to a Berlin hospital because of a serious respiratory... Read more 15 Dec, 2022
Countries 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
Countries ‘Army of orphans’: The price of South Africa’s AIDS scourge Johannesburg – At the age of 13, Ndumiso Gamede was orphaned when his parents died at the peak of... Read more 25 Nov, 2022