Countries Jihadist-hit Mali has 150 000 children in legal limbo Niamey – Nearly 150 000 children displaced by violence in jihadist-torn Mali have no birth certificates and could be... Read more 21 Nov, 2022
Countries Cape Town mom appears in court after fire kills her 2 children locked in a shack 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
Countries Boy, 8, killed by neighbour’s pitbull while playing at his home 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
Countries Nigeria gunmen free abducted children in northwest Kano – Gunmen who abducted a group of children working on a farm in northwest Nigeria’s Katsina state have... Read more 6 Nov, 2022
Countries Gunmen kidnap dozens of children from Nigerian farm Kano – A criminal gang has kidnapped nearly 40 children working on a farm in northwest Nigeria and demanded... Read more 3 Nov, 2022
Countries Fleeing jihadist violence, Niger pupils return to school Ouallam – With blue schoolbags bouncing off their backs, hundreds of schoolchildren hurtle down small sand dunes eager to... Read more 2 Nov, 2022
Countries Four children suffocate to death inside an old car 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
Countries Gambia recalls suspect medicines after children’s deaths Banjul – Gambia on Friday ordered a recall of several more drugs suspected of causing the deaths of 70... Read more 22 Oct, 2022
Countries UN says Somalia famine risk worst in half a century Geneva – Somalia faces famine on a scale last seen half a century ago, the United Nations Children’s Fund... Read more 19 Oct, 2022
Countries 1.4 million children malnourished in South Sudan, says charity Nairobi – About 1.4 million children under the age of five are suffering from malnutrition in South Sudan, caught... Read more 14 Oct, 2022