Children in west Africa are often sent to live with other families—but fostering may not help them get ahead
In west Africa, it's common for families to foster children informally. This helps ease the burden on parents and can give ...
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Why Africa Should Protect Her Children
Child rights and protection are global concerns. Protection programs need to play a more active role to protect millions in ...
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Africa: 'Pivotal Moment' As Violence Against Children Reaches Unprecedented Levels Worldwide
Violence against children remains a pervasive global issue, with up to a billion children vulnerable to various forms of abuse, according to United Nations Special Representative of the ...
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150 students attend empowerment event Marking International Day of the Girl Child in Suhum
Engage Now Africa (ENA), in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Ghana Education Service (GES), marked ...
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Uganda: Authorities in Iganga Worried Over Increasing Rate Boy Child Dropouts
Issues such as absenteeism, high failure rates, and economic pressures, including boys working in sugarcane plantations to support their families, have contributed to the problem.
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Concerns raised over congolese cobalt and child labor practices
In September, the U.S. Department of Labor added the Democratic Republic of Congo's cobalt to its list of goods that may be ...
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DRC protests US labelling on child labour in mines
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has protested the US labelling of child labour in mines, with Kinshasa saying the ...
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Unlocking Africa’s Future: Empowering Adolescent Girls for Economic Transformation
The report emphasizes the importance of investing in adolescent girls in Africa to unlock significant economic potential, ...
Oregon AG candidates spar over abortion, gun violence, election security in final debate
Democrat Dan Rayfield, former House speaker and an attorney, and Republican Will Lathrop, a former Oregon prosecutor in ...
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Food security in SA lowest in decade, child hunger a major issue – index
South Africa is seeing a sharp increase in issues with access to nutrition leading to greater food insecurity.' ...
Africa's road map to a bigger, greener power system
Africa's current power development road map bodes well for clean-power supporters, with 50% more clean capacity than ...
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Blue Stripes raises $20 million for sustainable cocoa products
Expect fewer, and smaller, chocolate bars in your bag this Halloween. Prices for cocoa, a key ingredient in chocolate, have skyrocketed amid changing ...