On a roadside in Central Uganda, a woman selling charcoal says she barely earns enough to buy food for herself and her eight children. She is determined for her children to go to school and says she ...

Press Release - Adopted by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) at its 1314th meeting held on 21 November 2025, which was dedicated to an Open Session on Children Affected by ...

I first traveled to Africa when I was five years old, and I’ve returned every year since. No matter how many times I go, I’m always filled with that same excitement and awe I had as a little boy. Now ...

In some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, nearly 10 percent of children die before they turn 5 years old (SN: 8/3/22); in 2022 alone, around 2.8 million young children died in the entire region. Most are ...

The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), which brought together lawyers, academics, development experts and human rights institutions on the sidelines of a session of the ...

The United Nations Africa Climate Week kicks off today in Nairobi with policymakers, practitioners, businesses and civil society meeting to discuss climate solutions ahead of the UN's Climate Change ...

In total, 37 participants took part. They were South African citizens from a range of racial, cultural and religious ...

AFRICA: THE world has seen dramatic improvements in maternal, newborn and child health. For instance, the World Health Organisation reported a 38% reduction in maternal deaths between 2000 and 2017, ...

Nadia Adjoa Sam-Agudu receives funding from the US National Institutes of Health and the European Commission. Wolfgang Preiser does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...

CHILD Protection Week has just been concluded, but year after year we are still stuck in the same momentum. Recently a 3-year-old was left unattended for hours on end resulting in his death and the ...

But children’s rights activists say the classification does not do enough to prioritise children, ‍who make up nearly half of ...