In Marsabit, Nairobi, Eldoret, and other few PLEAD Counties such as Bungoma, Garissa, Mombasa, and Nakuru, the Day of the ...

A 2024 Unicef report found that 23% of South African children experience severe food poverty, eating less than two of the recommended five food groups per day. Unemployment, food insecurity, limited ...

Child Protection Week and Youth Month have long been associated with addressing visible dangers such as abuse, neglect, and systemic failures that put children and young people at risk. In 2026, South ...

When UC San Francisco research showed that routinely treating children in Sub-Saharan Africa with a common antibiotic could reduce deaths in children under five, the World Health Organization (WHO) ...

June 16 is a reminder for Africa to protect, educate, and empower its children. But still millions of children still face inequality and limited prospects. So what’s going wrong—and who's accountable?

In 2023, Catholic actor Jonathan Roumie partnered with Unbound, a Catholic child-sponsorship charity, to support the organization’s 1 millionth child — a little girl named Emelyne who lives in poverty ...

(Abuja) – African governments should accelerate plans to guarantee free quality education from preschool through secondary education before 2030, Human Rights Watch said today on the African Union (AU ...

African hospitals face huge new costs as they scramble to replace the main anaesthetic for child operations that is set to run out in 2027, a charity has warned.

“I never went to a movie until Three2Six took us. I never went to the zoo until Three2Six took us,” says 24-year-old Debbie, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “Most of my childhood ...

Houses with screens, rainwater-collection systems and cement floors could be a powerful tool in the fight against childhood diseases in Africa. Children living in these specially designed houses in ...

Unfortunately, it is still quite prevalent in Africa. Young girls are at the short end of the stick, but young boys can also get married early. Nigeria has high child marriage rates, one of the ...