Rwanda has made progress in reducing multidimensional poverty among children, with a decline registered across multiple wellbeing dimensions over the last seven years, according to a new report.

DAR ES SALAAM: FORMER President and Chairperson of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), Dr Jakaya Kikwete, has ...

I want to be a doctor so I can fix people. But my uncle says girls in our house don’t go to school for long. They get married.” These words from ...

Looking at other child labour statistics, we found that the majority (90%) of working children were Africans; above 60% were ...

A United States non-governmental organisation, NGO, Africa’s Children’s Fund, ACF, has called on government at all levels invest in the people, especially the children and youths, adding that it was t ...

How are South Africa's harsh winter conditions exposing the vulnerabilities of the poor? Explore the devastating impact of ...

A study in The Lancet suggests that cuts to USAID could result in the death of 14 million people over the next five years.

A child as young as 10 becoming pregnant is not a number on a spreadsheet—it is a brutal failure of our systems to protect ...

Deputy Minister Steve Letsike has described teenage pregnancy as a national crisis threatening South Africa’s future, calling ...

By 2050, the African continent will be home to nearly 40 percent of the worldʼs youth. With this demographic shift comes ...

DAKAR, Senegal — The Senegalese navy intercepted 201 West African migrants in the western part of the country, authorities said Wednesday, as the Atlantic Ocean crossing continues to be the most ...

THE government, in partnership with Railway Children Africa (RCA) has launched a Social Welfare Service Desk (SWSD) at the ...