Africa
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- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Congo
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
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Ghana
- Celebration of Children
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Education
- “Work come!”: GES opens recruitment portal for graduate teachers
- Agbeve R/C: Philanthropist Renovates School To ‘The Most Beautiful Public Basic School In Ghana’
- Atebubu College Of Education Students Reportedly Upset Over Generator Fee By SRC
- Fidelity Bank builds new classroom block for Abbeykope D/A Basic School
- GES grants permission for students to leave school for voter registration
- GRNMA Calls for Cancellation of certificate, Diploma Nursing Courses
- Make Teaching of Mathematics Interesting – Dr Angela Tabiri Entreats Teachers
- Physical Abuse
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Strong Room
- 2 Children Perished In Akyem Oda Tragic Fire
- 3-Year-Old Boy Dies In LilWin’s Car Crash
- Ghana church honours 20 girls for preserving virginity
- Ghana’s Gyan ordered to give ex-wife houses, cars, others
- Lakeland mom writes children’s book that highlights African culture and history
- Two KNUST Students Remanded After Threatening To Leak Mate’s Sex Tape If He Doesn’t Pay Up
- VIW Discharges 18 Babies At Mamobi Hospital
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Kenya
- Child Sexual Abuse
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Education
- Homeschooling success sparks edupreneurship
- It is chaos in ill-prepared schools as second term starts after deadly floods
- Its swimming and canoe rides for Tana River children as schools open
- Maai Mahiu learners struggle as schools reopen
- Millions to miss class as school feeding funds dry up in budget
- Nairobi: Form 4 student appeals for KSh 24k school fees support to finish school
- Schools to reopen on Monday, Ruto announces
- Humanitarian Crisis
- People And Culture
- Sports
- Strong room
- Liberia
- Malawi
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Mali
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
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Nigeria
- Arts and Entertainment
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Child Abduction
- ‘I can’t recall how many children we’ve abducted for ritual’ – Suspect nabbed in Ilorin
- ‘I get N500,000 per child’- Grandma, couple arrested for abducting 14 children
- 10 children rescued as police smash Anambra trafficking syndicate
- 16-year-old Ebonyi student fakes kidnap, demands N2m ransom
- 16-YR OLD GIRL ABDUCTED AND SUBJECTED TO FORCED ISLAMISATION IN ADAMAWA FINALLY REUNITED WITH HER FAMILY
- Bandits feeding kidnapped babies to dogs, Zamfara rep alleges
- Couple nabbed in Abia over alleged trafficking of 12 children
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Child abuse
- ‘How my 15-yr-old son was detained by Nigerian Police for dyeing his hair’
- Four children rescued as police bust Rivers trafficking syndicate
- In Nigeria’s lithium boom, many mines are illegal and children do much of the work
- Plateau to prosecute suspects found guilty of child trafficking
- Siblings clash over baby in NAPTIP’s custody
- UK-based Nigerian mother cries for help after Social Services take kids away, husband arrested
- Widower drags mother-in-law to court for allegedly pushing his daughter to beg for alms
- Child Custody Issues
- Child Labour
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Children and Family Support Service
- 13-yr-old boy sues UK parents for enrolling, abandoning him in boarding school in Africa
- Bill on National Youth Welfare Scheme Fund Scales Second Reading
- Children in West Africa are Often Sent to Live with Other Families to Help them get Ahead – but Fostering may be Doing the Opposite
- NAS feeds 450 vulnerable children in Edo
- Nigeria, Ghana, 61 Other Countries Facing Food Poverty, Says UNICEF
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Children In Contact/ Conflict with the law
- ‘5 of the 125 Children Arraigned for Alleged Participation in the Recent Nation #EndBadGovernance Protests Collapse in Abuja Could.’
- 11 youths arrested during violent clash in Niger
- 13-yr-old pupil arrested for threatening schoolmates with father’s gun
- 15-year-old IDP arrested for dumping newborn in toilet
- 400-Level University Student Fakes Own Kidnap, Demands N50m Ransom From Parent
- Enugu Appeal Court declares 12-year-old’s detention illegal, fines SSS ₦5m
- Minors arrested for stealing iron rods in Abuja
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Digital Focus
- “Bill Gates in the making”: EFCC boss narrates encounter with 17-year-old hacker
- A realistic way to protect kids from social media? Find a middle ground
- Experts task parents to empower children with tech skills
- I wanted her to be a celebrity –Father arrested for filming four-year-old daughter in skimpy dresses
- inq.Nigeria to help girl-child bridge workplace digital gap
- Reps want children protected from internet abuse
- Sharenting in Nigeria: Balancing Digital Sharing and Children’s Privacy
- Domestic Violence
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Education
- ‘Nigeria Universities Will Soon Be Left With Alarming Underqualified Lecturers’ – ASUU
- “2024 NECO Internal Exam Timetable Unveiled!”
- “Fake and forged”: JAMB debunks viral UTME results on social media
- “Go Back Home”: Nigerian Students, Others Reportedly Deregistered by UK Universities Amid New Law
- “Make Una Help Me”: Man Who Promised Girl N10k If She Scored 240 Cries out over Her UTME Score
- “So fast”: Viral video shows school kids already singing the old national anthem
- “We’ve suspended the student”: Abuja school reacts to parents assault on teacher
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Emotional Abuse
- ASSU Strike: Children of Poor Idling, away at home, those of the Rich schooling, NLC Laments
- GIRL CHILD: Problems, prospects of girl-child education in Nigeria — Edugist
- I have been granted full access to my kids” – Buchi announces, thanks his in-laws
- Outrage over viral video of student being bullied in Abuja expensive school
- Protecting Nigerian Children From Schoolyard Bullying
- S.A.F.E for children society raises concerns over alleged bullying in Abuja school
- Student Sent Home From School For Reportedly Using Peter Obi’s Poster To Wrap Notebook
- Entertainment
- Family Finance
- Fire Incident
- Food Insecurity
- Girl Child
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Humanitarian crisis
- 15m children face hunger over high food prices, says report
- BREAKING: Adamawa Confirms 42 Dead In Measles Outbreak, Shuts All Primary, Secondary Schools
- Bus carrying high school learners catches fire on the R80 Highway
- Children battling escalating malnutrition in North-East – UNICEF
- Children, women, others trap as 2-storey building collapses in Lagos
- Girls freed from Boko Haram in Nigeria face further detention and abuse by military, Amnesty report finds
- Large percentage of Oyo school children are malnourished
- Immigration
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Law/Policy
- “Sudden and tragic”: Nigerian boy stabbed to death in UK daylight sword attack
- 17-year-old transformer cable thief electrocuted in Ondo
- Abuja School Faces N500m Lawsuit as Bullied Student Demands Public Apology
- Child Rights Act
- Child Rights Law of Lagos State
- Children parliament calls for full implementation of Child Rights Act
- DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD 2023
- Mental Health
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Missing Children
- 15 missing Anambra JAMB candidates, others found safe in Imo
- A’Ibom youths decry nine missing children after Christmas Eve raid
- Babcock Varsity Reacts, Says Missing Student Left Campus Without Clearance
- Blind Mother’s Missing Kids Found in Lagos After 10-Month Search
- Boy Declared Missing 1 Month Ago Found In Abuja Church
- Missing 14-Year-Old Boy Found
- Missing Babcock University Student Found Days After Disappearance, Says Mother
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Neglect
- 10 Children Injured As Explosion Rocks Kaduna Community
- 11m children suffering from acute malnutrition in Nigeria, says UNICEF
- 16-year-old student electrocuted on Abuja school premises
- 2-Year-Old Baby Dies After Falling From A School Building In Abia
- 3-year-old dies of starvation, parents arrested
- A decade since the Chibok abduction, more than 1,400 Nigerian students have been kidnapped
- Baby Passes Away from Allergies after Grandmother Feeds him Groundnut soup, Ignoring Warnings
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Parenting
- At 62, I became the legal guardian of my grandchild. I’m more patient and wiser than the first time I parented
- Being a parent in 2025 is impossible. I don’t know how to raise an independent kid while also keeping them safe
- I changed my parenting style after I saw what helicopter parenting was doing to my eldest. Now, all 3 of my kids are thriving
- I did everything I could to be a good parent, but my daughter still ended up in jail. I’ve stopped criticizing myself.
- I didn’t tell my children their grandfather had died. I learned that I can’t keep them from reality
- I gave myself screen time rules when I realized my kids were affected by how often I was using my phone
- I took ‘grandmaternity’ leave. I was able to spend precious time with my grandchild and help my daughter
- People and Culture
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Physical Abuse
- ‘There Was No Security, No Police’ – Witness Narrates How Ibadan Stampede Claimed Lives
- “Sudden and tragic”: Nigerian boy stabbed to death in UK daylight sword attack
- #HomilyFromThePew: When the Future Bleeds: And The Nation Dies, Yet, We Do Not Take It To Heart!!!
- 12-year-old’s arms cut off by uncle over alleged phone theft; NBA demands justice
- 133 women, girls killed in gender-related violence in 2024 — Report
- 14-year-old female house help stabs employer to death in Lagos
- Research Alert
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Research Pool
- 5 Incredible Facts About Breast Milk You Probably Didn’t Know
- Childcare service covers only 20% of children up to 3 years old
- Human trafficking in West Africa: three out of four victims are children says UNODC report
- Nigeria: Child Marriage Violates Girls’ Rights
- RipplesMetrics: How data shows challenges of children living in Nigeria
- Single dose typhoid conjugate vaccine provides lasting efficacy in children
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Special Needs
- ‘Autism has no cure, but sufferers can achieve self-care independence’
- ‘Parents must accept that one child is different from another’
- Autism schools seek govt support
- Autism: Pharmacist seeks use of Hovid DHA for proper brain dev’t of children
- Foundation calls for unified effort to support autistic children
- Foundation Unveils Campaign To Support Autistic Children
- Foundation, firm promote inclusion for children amputees
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Strong room
- ‘Children first!’, Group demands protection for Yahaya Bello’s kids amid EFCC probe
- ‘I was told books don’t sell here. I knew that wasn’t true’: the English teacher shaking up Nigeria’s publishing scene
- ‘Why parents should not ignore children in depression’
- 15 rights parents should teach children
- 150 Merry Christmas Messages, Wishes To Send To Family, Friends
- 18 pupils hospitalised after eating Osun free meal, govt begins probe.
- 45% of Nigerian girls have children before 18 — World Bank
- Weather Report
- Rwanda
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
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South Africa
- Celebration of Children
- Child Abduction
- Child Safety
- Domestic Violence
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Education
- ‘If you don’t get early years right, children are unlikely to catch up’: why South Africa is trying to reboot its school system
- 25 Bronkhorstspruit Primary School Pupils Taken to Hospital for Suspected Food Poisoning
- Cape Town and Cape Winelands Worst Affected by Teaching Job Cuts Amid Severe Budget Shortfall
- Death strikes high school TWICE!
- EDUCATION IN CRISIS PUPILS LEARN OUTSIDE IN FREEZING CONDITIONS
- Eight in 10 South African children struggle to read by age of 10
- Greenwood Park Primary School welcomes new principal who makes history
- Health Matters
- Neglect
- Physical Abuse
- Special needs
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Strong Room
- Campaign chaos: Nine-year-old shot, several injured in Limpopo ANC-EFF clash [VIDEOS] | The Citizen
- CCTV footage shows robber stealing toddler’s ride-on car
- End of the road for ‘serial’ rapist!
- Family attack leaves man decapitated, woman and child severely injured
- Father could lose custody of children as he faces sentencing for spanking them
- In South Africa, a tragic bus crash resulted in the loss of 45 lives, leaving only an 8-year-old girl as the sole survivor
- No arrests yet in Eastern Cape shooting that killed 7, including 8-year-old
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Sudan
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Humanitarian Crisis
- About 13 children die each day at a camp in Sudan for displaced people
- Africa: It Is Imperative to Protect Children in War
- More than two million children displaced by Sudan war: UNICEF
- Sudan War ‘A Living Nightmare for Children’ – Unicef Representative
- Sudan war ‘a living nightmare for children’: UNICEF Representative
- Sudan: Hundreds of Unaccompanied Sudanese Children in Chad Camps
- Sudan: Unicef Sudan – ‘Four Million Children Afflicted By Acute Malnutrition, 730,000 in Severe Condition’
- Strong Room
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Humanitarian Crisis
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe