On Monday, The Federal Ministry of Health, in partnership with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization ...

About 1 billion children —half of all children globally — experience violence, according to the World Health Organization.

Amid this growth, the continent is grappling with climate change, conflict, health emergencies and displacement, which ...

New research reveals a strong link between higher female education and lower fertility rates in sub-Saharan Africa. Educated ...

There had been no news of the children’s detention until their arraignment, sparking outrage and renewing concerns over deteriorating human rights in Africa’s most populous country. Under rising ...

A major consequence of child poverty highlighted in the report is the causal link between poverty and child abuse.

Angelique Kidjo has embraced the moniker “Africa’s premier diva,” bestowed up on her a few years ago by a journalist. But she ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been awarded for his commitment to improving cybersecurity for the safety of ...

The statement underlined that UNRWA is the only UN General Assembly-mandated agency to provide for Palestinian refugees.

said authorities have no business prosecuting children. “The chief justice of Nigeria should be ashamed, she is a woman and a ...

Countries with COVID-19 pandemic-associated reductions in childhood immunization coverage have not yet recovered, accor ...

Israel's decision to ban the U.N. relief agency UNRWA could result in the deaths of more children and represent a form of ...