A study in five west African countries found that children fostered by wealthier households were less likely to attend school ...

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It's been 15 years since the global effort to ban conflict diamonds began, but the industry is still tainted by conflict and misery ...

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Two children's lives in Birmingham and Johannesburg ... and non-fiction books set in different countries in Africa and locate places on a map. Use a large outline map of the continent and ask ...

AFRICAN governments overwhelmingly allocate social spending toward older children while overlooking the youngest, according ...

The map highlights the Nigerian city of ... “It’s a problem for me,” he said, “that I have this many children.” Northern and southern Africa have long been going through “fertility ...

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An incredible map shows the “true” size of Africa with China, India and America all fitting inside. The continent is 30.37 million km² and covers 20 percent of the planet’s land area and ...

noting that some 21 million children are malnourished. “For many communities, this is the worst food crisis yet,” said Tomson Phiri, WFP spokesperson for Southern Africa. “October in ...

Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. A porridge brand has been taken off shelves in South Africa after the deaths of three children. Namib Mills, a Namibian food company, said it was ...

Over half of the people living in poverty — 584 million — are children under the age of 18, with 317 million in sub-Saharan Africa and 184 million in South Asia, it said. In Afghanistan ...