LONDON, Jan 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A ban on schoolgirls in Ghana crossing a river when menstruating – and on Tuesdays – has been condemned...
At least 15 million teenage girls worldwide have been forced into sex – often by partners, relatives or friends – yet only one in 100 sought...
Africa needs 11 million more doctors, nurses and teachers by 2030 to prevent a “social and economic disaster” that could propel millions to migrate, the United...
Many Ghanaian children under the age of five suffer the irreversible effects of malnutrition in their critical first 1,000 days of life. This is the time...
by Emma Batha LONDON, Oct 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Ugandan schoolgirl Auma got her first period she asked her mother for sanitary pads. Her...
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says since January, Boko Haram insurgents have used 83 children as “human bombs”. In a statement, UNICEF said while 55 were...
Famine looms in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan with close to 1.4 million children at risk of dying from severe acute malnutrition, UNICEF has said. UNICEF...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nearly a half million children will face starvation in northeastern Nigeria next year and 80,000 will die if they don’t get treatment...
The United Nations says that it has negotiated the release of nearly 900 children detained by the Nigerian Army and other security forces after they reclaimed...
The 21 Chibok girls and other girls rescued last week need intensive support to rebuild their lives, UNICEF has said. They face a new ordeal of...
The Minister of Health, Prof.Isaac Adewole, yesterday, confirmed an outbreak of wild polio virus, WPV, in Borno State. This is coming after Nigeria celebrated two years...
Saraki Calls for Calm as UN Humanitarian Convoy is Attacked – Calls on UN to resume activities Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Friday called...
