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Ivory Coast: Child sacrifice on rise in election run-up

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Child abduction, which is already a serious problem in Cote d’Ivoire, may worsen in the run up to presidential elections later this year as...

The Voice of The Young Organises 1st Children’s Bantaba

Monday, June 23, 2008

The Voice of the Young, a child advocacy group under the Child Protection Alliance (CPA), on Saturday held its 2008 first children’s Bantaba (annual...

Our concern over street children

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Editor, Please allow me a space in your widely read newspaper to express my deepest concern over young children who are been sent to the country...

Ten Million Children Die annually before 5th birthday - UNICEF Rep

Monday, June 02, 2008

The UNICEF Country Representative, Ms. Min-Whee Kang, has revealed that every year nearly ten million children die in the world due to preventable...

World Malaria Day observed in CRR

Friday, May 30, 2008

The people of Central River Region (CRR) on Sunday, May 25, commemorated World Malaria Day at Brikama-ba, in the Lower Fulladu West District, CRR...

We Must Continue to Work for the Good of Our Children

Monday, May 26, 2008

Many people in The Gambia must be deeply shocked at the recent statement from the UNICEF Country Representative in The Gambia, Mrs Min Whee Kang,...

NIGER-NIGERIA: Porous border aids human trafficking

IRIN NEWS http://irinnews.org

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Nigeria’s porous border with its northern neighbour Niger is being exploited by traffickers smuggling teenage girls to Europe where they will work as...

With an increased number of children living in the streets of urban areas in Burkina Faso, the government and several non-governmental organisations...

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