This marks the second imported case of wild poliovirus in southern Africa this year, following an outbreak in Malawi in mid-February, said the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, in press release. The lone case so far, is the country’s first since 1992. The infected child began experiencing onset…
African Union Commission Department of Trade and Industry, head of industry Houssein Guedi highlighted how 92,2 million of the world’s children entrapped in child labour live in Africa, at the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour in Durban. Credit: Lyse Comins/IPS by Lyse Comins (durban) Tuesday, May 17,…
Significant investments from the international community will be needed to get free quality education for every child. Credit: Cecilia Russell/IPS by Cecilia Russell (durban) Tuesday, May 17, 2022 Inter Press Service Durban, May 17 (IPS) – “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to eliminate child labour.” So said…
Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi addresses the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour. Despite setbacks, he is optimistic that child labour can be abolished. Credit: Cecilia Russell/IPS by Fawzia Moodley (durban) Monday, May 16, 2022 Inter Press Service Durban, May 16 (IPS) – “I have been talking to leaders of rich…
The United Nations in Somalia welcomed the conclusion of the country’s presidential election held on Sunday, praising the “positive” nature of the electoral process and peaceful transfer of power. “I would like to congratulate the newly-elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on his victory tonight”, said the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, James Swan, in the early hours of…
Child Rights Advocate and 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Kailash Satyarthi urged participants at the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour, organised by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Durban, South Africa, to put their efforts to eliminate child labour back on track. Credit: Cecilia Russell/IPS by…
Lucky Agbavor, a former child labourer from Ghana, shared personal testimony of his life at the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour as a former child labourer. Credit: Cecilia Russell/IPS Children forced into child labour are robbed of their childhoods with dire consequences the 5th Global Conference…
Sylvie Djacbou, Exchanging with indigenous communities and somes civil societies around the Impact of Cameroon growth and employment strategy through structural projects like Agro-industries on Indigenous communities. @inside their sacred forest, Assok/Mintom, South Region Cameroon Opinion by Sylvie Djacbou Deugoue (yaoundÉ) Friday, May 13, 2022 Inter Press Service YAOUNDÉ, May 13…
The drought follows four consecutive failed rainy seasons, and the fear is the number could jump to 20 million if the current below-average rains fail. Imagine having to choose between feeding your child or sending them to school. Communities I met in Turkana County, #Kenya today, are facing these impossible…
Caught in a web of deceit, a human trafficking survivor from Ghana tells her story. Credit: Tim Tebow/Unsplash by Jamila Akweley Okertchiri (accra) Tuesday, May 10, 2022 Inter Press Service Accra, May 10 (IPS) – “It feels like yesterday when I was deceived by one man who claimed to be a…
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