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Liberia: Justice for Ruth Berry Peal

It is over three years since Ruth Berry Peal was kidnapped and forcibly subjected to FGM in Bomi County, Western Liberia. In January 2010, she had an argument…

Cameroon: Breast Ironing - A crime by women against women

As a teenager, I witnessed a lot of cases of breast ironing... It is still very common in the rural areas of Cameroon. This makes it seem 'normal' in the eyes…

Teenager makes history in Kenya

Nineteen-year-old Kibiwott Munge has made history in Kenya by winning a county assembly seat

Teen Girls Invent Urine-Powered Generator to Tackle Nigeria’s Energy Problems

Four teenage girls have invented a urine-powered generator to create safer and more access to electricity. "I was sad about how people died while trying to…

Cameroon: 'Ironing' Breasts - The Hidden Torture of Young Girls' Womanhood

In the privacy of homes, behind closed kitchen and bedroom doors, pubescent girls in Cameroon are being tortured by their own mothers! The urge to protect…

Witchcraft claims against children in Congo DRC reflect curse of poverty

Sorcery charges are increasingly being used by poverty-stricken Congolese families as an excuse to abandon their children

Central Africa rebel forces continue to draft child soldiers to their ranks

A top United Nations official has expressed disappointment after new reports of child recruitment by armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) that…

Tobacco and Trafficked Immigrant Child Labour in Kenya

In Kenya there are on average 20 cases a month of reported human trafficking cases involving immigrant children, most of whom end up on tobacco farms.

MADAGASCAR: World Food Programme funding gap threatens school lunches

The provision of school lunches to 215,000 children in 1,200 primary schools in southern Madagascar could be suspended by the end of January 2013 if the World…

Family planning for Zimbabwe's street children

Information about sexual and reproductive health is hard to come by for Zimbabwean adolescents who live on the streets. While some of these youth do practise…

Guilty Pleasure: Slavery & Child Labour in the Production of Chocolate

Hundreds of thousands of children work on cocoa farms to produce chocolate consumed around the world.

Grandmothers Taking the Lead Against Female Genital Mutilation


In the southern Senegal village of Kael Bessel, female genital mutilation is no longer a taboo subject. Sexagenarian Fatoumata Sabaly speaks freely about…

Christmas with the child soldiers of Central African Republic

Even as instability continues in the Central African Republic, Unicef do everything they can to give former child soldiers a proper Christmas day

Societal Pressure, Early Marriage Fuel Teen Pregnancy Rate in Uganda

Experts attribute Uganda’s high teenage pregnancy rate to peer pressure and insufficient sexual and reproductive health education for youth. As statistics…