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Tuesday, 21 February 2017 11:00

SOUTH AFRICA: Rights groups, media battle about child anonymity

9 February 2017 - The groups presented extensive expert evidence showing that child victims or offenders who were identified in the media suffered extensive psychological harm.

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Tuesday, 21 February 2017 09:00

MALAWI: Madonna is expanding her family! Adopts 4-year-old twins from Malawi

8 February 2017 - Speculation that Madonna was set to adopt two more children has proven to be correct, with a Malawi judiciary spokesman confirming the star has adopted twins.

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Tuesday, 14 February 2017 08:09

ETHIOPIA: World Vision Pan-African Campaign Pledges to Combat Child Abuse

9 February 2017 - With a view to ensure all forms of violence against children, Ethiopia is investing hugely in education and life skill training services.

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Friday, 03 February 2017 11:16

AFRICA: Historic Commitment from African Heads of State to Advance Immunization in Africa

ADDIS ABABA, 31 January 2017 - /African Media Agency (AMA)/ - Today, Heads of State from across Africa endorsed the Addis Declaration on Immunization, also known as the Ministerial Declaration on Universal Access to Immunization, a historic and timely pledge to ensure that everyone in Africa – regardless of who they…

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Wednesday, 01 February 2017 11:09

NIGERIA: Sokoto Gets Forum on Child Rights

27 January 2017 - Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has inaugurated a 17-man Advocacy and Community Engagement Forum to promote child rights, survival, development and protection.

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Wednesday, 01 February 2017 11:02

KENYA: 2,000 Homeless Children Rescued From Nairobi Streets

NAIROBI, 26 January 2017 – At least 2,000 street children have been rescued and rehabilitated in Nairobi in an ongoing initiative by the County Government to get them off the streets.

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Wednesday, 01 February 2017 09:36

NIGERIA: '1m Children Die of Preventable Diseases Yearly'

KADUNA, 25 January 2017 - About one million Nigerian children die every year mostly from preventable diseases including pneumonia, tuberculosis, poliomyelitis, hepatitis B infection, whooping cough, measles and meningitis among others, the President of Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN), Dr. Ngozi Ibeziako has said.

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Tuesday, 31 January 2017 09:31

CAMEROON: Child Protection - National Policy Document Underway

25 January 2017 – Members of the National Commission for Childhood in Moral Danger, Delinquent or Abandoned yesterday, January 24, 2016 met during it's 2017 session to examine and validate a draft national policy document on the protection of children in Cameroon. While opening the session in the presence of…

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