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Many people under the age of 18 were arrested and imprisoned during riots over high food prices in February and more than two months later some are still behind bars. (AllAfrica)

Over 300 children took to major streets of Port Harcourt yesterday in protest of rising cases of kidnapping of children and women with a call on the state government to find a lasting solution to the menace. (AllAfrica)

Angola will attend from next May 16 to 18 the IV General Assembly of the Youth Forum of the Portuguese Speaking Countries Community (FJ-CPLP), which will new decision-making organs and define the organisation's strategy for the Pan-African Youth Meeting, to happen next June, in Luanda. (AllAfrica)

The second session of the Children's Parliament ended last week Friday. The young MPs deliberated on various issues affecting them. Forty-two learners, three from each region and three junior councillors from the City of Windhoek, constituted the Assembly. During the three-day event the MPs introduced a range of motions, such as motions on arts and culture, child labour, and a motion on the appointment of social counsellors at schools. (AllAfrica)

The National Youth Council national executive committee on Saturday endorsed Julius Namoloh as acting secretary general. (AllAfrica)

President Girma Woldegoirgis of Ethiopia has stressed the need for urgent action towards eradicating child hunger and poverty in Africa. (AllAfrica)

Former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Col. Peter Obasa (rtd) has stated that the aim of setting up the programme has not been defeated. (AllAfrica)

THE youth should stick to education, which is one of the best avenues for a steady income and sustainable livelihood, President Yoweri Museveni has said. (AllAfrica)

Fifty four per cent of children under the age of five in Uganda do not get the basic healthcare when they need it, according to this year's world's mothers report. The report that is published by the charity Save the Children was released last week. (AllAfrica)

In recent times, diseases that were associated only with adults have now become universal. Even children are getting diseases such as diabetes. (AllAfrica)

Thomas Ngolo Katta, national coordinator of the Centre for the Coordination of Youth Activities (CCYA) has been reinstated by the Board of Trustees and founding members of the organization, a release from the organization states. (AllAfrica)

The second session of the Children's Parliament has adopted 21 motions which the National Assembly will forward to the relevant offices for consideration. (AllAfrica)

The second session of the country's Children's Parliament ended last week. Here follows a summary of their debates and discussions in the National Assembly (AllAfrica)

Parents and their children the world over are waging bitter struggles against each other with radios and television sets acting as catalysts. (AllAfrica)

The Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion in the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday picked up 330 kids from Kigali streets and enrolled them on a two-week rehabilitation solidarity camp (ingando). (AllAfrica)

THE youth should not underrate their potential to overcome poverty given their energy, First Lady Janet Museveni has counselled, reports Raymond Baguma. (AllAfrica)

The youth arm of the National Resistance Movement is the latest arena for the enduring political question of the times: will Yoweri Museveni, who will be over 67 in 2011, seek another term in office? Inside Politics Richard Wanambwa brings you the details (AllAfrica)

The Children's Act is to be used as an instrument to fight child poverty and promote the rights of children during Child Protection Week to be held next week. (AllAfrica)

Government has invested substantially in the youth and girl-child and it will do more to develop them, says Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. (AllAfrica)

United Nations' Childen's Fund (UNICEF) Exe-cutive Director, Ann Veneman, has sued for the cooperation of countries around the world in the fight against malaria. (AllAfrica)

Children numbering over 360 yesterday stormed the Government House, Port Harcourt to protest the incessant kidnapping of toddlers by hoodlums who demand for ransom before their release. (AllAfrica)

Eritrea won broad acclaim and was cited as an exemplary nation at the Burkina Faso International Conference on Basic Health Care for the major achievements it has registered in reducing child and mother mortality rate as well as controlling malaria epidemic. (AllAfrica)

For several years after war erupted in Côte d'Ivoire in 2002, children were recruited to fight on all sides of the conflict. (AllAfrica)

Mrs. Angelina Baiden-Amissah, Deputy Minister in charge of Pre-Tertiary Education has announced an internal repatriation strategy to send back all young migrants who have travelled from rural areas to Accra in search of greener pastures. (AllAfrica)

With an increased number of children living in the streets of urban areas in Burkina Faso, the government and several non-governmental organisations are coming up with new approaches to address the problem. (AllAfrica)

G.I. Sorora and Associates, a local marketing and Public Relations firm is in the final stages of starting up a Kids Soccer League in the country in the next two months. (AllAfrica)

In January of this year the popular brothel known as "Soldier Bar," at Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra, was raided, followed by the arrest of more than 160 mostly teenage prostitutes. Although the women taken into custody were registered into rehabilitation programs, today they are now back on the streets. 60 of the 160 confessed to being younger than 16; evidence of the need to end an activity that has been traditionally regarded with heavy silence. In battles against the hypocritical stigmas and medical dangers suffered by these young girls, legalization and unionization have been proposed in intellectual and political circles as a possible solution. (AllAfrica)

A two-day conference on Namibian women leaders against HIV/AIDS started in the capital yesterday with First Lady Penehupifo Pohamba urging all women in leadership positions to be pro-active in the fight against HIV/AIDS. (AllAfrica)

Children relocated to the Oshoopala Reception Centre after their families were displaced by recent floods in the northern parts have received learning materials from the Minister of Gender Equality and Child Welfare, Marlene Mungunda. (AllAfrica)

Out of 18 million children, Kenya has a total of 2.4 million orphans, a Government survey has revealed. (AllAfrica)

PARLIAMENT has passed a motion to declare the late Yvonne Namaganda of Budo Junior School a national heroine. (AllAfrica)

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