African and Caribbean Children

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Nineteen-year-old Beauty Phillips clutches her emaciated baby tightly to her chest. At seven months, Inga suffers from malnutrition. (AllAfrica)

Some 1.6 million children throughout Guinea are receiving vaccinations, nutritional supplements and mosquito nets in a bid by UNICEF and the Health Ministry to shore up children's health, which experts say has been hit hard by unrest in recent years. (AllAfrica)

Exactly 20 years ago, on 20 November 1989, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) which sets universal standards for the care, treatment and protection of all individuals below the age of 18 years. (AllAfrica)

THE summary expulsion of three student leaders -- Vivid Gwede, Samson Nxumalo and Kurayi Hoyi, and the fateful, two-year suspension of six other student activists namely, Sheunesu Nyoni, Power Mabhoyi, Edius Mucheuka, Kudakwashe Maguchu, Nyasha Nyakura and Emmanuel Munyenyiwa, by the National University of Science and Technology administration is a classical instance of just addressing the symptoms rather than the causes of the demonstrations over exorbitant tertiary fees, which have reduced the status of our education sector. (AllAfrica)

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has urged the Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), Coalition of NGOs in Tobacco Control (CNTC), and the Media Alliance in Tobacco Control (MATCO), to educate the youth on the hazardous effects of tobacco use and exposure, to sensitise the public and other stakeholders on the previsions of the Tobacco Control Bill, its passage, and enforcement. (AllAfrica)

Non-governmental organisations have launched a joint campaign with the Police to fight human sacrifice in Uganda. (AllAfrica)

THE Government has earmarked sh30b to fight unemployment among the youth, a government official has said. (AllAfrica)

By now everybody must have read the story of the little 14- year-old girl from Bushenyi who captured local and international headlines by hitting her would-be defiler with a stone. The man died later. (AllAfrica)

THE Police and health authorities have rescued two children who were starved by their parents in two separate incidences in Mityana and Rakai districts. (AllAfrica)

THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has dropped charges against the 14-year-old girl who killed a 40-year-old man who tried to defile her. (AllAfrica)

IN AN apparent reference to controversial African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) president Julius Malema, legal luminary George Bizos said yesterday young people needed to learn to be moderate and not use violence or abusive language when addressing issues. (AllAfrica)

The Vice-Chancellor of Bayero Univerity, Kano, Prof. Attahiru Jega (OFR), has called on the private sector to support the institution for the forthcoming West Africa University Games Football and Hockey competition. (AllAfrica)

A top United Nations human rights official today welcomed a deal agreed by a former rebel group in southern Sudan to end the use of child soldiers among its ranks, while warning of the threat posed to children by various armed militia operating in the region. (AllAfrica)

The bizarre killings of albinos in Burundi and Tanzania has evoked deep fear and anxiety in the two countries, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies says. (AllAfrica)

The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) stands as a universal standard for building a better world for the best interest of the children, says Executive Director, UNICE, Ann Veneman. (AllAfrica)

As the children of Liberia strive for education and better health delivery system, and vulnerability to danger among pressing national challenges, a group identified as the Children Protection Alliance of Liberia at the end of a two-day symposium has recommended to the Liberian Senate and the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf led administration for the establishment of a department for Children Services at the Ministry of Youths and Sports. (AllAfrica)

Minister of State for Education,Hajiya Aishatu Jibrin Dukku, at the weekend took a swipe at the educational backwardness in the north, estimating the number of child beggars in the region (almajirai) at more than 10 million. (AllAfrica)

President of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, has said that child rights issues within the region are still faced with daunting challenges. (AllAfrica)

Rachel Weening is an Art Education specialist who has taught children from Kindergarten to secondary level in the U.S.A, Canada and Nigeria covering different subject areas. Rachel has been involved in training teachers in Nigeria for the past one year. She currently teaches Art part time in Lagos. (AllAfrica)

The chairman, Youth Wing, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Zing local government area of Taraba State, Mr. Jonah Musa Monki, has given reasons why majority of the people of Taraba North Senatorial district, are kicking against the return of Senator Anthony George Manzo to the upper legislative chamber. (AllAfrica)

Being a young, timid and quite insecure individual, visiting a youth centre for the first time and being greeted by an empty reception might just add to the anxiety of such a young person. (AllAfrica)

Is youth enterprise a useful 'theory', or is it just another trend? (AllAfrica)

Mr Johnson Shadrach Donkoh, Director of Lutheran Media Ministry (LMM), on Friday called on religious leaders to fashion out activities that would train children to become good leaders in future. (AllAfrica)

Young people from across the world gathered today on the small Caribbean island of Tobago for the opening of the 7th Commonwealth Youth Forum which runs prior to the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Trinidad, next week. (AllAfrica)

Adoption comes with mixed feelings, commitment and responsibility. But if the material needs and child's emotions are well handled, the relationship between the new family and the child can thrive. (AllAfrica)

Wife of the Enugu State Governor, Mrs. Clara Chime, yesterday formally launched her pet-project, Child and Mother Empowerment (CHIME) with the distribution of sewing machines and grinding machines worth several millions of naira to women drawn from the 17 local government areas of the state. (AllAfrica)

Pupils of Kampala Kindergarten get excited after seeing their parents in the audience (AllAfrica)

Parents have been urged to register their children as soon as they are born since it is essential in national planning. (AllAfrica)

Police in Ntungamo are holding a 36-year-old witchdoctor who allegedly sacrificed his client's baby and forcefully had sex with her. Mr Ballam Mugisha from Kagando Kafunjo Sub-county, was arrested last week after he allegedly sacrificed Vangilista Ahimbisibwe's baby. (AllAfrica)

Youths from Borno State under the aegis of Southern Borno Youth Forum have condemned the protest held by some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the state in Abuja last week. (AllAfrica)

The eloquence and confidence are hard to match as David Malingi, 16, presents the children's agenda to politicians, ambassadors and presidents across the globe. (AllAfrica)

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