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African Democracy and good Governance (ADG) in collaboration with Women's World Summit Foundation (WWSF) on Thursday 19th November organized a programme for the commemoration of the World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Violence against children and the Convention on the Rights of the Child at their main office in Churchill's Town on the role of parents and adults in preventing abuse and violence. (AllAfrica)

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Fanteakwa District Assembly, Mr. Abass Fuseini Sbaabe, has reiterated on the need for the Ghanaian youth to cultivate the interest of undertaking apprenticeship, rather than chasing non-existent white-collar jobs in the so-called big cities. (AllAfrica)

After visiting Abuja, Yola and Kaduna, Nigeria's biggest youth event, The Future Awards (under the umbrella The Future Project), continued its national tour of the six geo-political zones of the country, taking its youth town hall meetings to Enugu, Port Harcourt and the Ghanaian capital, Accra. (AllAfrica)

More than 2,000 Kenyan youths from across Nairobi, the capital, will kick off a multi-ethnic football tournament this weekend to score goals in a United Nations-backed bid to use the power of sport to promote reconciliation after last year's deadly inter-communal violence as well as environmental conservation. (AllAfrica)

Child rights advocates have said there is still room for expansion of the definition of 'children involved in armed conflict' and formalizing both preventive and protective measures to address the issue, twenty years following the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), 11 years following the Optional Protocol (OP) and two years consequent to the Paris Principles (PP). (AllAfrica)

Luweero District authorities have interdicted the head teacher of Nakigoza Primary School, Mr Fred Balabye, for allegedly stripping five female pupils in the guise of checking them for stolen items and financial mismanagement. (AllAfrica)

Africa for Democracy and Good Governance (ADG), recently embarked on a weeklong celebration of worldÂ's campaign for the prevention of child abuse and violence against children. (AllAfrica)

Bangladeshi twins nearly three years old, Trishna and Krishna, last Tuesday passed a 25-hour operation to be separated, foreign media reports. Conjoined twins joined at the top of the head traveled to Australia and passed a successful operation. (AllAfrica)

The Million Balls Africa Project for children and young people has hit the Volta Region with the presentation of 31 soccer balls and other equipment to three schools in the South Tongu District as a booster to institutions ahead of some upcoming events. (AllAfrica)

The Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) Youths Fans Club, recently returned back from Ziguinchor, in Senegal, where they visited their Senegalese counterparts; Union de Jenness Triavaille Liberelle. (AllAfrica)

The 9th WAPI (Words and Pictures) will take place on November 21 at Hotel Africana's People's Space and it has been dubbed "Recycle". (AllAfrica)

THE 14-year-old girl who caused the death of a 40-year-old man who had attempted to defile her, has been released on Police bond after the intervention of the women lawyers' association, FIDA, and local council officials. (AllAfrica)

The Gambia international midfielder Tijan Jaiteh, who plies his route with Norwegian premier tier side, SK Brann, will arrive in Banjul in late November with a 20-foot container containing football equipment for deprived Gambian kids, Observer Sports can reveal. (AllAfrica)

Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) has announced that it would soon reward its Smart Kids Save (SKS) account holders in its forthcoming Annual SKS Raffle Draw. (AllAfrica)

THE Police in Kasese district have said defilement cases have drastically reduced. An official from the child and family protection unit, Wilson Kathembo, said the decline was due to massive community sensitisation about child rights by civil society organisations. (AllAfrica)

MBALE district leaders expressed shock and concern after the head of the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) in Uganda revealed that the district had 3,300 child labourers. (AllAfrica)

A panel of discussants from Nigeria on education and family planning has expressed worries over the gender gap in the ratio of girls to boys in schools especially in the Northern part of the country. (AllAfrica)

First Lady, Jeannette Kagame yesterday called upon the youth to utilize the available education opportunities to acquire knowledge that will enable them contribute significantly to national development. (AllAfrica)

Police in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, are detaining a man in his sixties for attempting to sell one of his six children for US$2,000 (Sh148,000) in a bid to "overcome hardship". (AllAfrica)

I write in response to a story that ran in The Observer on November 9, 2009 under the heading 'President's man under fire over boda boda'. The writer distorted the facts which I would now like to correct. (AllAfrica)

Two hundred students will benefit from the Presidential Scholarship Programme and will undertake various degree programmes at the University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa starting next year. (AllAfrica)

Law enforcement agencies seat idly as CÅ"ur Joyeux steals money from hundreds of helpless orphans (AllAfrica)

Today's story on the dangers of the hubbly bubbly is the start of an initiative between The Star and Lifetalk to raise awareness on the numerous challenges that affect teenagers today. (AllAfrica)

The National Assembly would soon look into the problem of insecurity for members of the National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) serving in all states of the federation including the Federal Capital Territory. (AllAfrica)

The Federal Ministry of Youth and Social Development has been invited to Mexico for the next year's World Youth Conference which is taking place in August, 2010. (AllAfrica)

CHILDREN of Zimbabwe's music legends are billed to hold a gala in Harare next month, a first of its kind. (AllAfrica)

Imo State Government has included youths in this year's Ahiajoku Lecture, scheduled to be delivered by former Minister of Science and Technology, Professor Barth Nnaji. (AllAfrica)

Ministry of Youth Development, in collaboration with Youngstars Foundation International, have honoured Nigerian youths who have distinguished themselves in enterprising innovations. (AllAfrica)

An international based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Pan African Development on Education and Advocacy Programme (PADEAP), has decried the rising rate of poverty, gender in-equality, maternal and infant mortality in the country; calling on stakeholders to rise up to their challenges. (AllAfrica)

Tomorrow November 20, the world will celebrate 20 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. For many in Nigeria, it is an opportunity to look at the states that have passed the law protecting children and the level of implementation of the act. (AllAfrica)

The Minister for Women and Children's Affairs (MOWAC), Hon. Akua Sena Dansua, has said the major contributing factor to the involvement of women in illegal mining activities, popularly known as 'galamsey', is the irresponsible nature of some men. (AllAfrica)

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