I first traveled to Africa when I was five years old, and I’ve returned every year since. No matter how many times I go, I’m always filled with that same excitement and awe I had as a little boy. Now ...

On the occasion of World Children's Day in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), an event organized by the local bar ...

On a roadside in Central Uganda, a woman selling charcoal says she barely earns enough to buy food for herself and her eight children. She is determined for her children to go to school and says she ...

Activists push for concrete action and fundingGBV classified 'national disaster' in South Africa For 15 minutes in late November, tens of thousands of South ...

I recently traveled with UNICEF USA partners on a program visit to South Africa. With 45 percent of the population under age 24, South Africa is a land of rich diversity, dynamic growth and complex ...

In some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, nearly 10 percent of children die before they turn 5 years old (SN: 8/3/22); in 2022 alone, around 2.8 million young children died in the entire region. Most are ...

Twelve-year-old Naledi sat on a cardboard box at the Beitbridge border post, her twisted left leg wrapped in a faded blanket. At the same time, her mother pleaded with an immigration officer for ...

Nadia Adjoa Sam-Agudu receives funding from the US National Institutes of Health and the European Commission. Wolfgang Preiser does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...

Actress Mischa Barton has returned from a trip to South Africa to promote the work of Save The Children. The O.C. star described the visit as a "life-changing experience", adding that she was pleased ...

But children’s rights activists say the classification does not do enough to prioritise children, ‍who make up nearly half of ...