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Current Feed ContentSOMALIA: Nasir Ahmed - "I feel bad every time I see children my age going to school"HARGEISA Tuesday, October 21, 2008 (IRIN) - More and more children are missing out on childhood as conflict continues in war-torn Somalia. Families who fled the violence have been separated from their children and, as poverty bites due to drought and hyperinflation, many children have taken to the streets to fend for their families. Nasir Ahmed, 12, is one such child in Hargeisa, the capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland. Ahmed was born into a poor family and going to primary...US Embassy Support Communities in WRThe ambassador of the United States of America Mr. Barry L Wells on Tuesday presided over the inauguration of a milling machine and an Early Childhood Development Centre at the villages of Shom and Julanfari respectively. The two projects were part of many community projects funded by the Ambassador’s Self-Help Fund. Speaking at the handing over ceremony in Shom in Kombo East District, Ambassador Wells expressed his delight at visiting the village as it was his first visit out side the Greater...Child has rights tooChild Rights are fundamental and inherent of all below the age of 18. These rights apply to every child, irrespective of his/her origin, race, color, sex or creed. The essential message that we are preaching is equality of opportunity. Girls should be given the same opportunities as boys. All children should have the same rights and should be given the same opportunity to enjoy an adequate standard of living. Child rights maybe broadly classified as the rights of all children to: survival,...Commemoration of World Consumer Rights DayThe Consumer Protection Association of The Gambia (CPAG) recently joined the Global Movement of Consumer Groups to commemorate World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD). They aimed to highlight the implications of eating unhealthy food. The programme was held at the NaNa Conference Hall on the Bertil Harding Highway, Mile Seven. Speaking during the commemoration, the head of the Food and Trade Association, Dr. Omar Touray, said that the association was established in 2005 to make consumers aware....NIGER: Where childhood ends on the marriage bedFifteen-year-old Hadjo Garbo’s child-like features belie a history more tragic and life-altering than many adults four times her age will have experienced. Two years ago this petite girl, who likes to fiddle with her elaborately braided hair and once dreamed of being a housewife, was married to one of the older men in her village in the Dosso region of southwest Niger. She was just 13 years old. The marriage was consummated, and by 14 she was pregnant with her first child. But before her 15th... |
