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MOZAMBIQUE: Scratching the surface of child trafficking

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Exploitation and abuse of human trafficking victims, mainly taken from Mozambique to South Africa, has seen a surge in media headlines but experts...

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Gambia not immune to child prostitution, pornography - SoS Marie Saine-Firdaus

Africa » Gambia

Friday, April 04, 2008

Marie Saine Firdaus, Attorney General and Secretary of state for Justice has said that The Gambia is not immune to child prostitution and child...

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Swiss parliamentarian in town

Africa » Gambia

Friday, April 04, 2008

Mrs Maria Roth-Bernasconi, a member of the Switzerland Parliament and Mrs Elsbeth Muller, executive director of the Swiss Community for UNICEF, are...

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Joseph Lotaba - "I don't understand why my home was burnt"

africa » kenya » rumuruti

IRIN

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Father-of-five Joseph Lotaba woke up on 6 March morning to fire and panic as a neighbouring village in Rift Valley's Laikipia West district went up...

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CHAD: PMTCT - a difficult birth

africa » chad » ndjamena

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Lowering the chances of an HIV positive mother passing the virus onto her child is a simple case of giving mother and baby one dose of the...

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Children bearing the brunt of Zimbabwe's meltdown

africa » zimbabwe » harare

Save the Children

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Save the Children today reveals the massive difficulties facing Zimbabwe's six million childrenIn a new briefing released on the day Zimbabweans vote...

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GADHOH Female Wing New Complex Inaugurated

africa » gambia

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

The new head office for the GambiaAssociation of the Deaf and Heard of Hearing (GADHOH) female wing was recentlyinaugurated at the Kanifing...

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GUINEA-BISSAU: Feeding school-children in the land of plenty

africa » guinea bissau » orange island

IRIN

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

This outer island in Guinea Bissau’s remote Bajago Archipelago is one of the most beautiful. The 283 inhabitants are mostly penniless but they have...

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GHANA: Response to “thriving” child sex industry too weak

africa » ghana » accra

Monday, March 24, 2008

By early evening the corridors of the Soldier Bar brothel in a busy commercial area of Accra were already filled with long queues of young girls and...

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SOUTH AFRICA: HIV major factor in rising child deaths

africa » south africa » pretoria

Monday, March 24, 2008

Mothers and children in South Africa are dying in alarming numbers. Far from being on track to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of reducing...

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