An incredible map shows the “true” size of Africa with China, India and America all fitting inside. The continent is 30.37 million km² and covers 20 percent of the planet’s land area and ...

AFRICAN governments overwhelmingly allocate social spending toward older children while overlooking the youngest, according ...

Africa's current power development road map bodes well for clean-power supporters, with 50% more clean capacity than fossil-fuel capacity currently being built and five times more clean capacity ...

West and Central Africa home to six of the top 10 countries with the highest prevalence of child marriage in the world with a prevalence rate of 41 percent in 2018. This year, Save the Children ...

Across Africa, millions of children face the harsh realities of war. Their future is often stolen by violence and instability. One of the most shocking examples is the kidnapping of schoolgirls by ...

Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. A porridge brand has been taken off shelves in South Africa after the deaths of three children. Namib Mills, a Namibian food company, said it was ...

The future education of an estimated 2.8 million children in West and Central Africa is in jeopardy due to conflicts. The situation is particularly dire in Nigeria and Cameroon. Ongoing conflicts ...

About 10 million children across four countries in West and Central Africa are currently out of school due to massive regional flooding, which has damaged and destroyed infrastructure and displaced ...

Over half of the people living in poverty — 584 million — are children under the age of 18, with 317 million in sub-Saharan Africa and 184 million in South Asia, it said. In Afghanistan ...

River boat accidents are a recurring issue in Nigeria, a West African nation where overloading, lax safety regulations, the ...

noting that some 21 million children are malnourished. “For many communities, this is the worst food crisis yet,” said Tomson Phiri, WFP spokesperson for Southern Africa. “October in ...

UNICEF launches urgent appeal for US$165 million to reach children as some countries run ... The situation in Africa's Sahel region is exacerbated by prolonged droughts, floods, and erratic ...