The Sani family in northern Nigeria has six children, more than the parents can afford but fewer than their own parents had.

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 ...

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 ...

By Apoorva Mandavilli Nearly two million children may die of malnutrition ... as have prolonged droughts and floods in the Sahel region of Africa. In Mali, supplies of the food began running ...

The U.N. has warned Southern Africa could become a "full-scale human catastrophe," while the region faces a severe drought.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

South Africa is a middle-income emerging market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors; and a stock exchange ...

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 ...

Once home to pre-colonial empires, Mali is a large, arid, landlocked country in western Africa. For centuries, its northern city of Timbuktu was a ... conflict-plagued nation – and one of the world’s ...