In the past five years, we have seen a steady increase in absolute numbers of out-of-school children and adolescents from 95 ...

Some reports suggest the attacks bore the hallmark of Boko Haram, the Islamist group vying for control over the region ...

Will SASSA Children’s Grants for June 2026 be impacted by the firing of Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe? Here’s ...

Officials say that more than 80 children are missing after suspected militants attacked schools in Nigeria in the past week.

The 35th St. Louis African Arts Festival returns to Forest Park next weekend — free, family friendly and back after last year ...

Militant attacks in Nigeria have left over 80 children missing. Schools in Borno and Oyo states are under siege, raising ...

As schools close for the holidays, scenes of children glued to their phones, dancing on TikTok, chatting on Snapchat, or scrolling endlessly through Instagram have become a common sight. What was once ...

When health budgets shrink, the consequences are immediate and devastating for Africa’s youngest citizens. Drawing from frontline experience and broader fiscal realities, Dr. William Menson makes a ...

Basic education minister Siviwe Gwarube has warned that more than 60% of South African children are not developmentally on ...

Suspected Islamist militants abducted more than 50 schoolchildren—including toddlers as young as two years old—from three ...

In 1848, Sarah Forbes Bonetta Davies, a five-year-old girl born into a royal West African dynasty, was captured by the West ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has sacked Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe amid mounting controversy over ...