News from category: Children
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Street children polish shoes in Bosasso
BOSASSO, 8 March 2010 (IRIN) – A long civil war, frequent droughts, unemployment and high food prices have led to an increase in the number of …
Photo: Charles Akena/IRIN
As many as 130,000 Tanzanian women fall pregnant every year; many of these are unwanted pregnancies
DAR ES SALAAM, 1 March 2010 (PlusNews) – A Tanzanian project is integrating family planning and HIV …
Photo: Graeme Williams/UNICEF
Thousands of Zimbabwean children are on the move
PRETORIA, 26 February 2010 (IRIN) – Zimbabwe’s still-limping economy can provide few essential services, so children living along the border cross into South Africa …
Photo: Helen Keller International
A child who underwent treatment for malnutrition, during a follow-up visit by Helen Keller International (file photo)
DAKAR, 25 February 2010 (IRIN) – Nutrition experts in Guinea are studying options for treating …
Photo: Dany Danzoumbe/IRIN
Lycée Technique Commerciale in Chad’s capital N’djaména, closed during nationwide teacher strike
N’DJAMENA, 17 February 2010 (IRIN) – Teachers demanding more pay to face higher food prices entered the third day of …
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Measles outbreak
JOHANNESBURG, 12 February 2010 (IRIN) – The cause of a measles outbreak sweeping South Africa has not as yet been determined, but initial suspicions point to religious objections and unfounded fears …
Photo: Aminu Abubakar/IRIN
Displaced children living in makeshift IDP camp in Jos North
KANO, 12 February 2010 (IRIN) – Some 15,400 people who fled violence in the central Nigerian city of Jos remain displaced three weeks …
Photo: Laudes Martial Mbon/IRIN
Many of the refugees who fled intercommunal clashes in Dongo are children
KINSHASA, 10 February 2010 (IRIN) – Schools in Dongo, Equateur Province, in western Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the …
Photo: Helen Keller International
A woman and a malnourished child in the Guinea capital Conakry (file photo)
DAKAR, 5 February 2010 (IRIN) – Natural disasters, epidemics and political unrest deal a particularly heavy blow to communities …
Photo: Nancy Palus/IRIN
A woman and her children among hundreds displaced from Diabir and Baraf in Senegal’s Casamance region (file photo)
ZIGUINCHOR, 3 February 2010 (IRIN) – Baraf village, in Senegal’s Casamance region, is empty but …
Photo: MSF
Less than 10 percent of children currently receive malaria treatment within 24 hours of fever onset
JUBA, 4 February 2010 (IRIN) – More than four million insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) have been distributed across Southern …
Photo: Nancy Palus/IRIN
A woman and her children among hundreds displaced from Diabir and Baraf in Senegal’s Casamance region (file photo)
ZIGUINCHOR, 3 February 2010 (IRIN) – Baraf village, in Senegal’s Casamance region, is empty but …
Photo: Abdullahi Salat/IRIN
A displaced woman holds her malnourished child in central Somalia: A new report says Somalia has one of the highest levels of malnutrition in the world, with up to 240,000 children under …
Photo: Phuong Tran/IRIN
Maternal deaths in Burkina Faso stem largely from discrimination, Amnesty International says (file photo)
OUAGADOUGOU, 30 January 2010 (IRIN) – Too many obstacles still stand between women and safe childbirth in Burkina Faso, …
Photo: Tugela Ridley/IRIN
A woman in northern Niger helps her baby drink water (file photo)
DAKAR, 28 January 2010 (IRIN) – Governments, aid agencies and donors must join forces now to ensure that severe food insecurity in the …
Photo: Ben Parker/UNICEF
Tradition and beliefs perpetuate female genital mutilation/cutting (file photo)
NOUAKCHOTT, 29 January 2010 (IRIN) – A recent fatwa banning female genital mutilation/cutting in Mauritania will help reduce the practice only if religious leaders …
