International Criminal Court (ICC) would soon be heralding a prosecution against a Congolese warlord who happen to recruit children as young as 10 to fight on the frontline of a war for the control of gold, diamonds and timber in the vast Democratic...
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Cambodia is an exotic vacation destination, with ancient cities, bold colors, legendary temples, remarkable beauty — and horrendous crimes that go on behind closed doors.
Yes, children, as young as 5 years old, are being sold as slaves for sex.
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A recent survey conducted for Microsoft Canada called the Ipsos –Reid poll, suggested that most of the so called Internet Savvy kids fall flat when it comes to their security concerns in the online world.
The survey showed that around seventy percent...
Africa is a land that has been torn apart by war and disease. For over 40 years, this has resulted in international condemnation and sanctions, tribal conflict, racial hatred and the inevitable result is famine, disease and poverty for the general...
It feels great to see people like this man to end up in a fate like a life time imprisonment. No, I am not a sadist, but a staunch believer of a fact that a criminal must be punished. The person who’s punishment is giving me a sense of high is Gary B....
With the help of a stings operation in three years, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the US, officials have detained more then 9000 sex offenders including pedophiles, human traffickers and international sex tourists.
However, some experts...
Every day at dusk, thousands of terrified northern Ugandans, the majority of them children, travel to the relative safe place to spend the night. Some carry thin blankets and a bit of food, but most have nothing.
In the eyes of desperate parents, the...
Children in militias, yes, that’s right. It is estimated that there are nearly 300,000 child soldiers utilized in more than 30 countries worldwide either as combatants or as auxiliaries.
Nepal is in a bad book as far as the incidences of child...
The condition of children is deplorable in Iraqi hospitals since, the hospitals are running short of equipments.
Many doctors throughout hospitals in Baghdad complain of insufficient electricity and clean water, for which they blame foreign companies...
Education has become universal in the sense that many universities are opening up its horizons globally so that students from all across the world could take benefit of it by enumerating themselves in universities of their own choice. Hence, there is an...
Have you ever heard a person reiterating from jungles, lets say after a gap of 10 years?
I am sure, most of you like me would consider it an impossible action but actually, it’s a fact. Strange but true, a girl who was lost in the wild for eighteen...
This is the 21st century. We have come a long way. Yet, it feels as though people in Africa are still standing at the same spot. In this era of HIV/AIDS, Africans face the huge challenge of confronting their deeply held beliefs and values.
Child...
Two teenagers, 16 and 13 wanted to have ‘the greatest joy ride of the life’ and so, stole a 125-tonne locomotive and rode for 12 miles!
Eric Burks, 16, of Lawrence County, and Zachary Walden, 13, of Scioto County (of Ohio), have now been charged with...
The global AIDS epidemic shows no signs of abating. Although some countries are looking forward towards progress with respect to treating children suffering from AIDS, however, universally the situation is not the same.
Young people and children are...
Northern highlands of Ethiopia are still drenched into the age-old custom of child marriage. Despite international agreements and national laws, marriage of young girls is common practice in the region.
What does this proves, is a girl mere commodity...
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