Tag - Africa
If you thought that slave trade was only a nineteenth century tyranny by the white masters of Africa then you are mistaken because slave trade continues even these days, but the perpetrators of the crime have changed. The 21st century slave trade focuses...
None heeds my pet peeve. Even though I have the likes of Jonathan Swift endorsing me. I have maintained that there are too many kids on this earth. Look wherever you will, there are just too many children swamping the place. They just will not leave...
Africa's children are getting a raw deal. We had heard of children being kidnapped by the armed groups fighting in Congo and used for carrying ammunition or for sex. Now it has come to light that children from many African countries, especially...
Emmanuel Jal’s life is a story depicting journey from rag to riches, inspiring all who suffer from sordid miseries of life yet couldn’t gather strength to bounce back. A ray of hope for millions distressed worldwide dreaming of making to...
The brutal 14-year Liberian civil war, known locally as 'World War Three', may be a history but the country is facing a new conflict. Orphanages all over the west African country are in dire need of international help. Years of poverty, conflicts and...
Witchcraft is not uncommon in this age of computer and economic revolution across the globe but the manner in which it is prevailing in Nigeria defies all human values. In various parts of the west African country, Evangelical pastors have made it a...
Children should be cut, cooked and eaten. That way we solve the food, population and child-trafficking problems at one go. Jonathan Swift, the author of the popular Gulliver’s Travels, had once proposed this easy solution for dealing with all the...
Kids are the future everywhere. No exceptions to this rule. How and what they are taught will determine the shape of things to come in this tired world of ours. Nigeria is now a divided nation. The 3rd Nigerian International Secondary Schools Model...
People congregated in small crowds singing hymns and saying prayers…their heads drooping down, can’t figure out whether they are cursing fate or disparaging the birth of their babies because their lives are limited to the time they enter into realm...
Murray state's student-athletes have stood up for a social cause. They have decided to educate the children of Third World countries by donating used books to the schools of Africa. Till now they have donated around 1,500 books.
Radke, SAAC staff...
The statistics of infant mortality rate is very high in Sub-Saharan Africa. Though it constitutes only only 15.6 percent of the world's child population, yet it has 44 percent deaths of children under 5.
The UNICEF has stepped forward to improve the...
A new EU immunization programme has been designed with a view to save million of Third World children suffering from several diseases. The programme will be first implemented in Africa followed by other developing countries of the world.
The Microsoft...
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Vaccination, Third World, Children, Africa, EU members, Bill Gates, Microsoft Billionaire, Measles, Polio, Hepatitis B, Tetanus and Diphtheria, Deadly diseases, Politics & Society
According to BBC News, there are around 22 million people suffering from AIDS, of which many are from Africa. Most of them die in the prime of their youth, often leaving behind their children.
There are 14 million AIDS orphans in Africa. The ...
Child labour is one of the worst forms of exploitation of a child. Africa has the highest incidence of child labour, while Asia being the most densely populated reegion has the largest number of child labourers.
It has 61 percent of the world’s child...
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Child Labour, Asia, ILO, UNICEF, Sex business, Sex Trade, Latin America, Children, Africa, Exploitation of children, Child Abuse, Politics & Society
War makes us remind of the soldiers fighting at borders for their nation. But only few of us would be reminded of those children, who carry heavier-than-themselves arms to eliminate the enemies of the nation. While not all of them may perish in the war,...
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