Children in Southern Africa are going hungry following the region’s worst drought in 100 years, as a charity leader warns they are ‘desperate’ for support. The El Niño weather cycle, which can cause ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The day Shalom Mirembe was sent home from school last month over unpaid tuition, her father lay dying in a hospital. Even as her mother sat by his bedside, school officials were ...

The consumption of milk products, eggs and fish has a positive effect on childhood development in Africa. This has been demonstrated in a recent study. The researchers used representative data from ...

By Jennifer Rigby and Emmanuel Bruce LONDON/ACCRA, Jan 29 (Reuters) - New vaccines are helping Ghana approach a long-sought ...

Apecu, L.S. and Zabibu, N. (2026) The Role of Parenting in the Proliferation of Street Children: Evidence from River Oli Division, Arua City, Uganda. Open Access Library Journal, 13, 1-14. doi: ...

There is an urgent need for the African Union to protect children caught in the crossfire of conflict, as millions face ...

For most people, birthdays mean receiving gifts. For Sophie Rain, this year it meant giving one. Days before her 21st birthday on September 22nd, Rain received a heartfelt video from Hypers Kids ...

At least one in seven children in sub-Saharan Africa experiences significant psychological hardship. As the world marks World Mental Health Day, UNICEF and WHO shine a light on the need for increased ...

Two million children in Nigeria suffer from severe acute malnutrition. Malnutrition refers to a condition that occurs when a person’s diet does not provide the right amount of nutrients for proper ...

In this open-label trial with a 2-by-4 factorial design, we randomly assigned children with HIV who had first-line treatment failure to receive second-line therapy with tenofovir alafenamide fumarate ...