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Buying a baby on Nairobi’s black market

Somewhere, Rebecca’s son is 10. He could be in Nairobi, where she lives, or he could be somewhere else. He could, she knows in her heart, be dead. The last time she saw him,…

Stories

The child teacher in A refugee camp

an inspiring story of Yasmin …

Reports

INSIGHT-Ethiopian girls trapped in sex trade as COVID-19 deepens desperation

When Selam fled her village aged 11 to avoid being wed to a much older man in northern Ethiopia, she was relieved and excited to forge a future on her own terms. But that hope was short-lived….

Opinion

Child labour doesn’t have to be exploitation: it gave me life skills

Aged eight, Tayambile would walk with her mother every day to fetch water. On her 2km return journey in 30C heat, she would carry 20 litres in an aluminium bucket on her head….

News

Yemen on brink of losing entire generation of children to hunger

Almost 100,000 children under the age of five are at risk of dying in Yemen as the country slides back into a hunger crisis….

Reports

How to Know When Your Child Is Stressed?

Families are under an extraordinary amount of pressure right now, and the next few months will provide little relief. The trials of 2020 include economic uncertainty, …