Until dependency ratios shift, Africa’s large youthful population will remain the continent’s biggest barrier to growth.

Unicef report found that 23% of South African children experience severe food poverty, eating less than two of the ...

"Every child deserves the dignity and opportunity ... "During recent events, such as the USAID Global Education Conference and the Africa Ministerial Breakfast Dialogue at the Education World ...

A new World Bank report shows that poverty in Africa may be lower than current estimates suggest and no systematic increase in inequality, given the available data Challenges remain substantial: more ...

Save the Children has worked in Africa for more than 60 years ... We are also working tirelessly to keep children protected from the harms of conflict, including child trafficking, forced early ...

In response to the crisis, Gwarube announced an ambitious goal: by 2030, every child in South Africa should have access to quality early learning. “But let me be very clear: this goal is not ...

Human Rights Watch is honored to address the African Committee of Experts at its 45th Ordinary Session, and join it in celebrating 35 years since the adoption of the African Children’s Charter.

Since child marriage rates tend to be higher among poorer households, many researchers have argued that income constraints are a main reason why poor households marry off their daughters at very ...

Despite efforts to end child marriage globally, an estimated 12 million girls are still married each year. West and Central Africa home to six of the top 10 countries with the highest prevalence of ...

No other region has similarly poor levels of development or has shown less ... Another reason is the dominance of subsistence agriculture, which has a high demand for child labour in sub-Saharan ...

No other region has similarly poor levels of development or ... which has a high demand for child labour in sub-Saharan Africa's large rural population. Even in 2025, the ratio of 1.3 persons ...

Africa’s disappointing economic performance since independence in the 1960s is often blamed on corruption, poor governance and ... government enforced a one-child policy that saw the ratio ...