Follow @{0} A mother and her malnourished twins at Mopti reference hospital in central Mali DAKAR, 13 December 2013 (IRIN)…
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Pope Francis on Saturday paid a pre-Christmas visit to dozens of children at a Catholic paediatric hospital in Rome, observing a decades-old papal tradition. Stopping in the hospital’s chapel, the pope was given a basket containing handwritten messages…
British rock singer Ian Watkins, the former Lostprophets frontman, was jailed for 35 years on Wednesday for the attempted rape of a baby and several other “incomprehensible” child sex offences. Watkins, who admitted 13 offences at Cardiff Crown Court…
17 December 2013 – With the lives of nearly six million children disrupted by the typhoon that devastated the Philippines…
GENEVA, Switzerland, September 12, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is meeting…
GENEVA, Switzerland, September 17, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS from mothers to their children is…
Uruguay President Jose Mujica, a former guerilla known for his low-key style, has admitted he hopes to adopt “30 or 40 poor children” after his term ends in 2014, local media reported Sunday. The 78-year-old leader said he envisions putting his plan…
L-R: Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi; Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe; his wife, Eyeosrun Abosede; newly installed chief/wife…
At least 25 people, including 14 children, were killed in regime air raids on rebel districts of the northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. They were killed when regime forces unleashed an aerial attack using…
PLANO, Texas, October 15, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — WorldVentures Foundation™ (http://www.worldventuresfoundation.org), a subsidiary of WorldVentures (http://www.worldventures.com), today announced that…
A knife-wielding attacker who stabbed 22 students at a primary school in China was sentenced to death on Friday, a court said. The Xinyang City Intermediate People’s Court said Min Yongjun, 37, was found guilty of intentional homicide and condemned…
(BPT) – A practice that was once frowned upon, many schools are now encouraging students to bring their own tablets,…
The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku has called on parents to always monitor the activities of their children to prevent…
(BPT) – Writing is fundamental to learning, and humans have been doing it since the first cave dwellers used the…
Pope Francis on Thursday formed a committee to fight child sex abuse in the Catholic Church in a landmark initiative after thousands of abuses and cover-ups, but campaigners said the new body would be “toothless”. While the composition and precise tasks…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 5, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Statement by H.E. Anne Mamakau Mutelo, Ambassador of the Republic…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 4, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU),…
GENEVA, Switzerland, December 3, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Gulnara…
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Mylan Inc. (Nasdaq: MYL), one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, and the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) today announced that they will give a combined $1 million to the Business Leadership Council…
Job Title: Deputy Programme Manager, Child Development Grant Programme Location: Abuja, Nigeria Employer: Save the Children International Industry: Not for…