Reflections from a recent visit to South Africa, where UNICEF works to safeguard the lives and futures of children.

Millions of South Africans lose out on welfare grants because of a flawed application system, including an automated means ...

THE government, in partnership with Railway Children Africa (RCA) has launched a Social Welfare Service Desk (SWSD) at the ...

The End Learning Poverty for All in Africa (ELPAf) campaign was officially launched in Malawi on 20 June 2025. Malawi becomes the second country after Zambia to launch the campaign that seeks to ...

They toil in mines, tend crops, scrub floors. An author of a new report on child labor points to great progress in reducing ...

Torrential rain, severe winds and landslides have killed at least 49 people in the poverty-stricken Eastern Cape province of ...

The Day of the African Child is celebrated to commemorate these children and the brave action they took to defend their ...

The street children phenomenon is found in French-speaking Africa. Although different names are used to describe them, they ...

He said even children who survive may suffer long-term damage from poor nutrition. He also noted that 40 per cent of children in sub-Saharan Africa face major health deficits that impact their ...

Zimbabwe becomes the third country, following Zambia and Malawi, to join the continental movement led by the African Union in partnership with UNICEF to end learning poverty across Africa. Officially ...

Discovered on the street in Rome, he had a brush with stardom when he was cast in what many consider one of the greatest ...