CHILDREN
BURKINA FASO: New child trafficking law hard to enforce
Source: IRIN
The Burkina Faso government has passed a new law that increases jail terms for traffickers from a maximum of five to 10 years, but child protection experts fear this will not stop child-trafficking, which the ministry of social welfare says is rising.
Source: IRIN
The Burkina Faso government has passed a new law that increases jail terms for traffickers from a maximum of five to 10 years, but child protection experts fear this will not stop child-trafficking, which the ministry of social welfare says is rising.
Suicide attack on NATO kills 2 Afghan children
Source: Reuters
(Adds NATO commander comments, details) By Ismail Sameem KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, June 4 (Reuters) - A suspected Taliban suicide car bomber rammed a convoy of NATO-led forces in southern Afghanistan ...
Source: Reuters
(Adds NATO commander comments, details) By Ismail Sameem KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, June 4 (Reuters) - A suspected Taliban suicide car bomber rammed a convoy of NATO-led forces in southern Afghanistan ...
MALAWI: Child labour encouraged by poor record keeping
Source: IRIN
More than a million Malawian children are still being used as labourers, according to the latest available estimates, but legislation compelling birth registrations has been delayed by government infighting and the resultant political turmoil.
Source: IRIN
More than a million Malawian children are still being used as labourers, according to the latest available estimates, but legislation compelling birth registrations has been delayed by government infighting and the resultant political turmoil.
SRI LANKA: Low HIV prevalence but high risk
Source: IRIN
Living with the HIV virus can be extremely frustrating in Sri Lanka, just ask those infected by it. "You are totally shunned," Princy Mangalika, an HIV-positive Sri Lankan, told IRIN/PlusNews. "You can't attend family functions, work or live in your own village; your children can't even go to school."
Source: IRIN
Living with the HIV virus can be extremely frustrating in Sri Lanka, just ask those infected by it. "You are totally shunned," Princy Mangalika, an HIV-positive Sri Lankan, told IRIN/PlusNews. "You can't attend family functions, work or live in your own village; your children can't even go to school."
UGANDA: Unaccompanied children of war
Source: IRIN
Caught in crossfire during fighting between Ugandan government forces and rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army, six-month-old Emmanuel acted according to instinct: he clung to his mother. But by the time soldiers found him she had been killed by a stray bullet. That was in 2007.
Source: IRIN
Caught in crossfire during fighting between Ugandan government forces and rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army, six-month-old Emmanuel acted according to instinct: he clung to his mother. But by the time soldiers found him she had been killed by a stray bullet. That was in 2007.