At a small primary school in north-east Nigeria, a group of uniformed orphans are greeting a visitor to their art class. Some are the children of Boko Haram fighters. Others are the offspring of their victims.

This desk review provides a brief mapping and summary of existing knowledge on alternative care and deinstitutionalisation in Africa. 

This country care review includes the care-related Concluding Observations adopted by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. 

This article from Citifmonline reports that persons seeking to adopt children in Ghana will soon be required resort to the High Courts for clearance.

Thomson Reuters reports that an increasing number of women in Nigeria are fooled into giving up their children.  

Este informe describe las lecciones aprendidas de aquellos que estuvieron directamente involucrados en la implementación del Programa de Protección Infantil durante la respuesta epidémica a la Enfermedad por el Virus del Ébola (EVE) en África Occidental.

This report examines three Ebola-affected countries – Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea – to analyse the degree to which the response was successful in addressing the scale and unique nature of the child protection situation that arose due to the epidemic.

In this article, William W. Hansen argues that the street children who populate the cities of Northern Nigeria have no means of support other than begging for their daily food, petty crime or providing casual labor. 

The Child Protection Specialist reports to the Chief, Child Protection (Level 4) for guidance and general supervision.

The Project Director (PD) will be responsible for the overall management of the “All Pikin for Learn” program.