A 20-year-old woman in South Africa has pleaded guilty to trying sell her child for 5,000 rand ($380) on advertising website Gumtree. The mother faced charges including human trafficking and money laundering, and the 19-month-old boy is now i

There are compelling reasons to believe that orphans – many millions due to the AIDS epidemic – are more likely to be sexually victimized during childhood.

This video from Child's i Foundation documents the story of Mercy from Redeemer House in Jinja, Uganda.

This brief is part of a series of country briefs which aim to provide an analysis of children’s living and care arrangements according to t

In this video from the BBC, Clive Myrie reports from Ethiopia, the first stop for many Eritrean migrants en route to Europe. The video features a few of these child migrants who are waiting in Ethiopia to make their way to Europe in hopes of a better life.

This paper uses two approaches to understand the phenomenon of proliferation of children's institutions in Kenya.

Police in the Masaka District of Uganda have closed down an illegal orphanage for children under the age of 10, according to the article.

Pour les enfants de Guinée dont un des parents, ou même parfois les deux, ont succombé au virus Ebola, jeux et activités de groupe offrent un moyen de se joindre à des enfants de leur âge et de retrouver un moment de bonheur. 

Pour les enfants de Guinée dont un des parents, ou même parfois les deux, ont succombé au virus Ebola, jeux et activités de groupe offrent un moyen de se joindre à des enfants de leur âge et de retrouver un moment de bonheur. 

The OVCMIS is one of the key instruments for effecting implementation of the National Strategic Programme Plan of Interventions for orphans and other vulnerable children (NSPPI).