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This article from Modern Ghana calls attention to child protection concerns in Ghana amidst the Coronavirus crisis in the country.
"The lockdown measures have increased the risk of children [in Nigeria] becoming victims of domestic violence, bullying and other forms of abuse," says Rev Ifeanyi Mbaegbu in this article. In the article, Mbaegbu explores many of the detrimental impacts on children and families that the lockdown measures put in place to reduce the spread of the coronavirus have had, including increased stress on families and abuse of children in the home. The article calls on parents to "ensure their children do not become victims of the effects of the measures taken to contain COVID-19. Frequent…
This article from BBC News describes the movement of children and young people in Nigeria from Koranic schools back to their homes during the COVID-19 crisis, "one of the biggest ever state organised mass movements of minors in Africa's most-populous state."
"Tens of thousands of Koranic school children were recently crammed into open vans and sent back home from cities and towns across northern Nigeria in a controversial move by state governments to prevent the spread of coronavirus within their territories," says the article. Hundreds of the children already had the coronavirus,…