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Gilbert Deya: Mchungaji kutoka Kenya afutiwa mashtaka ya ulanguzi wa watoto

Mwinjilisti aliye na utata nchini Kenya, ameondolewa mashtaka ya ulanguzi wa watoto kutokana na ukosefu wa ushahidi wa kutosha. Hakimu wa Kenya alieleza kwamba, upande wa mashtaka ulishindwa kuthibitisha kuwa Gilbert Deya aliwaiba watoto watano miongo miwili iliyopita, . Mwinjilisti huyo alishutumiwa kwa kuwakabidhi watoto hao kwa wanawake waliokuwa wakihangaika kupata mimba. Mchungaji huyo alihamishwa […]

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160 Million Children Involved in Child Labour

At least 160 million children are still engaged in child labour which represents one in ten children worldwide. This has been attributed to conflicts, crises and the COVID-19 pandemic, which has plunged more families into poverty – and forced millions more children into child labour. Further,economic growth has not been sufficient, nor inclusive enough, to […]

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11 Children Die Weekly While Crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe

According to UNICEF, at least 289 boys and girls died every week while crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe in the last 6 months. The number, the agency said, has doubled compared to the same period in 2022. Vera Knaus, the agency’s Global Lead on Migration and Displacement, told journalists attending the biweekly UN […]

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FALSE: This image isn’t of the situation on Nairobi’s Thika Superhighway during the 12 July 2023 anti-government protests

The Image was Taken in 2022, a year before the protest. This image on Facebook supposedly of the situation on Thika Superhighway, Nairobi, during the 12 July 2023 anti-government protests is FALSE. The picture is of police vehicles barricading a section of the multi-lane carriageway. Only a few vehicles are on a side road in the opposite […]

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FALSE: This image of ‘business as usual’ in a downtown Nairobi street amid 12 July 2023 protests is old.

This Image was Taken in 2019. This image on Facebook purportedly of a downtown Nairobi street teeming with activities amid the 12 July 2023 anti-government protests is FALSE. The image is of Luthuli Avenue in the Central Business District (CBD) of Kenya’s capital city with people going about their businesses. The post accompanying the image reads: “Forget […]