Over 450,000 children in Sudan have been displaced internally and externally in the ongoing violence occasioned by rival military forces. According to UNICEF, an estimated 82,000 children have fled to neighboring countries and approximately 368,000 more are displaced inside the country. In addition, at least nine children have reportedly been killed and more than 50 […]
Afghanistan inasalia kuwa miongoni mwa maeneo ambayo yamepata majanga mabaya zaidi ya kibinadamu duniani huku Shirika la Kutetea Haki za Binadamu la Human Rights Watch katika ripoti ya hivi majuzi lilisema kwamba thuluthi mbili ya wakazi wa nchi ya Afghanistan wana uhaba wa chakula. “Afghanistan kwa kiasi kikubwa imetoweka kutoka kwa vyombo vya habari, lakini […]
Mkataba wa Umoja wa Mataifa wa Haki za Mtoto katika utangulizi wake unasema “…mtoto, kwa ajili ya ukuaji kamili na wenye uwiano wa utu wake, anapaswa kukua katika mazingira ya familia, katika mazingira ya furaha, upendo na uelewano”. Haki hii imesalia kuwa ngumu kwa takriban watoto 40,000 ambao wanaripotiwa kuhifadhiwa katika taasisi za watoto za […]
Sixty percent of bodies being exhumed in Shakahola forest are those of children a report privy to our newsroom indicates. This was echoed by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki three weeks ago when he visited the crime scene in Kilifi County. Currently, 133 bodies have been exhumed as the government embarks on the second phase […]
Watoto hupitia aina kadha wa kadha za ukatili, unyonyaji na hata unyanyasaji. Hutokea katika kila nchi, na katika maeneo ambayo watoto wanapaswa kulindwa zaidi, aidha ni majumbani mwao, shuleni na hata mitandaoni. Wakaazi wa jamii ya Samia katika Kaunti ya Busia wamehimizwa kuweka kipaumbele ulinzi wa watoto ili kupunguza visa vya unyanyasaji wa watoto na […]
Zaidi ya wanafunzi 12,000 wenye uhitaji kutoka kaunti za Marsabit, Isiolo, Samburu na Laikipia watanufaika na ufadhili kutoka kwa shirika la Northern Rangeland Trust (NRT) ili kufadhili elimu yao. Afisa mkuu mtendaji wa NRT Tom Lalampaa alisema kuwa, shirika hilo litatumia milioni Sh78.5 kwa wanafunzi 12,557 wanaohitaji. Bw Lalampaa alisema kuwa, wahafidhina 18 wametanguliza elimu […]
By Jennifer Kaberi The African Union set aside 16th June Day of the African Child (DAC) as a day for not only celebrating African children but also as a platform for child participation. But, is DAC about children? I am in several planning meetings at sub-national, national, sub-regional, and regional and one thing I have […]
ChildFund International na Tume ya Umoja wa Afrika (AUC) wametia saini mkataba wa kuhamasisha sekta ya kibinafsi na ya umma kusaidia kuunda mazingira salama ya mtandaoni kwa watoto. Hii inafuatia kuongezeka kwa visa vya unyonyaji na unyanyasaji wa watoto mtandaoni kupitia teknolojia ya kidijitali. ChildFund inaongoza msukumo wa sera na sheria za kukomesha unyanyasaji wa […]
Kiongozi wa madhehebu ya kidini nchini Kenya anayedaiwa kuwachochea wafuasi kufa kwa njaa anakabiliwa na mashtaka ya ziada ikiwemo ugaidi na ulanguzi wa watoto. Aliyejiita kasisi Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, ambaye alianzisha kanisa la Good News International Church mwaka wa 2003, alifikishwa mahakamani siku ya Jumanne. Nthenge anashtakiwa kwa kuchochea wafuasi kufa njaa ili “kumlaki Yesu”. […]
Mapema Aprili mwaka wa 2023, mchungaji Paul Makenzi wa Good News International mjini Kilifi, alikamatwa na maafisa wa Kurugenzi ya Upelelezi wa Jinai kwa madai ya kuua na kuwazika watoto katika makaburi ya kina kirefu. Tangia hapo, wachunguzi wameweza kufukua miili iliyopita 110 hadi sasa, huku wengi wao wakiwa watoto. Isitoshe […]