Africa: Prioritize Education to Safeguard Children’s Rights

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image “Angela,” 20, walks with her son near her home after returning from school in Migori county, western Kenya. She is a Form 4 student at a girls-only school. Angela became pregnant when her trainee teacher offered to pay some of her primary school fees in return for sex. Her father tried to marry her off to suitors after she gave birth, but Angela’s mother fought against this and supported her return to school. She wants to go to college and study nursing. © 2018 Smita Sharma for Human Rights Watch (Nairobi) – African governments across the continent should accelerate…

Read complete article

~	Burkina Faso: UN rights office deeply alarmed at reported killing of 220 villagers

~	A new dash for copper is underway - how will it play out? Expert Q&A

~	Why does it feel so cold in the UK right now – and when will it warm up?

~	Artificial sweetener could harm your gut and the microbes that live there – new study

~	Gaza war: ‘no evidence’ of Hamas infiltration of UN aid agency, says report – but US and UK dither on funding while famine takes hold

~	Five books by Maryse Condé to introduce you to the award-winning Guadeloupian writer

~	How maps are used and abused in times of conflict

~	African Governments Falling Short on Healthcare Funding

~	Guinea Massacre Trial Enters Final Stage

~	Kenyan doctors’ strike: the government keeps failing to hold up its end of the bargain