The International Labor Organization estimates that more than 72 million children in sub-Saharan Africa — nearly one in five — are affected by child labor. Experts estimate that millions more ...

Slavery was supposed to be abolished, yet millions are still trapped in forced labor across Africa today. From child labor in ...

The federal government with support from the International Labour Organisation (ILO), has launched the National Child Labour Website and the Child Labour Reporting App, a digital platform designed for ...

Extreme poverty brought about by HIV/AIDS, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, has dramatically increased children’s risk of hazardous child labor as families look for new ways to supplement ...

Public health emergencies, including outbreaks of cholera, mpox and, more recently, viral haemorrhagic fevers, are posing significant threats to the safety and wellbeing of millions of children in ...

Mali, Africa’s biggest cotton producer, plans to invest in clean energy and tackle issues like child labor and soil health to ...

West Africa is facing its worst food crisis in a decade ... including child trafficking, forced early marriage and child labor. But we can’t do any of this lifesaving work without your support. Even ...

After revelations of child labor and treacherous conditions in many ... Houreld is The Washington Post’s East Africa bureau chief, based in Nairobi, with responsibilities stretching from the ...

West and Central Africa home to six of the top 10 countries with the ... The Kamsaogho Naba himself has created a local NGO to protect children in his community from child marriage, child labor, and ...

Of these, 122.3 million children work in the Asia-Pacific region, 49.3 million work in Sub-Saharan Africa, and 5.7 million ... and construction. Child labor ranges from four-year-olds tied to ...