Tag Archives: children

United Nations, US | Xinhua | A spike in conflict and displacement in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is pushing children into the worst cholera crisis since 2017, said the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday. Across the country, there were at least 31,342 suspected or confirmed cholera …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of parents in Napak district are struggling to find the children who have been begging in the streets of the Kampala capital city over the years. Many children aged between 5 and 12 years left their homes in villages in the years …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Child rights activists have expressed concern about the negative impact of DNA testing on the identities and citizenship of innocent children. The recent surge in DNA testing, particularly in cases where men discover that their presumed biological children are not related to them, has …

Why children come before spouse COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala on June 27 ruled that the late Supreme Court Justice Mary Stella Arach Amoko be buried at Jukiya Hill Ward, Juba village in Nebbi District in northwestern Uganda without any disturbance in accordance with the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The children and relatives of the late Supreme Court Justice Stella Arach Amoko have rejected the proposed neutral burial place at Arua Catholic Cathedral Cemetery in Ediofe parish, Arua City. The proposal to bury Justice Arach at a neutral place was reached on Friday during …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 89,000 children under the age of five and 10,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women in the nine districts of Karamoja are in dire need of immediate assistance due to severe malnutrition. This distressing revelation comes from the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have initiated a search for 20 children who were reported missing by their parents following the Martyr’s Day celebrations at Namugongo shrines on Saturday. Caroline Kushemererwa, the head of the Child and Family Protection Unit in the Kampala Metropolitan Policing area, said that most …

Village hosts former street children, most of them Karimajong Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel Uganda under their Airtel Cares Program has extended a donation of assorted food, household and personal effects items to Masulita Children’s Home. The donation worth Sh55million was received by the Board Chairperson, Olive Birungi Lumonya. …

As desperate civilians and expatriates flee the country, local midwives are stepping up and helping pregnant women bring new life into the world despite the intense clashes. SPECIAL FEATURE | BIRD AGENCY | In the heart of a war-torn Sudan, an ancient tradition is being rekindled amidst the chaos: midwifery. …

African Vaccination Week and World Immunization Week (24–30 April) theme is “The Big Catch-Up”, to reach kids who missed vaccinations, and to restore and strengthen routine immunization programmes Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | An estimated 33 million children will need to be vaccinated in Africa between 2023 and 2025 to …