About 50% of the continent’s children have experienced violence – emotional, sexual, physical and the added dangers of war
In many cases, the digital economy presents a perceived lifeline for families who are struggling to make ends meet
Tanzania is banking on its natural resources during the global transition to clean energy, but analysts warn there are dangers ahead
The African country is the third least developed in the world, forcing parents having to send their children to work
Palm oil contributes to deforestation, biodiversity loss, peatland destruction and climate change, and the biofuel is more polluting than fossil-based diesel
More than 17-million children around the world are involved in domestic labour. The recent death of 17-year-old Salome Zacharia in Tanzania highlights their plight
At the current rate of progress, it will take more than 200 years to achieve gender equality and female empowerment at work
Child labour and other rights abuses on Zimbabwe’s tobacco farms
Across Africa, from Mali to Tanzania to Zimbabwe, millions of people, including children, work in dangerous gold mines.
Chinese vendors have been selling videos of African children advertising products and sending messages amid criticisms of child exploitation
Human Rights Watch has released a shocking report alleging that unlicensed mines in Ghana are profiting heavily from child labour.
The Eritrean government may have committed crimes against humanity and was responsible for systematic human rights abuses, cites a UN report.
The Department of Labour is investigating allegations of child labour on a farm in the Hex Valley, outside De Doorns.
In an open letter to world leaders ahead of receiving her Nobel Peace Prize, activist Malala Yousafzai asks world leaders to raise their ambition.
HRW documents the shocking conditions on tobacco farms in the US, where child workers are exposed to nicotine, toxic pesticides and other dangers.
Unicef estimates that 13% of Zimbabwean children are engaged in child labour, a problem spurred by the demise of the country’s manufacturing sector.
Thousands of children are working in small-scale Tanzanian gold mines, with many using or being exposed to mercury, a new report says.
Children as young as eight face toxic gas, mercury poisoning and death in Tanzania’s illegal mines.
The UN will announce plans to eliminate child labour by 2020 after research showed growth in developing nations would not greatly reduce the numbers.
Nestle has pledged to redouble efforts to stop child labour after research showed the practice was rife on its supplying Cote d’Ivoire cocoa farms.
Too many economists have failed to factor in the ethical issues at stake in international trade, such as slave labour and harsh working conditions.
Human Rights Watch has revealed that between 20 000 and 40 000 children work in artisanal gold mines in Mali, Africa’s third-largest producer.
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The recent arrest of anti-slavery protesters in Mauritania has highlighted the fact that slavery is not a relic of the past.
Despite the poverty-stricken country’s avowed intentions, it is dependent on the crop and those who must pick it.
investigation finds child labourers in Malawi are exposed to nicotine poisoning equivalent to smoking 50 cigarettes a day.