Tag Archives: children

  Washington, United States | AFP | A coalition of consumer groups filed a complaint Thursday with US regulators claiming the popular video app TikTok has failed to live up to an agreement last year limiting data collection from children. The 20 organizations said in a Federal Trade Commission complaint that …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso has topped the districts with the highest cases of violence against children, according to reports by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. Out of the 1967 cases reported between January and April 2020, 934 cases were in Wakiso district, followed by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Rebecca Nantanda, a pediatrician based at the Makerere University Lung Institute has advised that the best protection against coronavirus disease for children younger than three years is staying at home. While the government has issued a directive to have everybody wear face masks …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maureen Kirabo is one of five mother’s who sleeps in Nakawa market with her child. The mother of a four months old baby girl says she had no option but to brave the cold with her child as the government announced lockdowns and banned public …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has queried the new digital learning approach adopted by the government to keep children learning during the current coronavirus lockdown. A section of legislators says that the approach only benefits a few learners, mainly in urban centres. The Ministry of Education is encouraging …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | While governments continue mooting for alternative schooling in the wake of coronavirus (COVID-19) that led to the closure of schools, the UN Children’s Agency-UNICEF says that tens of millions of children in Eastern and Southern Africa will not be reached. The agency says that …

Madrid, Spain | AFP |  After six weeks stuck at home, Spain’s children were allowed out Sunday to run, play or go for a walk as the government eased one of the world’s toughest coronavirus lockdowns. Spain is among the hardest hit countries, with a death toll running at more than …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Less than half of all school-aged refugee children are enrolled in school, with that dropping to one in four for secondary school, according to a joint statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Released …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has asked countries to release children in detention resulting from armed conflict. According to UNICEF, many countries have not headed to the advice and as a result, 250 million children continue to be affected. In the latest statement, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread globally with positive cases going to the highs of 1.9 million people, over 117 million children in 37 countries may miss out on receiving life-saving measles vaccine as measles immunization campaigns in 24 countries have already been …