Last Tuesday, Cameroonian parliamentarians and META experts met to proffer ways to protect children from cyberbullying. This was spurred by several cases of minors in the country being exposed to harm on social media. The most recent case involves the posting of a video recording of two young girls saying they were raped by a […]
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Urgent action is required to address a “horrifying” increase in the rate of sexual violence against women and girls in North Kivu Province of DR Congo, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says. The number of reported cases of violence against women and girls leapt by 37 per cent during the first three months of […]
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West and Central Africa could be “one step away” from famine, the United Nations has said, and analysts are forecasting Nigeria will not be spared. Countries in the Sahel region, particularly Burkina Faso and Mali are particularly at risk, the UN says. But HumAngle can report that communities in Nigeria’s northern regions will also find […]
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An estimated 9 million people living in conflict-affected areas of the Northeast and Northwest zones are at risk of going hungry in the upcoming lean season, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) predicts. The organisation says that the ongoing conflict, climate change, and rising food prices have been identified as the key drivers of this […]
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Nigeria is listed as one of the 15 countries most hit by food and nutrition crises due the humanitarian crises in the Northeast. The situation is predicted to get worse in 2023 if actions are not taken. According to the World Food Programme (WFP), because of the armed conflict affecting Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa, 4.4 […]
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On May 27, Nigeria celebrates Children’s Day as it has done since 1964. In addition to the festivities and celebrations of Children’s Day, this date also serves to recognise that children have the right to health, education, and protection. However, there is a cause for alarm over the safety of children in the country and […]
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Giving legal consent to both the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Child and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of Child, Nigeria adopted the Child’s Rights Act in 2003. The Act is expected to protect children against all forms of inhumane treatment. While it has been domesticated in different southern states […]
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With an estimated 19.9 million survivors, Nigeria accounts for the third highest number of women and girls who have undergone Female Genital Mutilation worldwide, a new report revealed. In May 2015, former Nigerian President Ebele Jonathan signed Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act against FGM and all other gender-based violence in the country, but the […]
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Seven agencies of the United Nations (UN) operating in Borno state, Northeast Nigeria, have been accused of tax evasion by the state’s Board Of Internal Revenue Service BO-IRS. The BO-IRS said, on Wednesday, that the seven humanitarian agencies include the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), […]
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commended the delisting of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) from the United Nations Secretary-General’s report as one of the armed groups recruiting and using children for conflict in Northeast Nigeria, describing it as one step forward for child protection. In a statement on Monday, Oct. 18, UNICEF […]
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed in a recent report that children are trained into armed groups after getting abducted and experiencing sexual violence in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. James Elder, UNICEF Spokesperson revealed during a press briefing on Tuesday, Oct. 5 that as humanitarian access is gradually improving, reports of minors turned into […]
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A coalition of organisations and experts have launched a roadmap in prevention and control of meningitis globally by 2030. The coalition, which includes the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Epicentre the Meningitis Research Foundation, PATH, UNICEF, the Gates Foundation, and […]
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