Category Archives: Children & Youth

Afghan girl’s ‘horrifying abuse’

January 1, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

A teenage Afghan girl was brutally tortured, beaten and locked in a toilet by her husband’s family for five months after she refused to become a prostitute, it has emerged. Sahar Gul, 15, was in critical condition when she was … read more »

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Baby born with two heads in Picture

December 21, 2011 by IndepthAfrica

A Brazilian woman who has given birth to a baby with two heads, admitted she had initially expected twins. Maria de Nazare, gave birth by caesarean at a hospital in Anajas, in Brazil’s northern Para state, with her newborn weighing … read more »

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Staying sexy after childbirth – it’s tough being a man

November 9, 2011 by benim

Around the swimming pool of the beachside resort, a herd of 30-something mums and dads bathed offspring. One supervisorial eyeball from each adult pair was locked on their waterlogged pride and joys while the other roamed freely – voyeuristic microscopes. … read more »

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Babies who are already obese inside the womb show link with overweight mothers

September 26, 2011 by benim

Childhood obesity starts in the womb, with overweight mothers giving birth to fat babies. New scanning techniques have allowed British scientists to examine fat levels in newborn babies. They found some had built up fat around their abdomen in the … read more »

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Why are today’s babies being born so BIG?

August 4, 2011 by benim

As soon as a baby is born, there are three crucial pieces of information that family and friends demand to know — the sex, name … and weight. Which is why, when baby Hayden Church arrived six weeks ago, his … read more »

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Somali children recruited for combat by Islamists: Amnesty

July 20, 2011 by benim

Children in drought-struck Somalia are suffering from a range of war crimes including systematic recruitment by Islamist insurgents, Amnesty International said on Wednesday. The London-based rights group urged international action to protect the rights of children in war-torn Somalia, where … read more »

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Pastor rapes to teach a lesson

May 31, 2011 by benim

A STRICT stepfather and self-styled pastor has pleaded guilty in the Port Elizabeth High Court to a charge of rape – to show his teenage stepdaughter “what it was like to be raped.” The man, from Kamesh, is not identified … read more »

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Grenade kills 4 children in Sierra Leone

May 8, 2011 by benim

Freetown – An abandoned grenade thought to be have left over from Sierra Leone’s 10-year civil war killed four children and seriously injured another, doctors in the northern town of Rochen Mara told AFP Sunday. The children had found it … read more »

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Prolonged bottle-feeding ‘increases obesity risk in children’

May 6, 2011 by benim

Babies who are bottle-fed until the age of two are more likely to be obese when they start school, a US study suggests. Researchers found that children who were still regular bottle users at 24 months were 30% more likely … read more »

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High school girl, 15, filmed in ‘sex show’ with 17-year-old boy at house party

May 5, 2011 by benim

A 15-year-old girl and a boy, 17, were filmed giving a live ‘sex show’ at a High School house party, police said today. Des Moines police are investigating whether Mount Rainier High School students filmed the teenagers on their cell … read more »

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Sex education should not be taught in schools, say more than half of parents

May 5, 2011 by benim

More than half of parents do not think sex education should be taught to children at school, according to a new survey. Many think it is inappropriate to teach children about sex, whilst others think it should be a parents’ … read more »

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Children who have family meals are ‘less likely to be overweight and binge on junk food’

May 3, 2011 by benim

Children who sit down to eat with their families are less likely to be overweight and eat unhealthy foods, according to researchers. They found youngsters who ate with their parents at least three times a week were 12 per cent … read more »

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Snipers targeting children in Libya city – UNICEF

April 8, 2011 by benim

GENEVA – The U.N. children’s agency says snipers are targeting children in the besieged rebel-held Libyan city of Misrata. UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie Mercado told reporters in Geneva on Friday that the global body has received “reliable and consistent reports of … read more »

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Millions of lives lost to midwife shortage in Africa

April 1, 2011 by benim

Liknesh was in labour for five days before her baby was delivered stillborn in Ethiopia. “The child came out of my womb dead. I didn’t have the assistance of a birth attendant – only my family helped me,” she said. … read more »

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South African children most at risk of rape

March 29, 2011 by benim

South African children aged 12 to 17 are more likely to be raped than people of any other age, in a country where the incidence of rape is among the world’s highest, a minister said Tuesday. The women’s minister, Lulu … read more »

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Over 100 orphans in South Sudan crosssfire

March 14, 2011 by benim

Juba – More than 100 orphans were caught in the middle of gunfire in an attack on the capital of south Sudan’s oil-producing Upper Nile state that killed more than 42 combatants, aid and military officials said. Renegade fighters attacked … read more »

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Could breastfeeding make baby brighter? Just four weeks on mother’s milk can benefit brain

March 13, 2011 by benim

Babies who are breastfed grow up to be more intelligent, scientists suggested yesterday. Just four weeks on their mothers’ milk can have a ‘significant’ effect on a child’s development in primary and secondary school, research has found. Those who have … read more »

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Ethiopian Government Slashes Foreign Adoptions

March 11, 2011 by benim

Yesterday the Ethiopian government announced that it is dramatically reducing the number of foreign adoptions it approves each year, ostensibly to improve supervision and ferret out corruption. This is bad news both for waiting parents and for thousands of children … read more »

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Lead poisoning kills 400 more Nigerian children

March 7, 2011 by benim

Lead poisoning linked with illegal gold mining has killed a further 400 children in northern Nigeria since November, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Monday. The latest figures suggest the death toll from the crisis in the northern … read more »

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Separated by adoption, Ethiopian siblings reunited in Canada

March 6, 2011 by benim

Three siblings from Ethiopia have been reunited in Canada thanks to the efforts of their adoptive parents and an outpouring of support from a Saskatchewan town. Four years ago Ryan Killoh and Treena Constantinoff of Warman, Sask., adopted a brother … read more »

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10 held for kiddie porn

March 1, 2011 by benim

Spanish police arrested 10 suspects in an online child pornography crackdown, including a man accused of secretly taping his underage sister-in-law in the bathroom, the government said on Tuesday. Police raided 12 locations across Spain in the operation, also seizing … read more »

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South Africa: Nanny gets life for raping boy

March 1, 2011 by benim

Durban – The Nongoma Regional Court handed a life sentence to a 25-year-old woman on Monday for raping a 5-year-old boy she was hired to look after, police said. Lieutenant Colonel Thembeka Luthuli-Mbele said the woman was arrested in January … read more »

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South Africa: Wife walks in on ‘rape’

February 22, 2011 by benim

An Ivory Park man was on the run on Monday after his wife caught him raping his 10-year-old step-daughter, police said. Warrant Officer Neldah Hlase said the girl’s mother left the two together on Sunday while she went shopping. On … read more »

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Ethiopia: An Old Man Landed in Jail for Attempting to Rape His Granddaughter

February 12, 2011 by benim

An elderly man, 64, who lives in Kebele 01/02 of Akaki Sub-city, was charged with attempting to rape his granddaughter of 10 on April 5, 2010 as she was getting ready to go to school in the morning. In the … read more »

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Ethiopia: U.S. Adoption Agency Involved in Child Trafficking

February 11, 2011 by benim

A Minnesota-based adoption agency had its license to work in Ethiopia revoked by the government there, according to a letter posted this week on the U.S. State Department’s website here. The letter, dated December 8, 2010, says the agency Better … read more »

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Girl, 7, raped by dad as mom looks on

February 4, 2011 by benim

Pietermaritzburg – The memory of being raped repeatedly by her father in front of her mother is what a 7-year-old girl from Haniville, 10km outside Pietermaritzburg, will live with for the rest of her life. It is alleged that in … read more »

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South Africa: Sex before school shock

February 3, 2011 by benim

The school was in the spotlight last week after 57 pupils were found to be pregnant last month. The youngest pregnant girl is 13 years old. The school’s enrolment stands at 1078 pupils – 382 boys and 696 girls. Health … read more »

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How to beat bullying

January 24, 2011 by benim

Bullies, unfortunately, can be found everywhere. From the oversized kid who used to steal your lunch and give you wedgies to the popular girl who spread nasty rumours and the restaurant manager on a power-trip who made your life as … read more »

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Displaced Ivory Coast children at risk of sexual exploitation

January 19, 2011 by benim

Thousands of children who have fled violence in Ivory Coast are at risk of sexual exploitation or recruitment by armed forces, aid workers warned on Tuesday. They are particularly concerned about children who have become separated from their parents during … read more »

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Breastfeeding ‘not always best’

January 14, 2011 by benim

Breastfeeding exclusively for the first six months is not necessarily best for a baby’s health, British researchers said Friday, calling into question advice given to new mothers. The team led by a paediatrician from University College London said babies fed … read more »

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