After years of decline in child labor, the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed many African children back to work. Cameroon's capital, Yaounde, is teeming with young vendors. Most of them are children ...

West Africa is facing its worst food crisis in a decade ... including child trafficking, forced early marriage and child labor. But we can’t do any of this lifesaving work without your support. Even ...

Extreme poverty brought about by HIV/AIDS, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, has dramatically increased children’s risk of hazardous child labor as families look for new ways to supplement ...

the Organisation of African Unity's African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child; and the International Labour Organisation Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour. Although ...

Six African men alleged that they were trafficked ... In a statement, Nestlé USA said it had never engaged in child labour and remained "unwavering in [its] dedication to combating child labour ...

The cocoa trade has been roiled by poor harvests in West Africa last season that pushed ... "an essential first step towards eliminating child labour". Cocobod must also enforce companies ...

The Lagos State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says enforcement of laws against child labour is critical to ...

Presenter Hazel Lindsey travels from England to West Africa, to investigate the use of child labour on cocoa plantations in Ghana. She travels to the village of Akyem Ofoase, about five hours from ...

By Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG - Cocoa growers in Ghana filed a complaint with state regulator Cocobod on Thursday listing key environmental and social issues, including a demand for a "living income" for ...