Child health funding threatened as aid cuts hit Africa

By Own Correspondent ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — African ministers and health leaders are seeking new ways to finance services for women and children after sharp...

Child Survival Plan Targets Under-5 Deaths in Mozambique

By Own Correspondent MAPUTO, Mozambique — Mozambique has launched a $175 million child survival plan aimed at sharply reducing deaths among children under 5. The government...

Darfur children crisis leaves five million at risk

By Tendai Makaripe Five million children in Sudan’s Darfur region are facing extreme hunger, violence, displacement and disease as the country’s war enters its fourth...

Children in the Middle East paying a devastating price for war

By Tendai Makaripe More than 340 children have been killed across the Middle East since the latest regional war began a month ago, UNICEF said...

Death toll from Iran school bombing reportedly rises to almost 150

A strike on a girls’ elementary school in southern Iran has killed 148 people and injured 95 others, according to Iran's state media The death...

Indonesia school collapse: search for victims ends as 67 confirmed dead

The Guardian Indonesian rescuers wrapped up the search on Tuesday for victims trapped under the rubble of a collapsed Islamic boarding school in the province of East...

Texas woman gets 5 years for trying to drown Palestinian-American child

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas woman was sentenced to five years in prison for trying to drown a 3-year-old Palestinian-American Muslim girl at...

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