Children in Danger: Articles on violence against children in West Africa

Summary: A series of articles by IRIN on children in danger in West Africa.

On the occasion of the Day of the African Child 2006, IRIN published a series of articles from West Africa, entitled “Children in Danger”:

WEST AFRICA: Children in danger: Battered and bruised 
Corporal punishment in Togo (29 June 2006)

WEST AFRICA: Children in danger: Going home
Child labour in Ghana (29 June 2006)

WEST AFRICA: Children in danger: War on trafficking
Child trafficking (29 June 2006)

WEST AFRICA: Children in danger: Living on the street
Street children in Senegal (16 June 2006)

WEST AFRICA: Children in danger: Begging for teachers
Child beggars in Senegal (16 June 2006)

WEST AFRICA: Children in danger: Stop the violence
IRIN interviews Jean-Claude Legrand, regional adviser on child protection for UNICEF (15 June 2006)

WEST AFRICA: Children in danger: Traditional adoption can be “living hell”
Slavery in Senegal (15 June 2006)

WEST AFRICA: Children in danger: Mistreated and abused
Rape and abuse in the family in Cameroon (15 June 2006)

WEST AFRICA: Children in danger : Working on the street
Street children in Guinea (15 June 2006)

 

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