A reporter found the parents of child beggars didn't always want them "rescued" It's a common site in cities and towns across much of West Africa: groups of boys in ragged clothes carrying begging bowls in…
The Catholic Church isn't alone in facing widespread child sex abuse allegations. Islamic schools internationally are also confronting a history of abuse. On this week's show, a look at recent investigations of abuse in Islamic…
Thousands of children have been used as soldiers in at least 18 countries around the world in the past two years. For the children who survive, the trauma of war can have long-lasting impacts. On…
Back in 1950, Kenya’s largest city Nairobi was a sleepy colonial town of about 100,000. But as tens of thousands of people from the country began to move to the city, the Kenyan capital surged.…
"The picture of a missionary is very different today. You have brown missionaries, you have black missionaries, you have refugee missionaries." The earliest Protestant missionaries to what is now Nigeria lived lives of little comfort.…
Thousands of children have been used as soldiers in at least 18 countries around the world in the past two years. For the children who survive, the trauma of war can have long-lasting impacts. On…
Back in 2014 there was an enormous international outcry after Islamic militants from the group Boko Haram kidnapped 276 female high school students the town of Chibok in northeastern Nigeria. Four years later, more than…
"The choice was this: reveal my sources and destroy my reputation or die protecting them.” This story has been updated with comments from Mathias Eric Owona Nguini, the son of Cameroon's former education minister. Charles…
Art has always been Ako Eyong’s main tool of expression. [caption id="attachment_7916" align="alignleft" width="300"] Ako Eyong[/caption] Born and raised in Cameroon, Ako graduated from the University of Buea in 1996 with a degree in history. Unable…
"When they arrested them, I was in hiding for five days." After graduating from high school in 2001, Buya Jammeh dreamed of becoming a journalist. That was no easy career path in his home country…
