Court jails 10 for child trafficking in Ivory Coast cocoa sector
Bouna, Ivory Coast Reuters A court in Ivory Coast on Wednesday sentenced 10 people found guilty of child trafficking to 10 years in jail, part of an effort to clamp down on organised networks that smuggle children to work in cocoa plantations. Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, and the companies that buy its […]
COVAX vaccine program to deliver 237 million doses to 142 nations by end-May
Geneva, Switzerland/London, UKReuters The COVAX vaccine-sharing program said on Tuesday it will deliver 237 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shot to 142 countries by the end of May as it steps up the global roll-out of its vaccine supplies. The timeline for the delivery of doses, made by AstraZeneca and by India’s Serum Institute, will […]
West African countries on alert for child labour spike due to coronavirus
Washington DC, USThomson Reuters Foundation Ivory Coast and Ghana should be on alert for a spike in child labour due to the coronavirus, experts said, with schools closed and monitors unable to access villages in cocoa harvest season. The two West African countries together produce about 65 per cent of the world’s cocoa and child […]
Millions of “invisible” stateless could be denied help if they get coronavirus
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Millions of people worldwide will be unable to get healthcare if they fall ill with coronavirus because they have no nationality, potentially exacerbating the spread of the disease, human rights campaigners said on Tuesday. They urged every country to ensure all stateless people on their territory can receive free medical assistance […]
Ivory Coast pledges trafficking crackdown as 137 child victims are rescued
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Ivory Coast police on Monday vowed to ramp up efforts to stop child trafficking after rescuing 137 children from forced labour and sex work in the first major operation in several years. Police surrounded the south-eastern town of Aboisso for 48 hours last week and searched vehicles, cocoa plantations and nearby […]
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Quickfacts – Where are the world’s stateless people?
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation An estimated 10 to 15 million people are not recognised as nationals by any country, often depriving them of basic rights most of the world takes for granted such as education, healthcare, housing and jobs. The UN refugee agency hosted a major intergovernmental meeting in Geneva on Monday to assess progress at […]
Flip-flops to building blocks: Ivory Coast uses plastic waste to build classrooms
Yaounde, CameroonThomson Reuters Foundation Too much plastic and not enough schools are scourges of modern life many countries face. Now a factory in West Africa will try to tackle both by transforming old flip-flops and car tyres into bricks to build classrooms. The factory in Ivory Coast will be the first of its kind in […]
Cocoa-growing Ivory Coast draws up new plan to stop child labour
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Ivory Coast has launched a new strategy to end child labour in cocoa farming and other sectors by raising women’s incomes and building schools, the government said on Wednesday. The plan is more wide-reaching than previous ones and aims to tackle household poverty as the root cause of child labour, said […]
Where are the world’s stateless people?
The Hague, The NetherlandsThomson Reuters Foundation An estimated 10 to 15 million people are not recognised as nationals by any country, often depriving them of basic rights most of the world takes for granted such as education, healthcare, housing and jobs. An international conference opening in The Hague on Wednesday will assess progress on a […]