ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The use of child labour on cocoa farms in top producers Ivory Coast and Ghana has risen over the past decade despite industry promises to reduce it, according to a draft of a U.S.

Every year on June 12, World Day Against Child Labour is observed to raise global awareness about the exploitation of children and to urge collective action to eliminate it. The day focuses on drawing ...

The African Union (AU), in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO), launched the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour in Africa with a three-hour virtual event ...

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) has called on African governments to strengthen legislative frameworks, improve enforcement mechanisms ...

The African Union (AU) is initiating discussions with stakeholders on the implementation of African Union’s Ten Year Action Plan to Eradicate Child Labour, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking and Modern ...

The Director of International Labour Organisation (ILO), Abuja Country Office for Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, and Liaison office for the ECOWAS, Ms Vanessa Phala, has urged stakeholders to ...

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. Nearly half children in cocoa-growing households in Ghana and Ivory Coast engaged in child labour Child labour monitoring ...

Journalists, filmmakers, photographers, media professionals and students from Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi and Egypt can enter a contest. The International Labor ...

NASARAWA, Nigeria — Growing demand for the lithium used in batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage has created a new frontier for mining in Nigeria. But it’s led to exploitation of children ...

Despite decades of progress, child labor remains deeply embedded in global supply chains, with millions of children engaged in hazardous and exploitative work to produce everyday goods. The scope of ...

NASARAWA, Nigeria — Dressed in a faded pink dress, 6-year-old Juliet Samaniya squats under scorching skies to chip at a jagged white rock with a stone tool. Dust coats her tiny hands and her hair as ...