Surviving childhood in Africa

Fergus Walsh reports from Malawi on how the country has worked to reduce infant mortality.

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Initially, my fears were around how to deal with a child leaving her innocent post infant years as she moves toward her pre-teens.

While African governments give aid to their citizens during the Covid-19 pandemic, sex workers have seemingly been forgotten.

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Little did Hadija Ramadhani (not her real name) know that she could serve a man as a wife even before being old enough to enter Form Two.

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