Plagued by child labour and other harmful industrial practices, countries in Africa have a duty to regulate business and hold ...

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 ...

Nearly two-thirds of South Sudanese children are engaged in the worst forms of child labour, with rates reaching as high as 90 percent in the hardest-hit regions, according to a government study ...

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

Many mining supporters contend it is necessary to mine the nickel under Minnesota’s vulnerable wetlands in order to fight child labor in Africa’s mining sector. Let’s look at this absurd assertion ...

A decade ago, a goal was set to end child labour by 2025 under the UN's Target 8.7. Yet, as Rwanda joins the world to mark Children's Day under the theme 'My Day, My Rights,' on November 20, the ...

A column in the News Tribune on Sept. 15, “ Minnesota mining has no link to child labor in Africa,” pointed out that the U.S. imports 69% of our nickel from Canada, Norway, Australia, and Finland and ...

JOHANNESBURG — Children forced to work in appalling conditions, allegedly from as young as 4 years old, are putting the Biden administration’s green energy plans at controversial risk, particularly ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is rich with lithium, an essential mineral for electric car batteries. Credit - JUNIOR KANNAH/AFP—Getty Images In crude mines across Central and Sub-Saharan Africa, ...

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 ...

In the “Are you kidding me?” department: Do you live in Albany, Corvallis, Eugene or Medford? If you do, you should be furious that our congressional delegation has approved the building of a ...