Back in these shelters, if workers feel a mother cannot raise a child, they sound the alarm. But this can often be down to the big cultural gulf over how to bring up the child. If an African ...

A new study out of Rutgers-Newark's Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience reveals a little-known burden for African American mothers: Giving birth to multiple children might be linked ...

thousands of students from African countries were studying at Irish universities. Some had children outside marriage, who were then placed in one of Ireland's notorious mother and baby homes.

Meanwhile, the mother says, her daughter is having nightmares. "My child deserves justice," she ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 600 ...

A series of violent incidents marked the New Year period across South African provinces. These included a fatal stabbing by a teenage girl in self-defence, a disturbing double murder discovery of a ...

The minor child is currently in prison under the care of her mother, whilst awaiting her repatriation to South Africa. "If the child is not repatriated to South Africa, she might be placed in the ...