Thousands of Australian children have walked out of school calling for government action on climate change. Australia is one of the biggest per capita carbon polluters in the world.

Children represent an unusually high proportion of people affected by the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the UN children's agency, UNICEF has said.

The lives of thousands of migrant children separated from their parents and held in detention centers remain in limbo. Is US President Donald Trump's administration holding children hostage to pressure asylum seekers into signing voluntary departures?

Children's Day is on Sunday, and to celebrate this day CNBC Africa is joined by Timothy Pwol, an 11 year old in 6th grade whom is going to tell us the dreams he has for the future.

La Croix pays homage to the 510 homeless men, women and children who died last year on the streets of France.

In villages across Benin, sick children are being sent to live in isolation – sometimes for years at a time. According to local beliefs, their illnesses are caused by evil spirits which need to be driven away.

Attackers set off a car bomb near the office of the Save the Children aid agency in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday (January 24) and clashed with security forces, according to a provincial government spokesman.

Children as young as six have to work in factories in Turkey, where they and their families have fled the war in Syria. Child labor is illegal and the kids work long hours – but their families depend on it.

Northern governors sign deal with catholic mission over to reduce out-of-school children.

Kaduna malnutrition - Over 500,000 Children Are Endangered.

Women and children crossing together illegally into the United States could be separated by U.S. authorities under a proposal being considered by the Department of Homeland Security, according to three government officials.

43-Year-Old father faces prosecution for allegedly abusing children.