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In tonight's edition: The Cameroonian government blames the separatists for the killing of at least seven schoolchildren in its restive English region. The attack has been described as an "act of terrorism of unbearable cruelty and barbarism". And Tanzanians go to the polls Wednesday in an election that is to be a test of President John Magufuli's authoritarian style. And finally, with a few days left…

Attackers armed with weapons and machetes killed at least eight children Saturday in an attack on a school in southwestern Cameroon, the UN said.

At least six students aged 9 to 12 were killed and several others injured in a massacre committed at a school in Kumba, in the English-speaking region of the southwestern area on Saturday, October 24, according to the report, which was communicated in the evening. by the Cameroonian Prime Minister. It was a school day like any…

According to a report by the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) Foundation, child labor increased by almost 20% in Côte d'Ivoire between mid-March and mid-May, when schools closed. More generally, the phenomenon has been on the rise for ten years, according to NGOs, but the Ivorian government wants to show its progress in the fight against child labor. as reported from Abidjan, Police said they had rescued eleven children and two youths who were working illegally in cocoa plantations in the southwestern part of the…

From Washington to Brussels, the children mobilize for Paul Rusesabagina, the hero of the film Hotel Rwanda, and call for more international support for their father detained in Kigali. Paul Rusesabagina, who is known to have saved more than 1,200 people during the genocide, now an opponent, is detained since late August in Kigali. He was charged in mid-September with "terrorism, murder and financing of riots". This Friday, 2 October, the Rwandan judiciary is due to rule on a request for bail. His children condemn the…

Four Cameroonian soldiers received 10-year prison sentences Monday for the killing of two women and two children in an incident that sparked international insurgency, their lawyers said. They and three other soldiers were arrested after a video surfaced on social media in July 2018 showing uniformed men leveling rifles and firing at the victims, one of whom had a baby strapped to his back. The video was one of several that emerged in recent years with alleged atrocities by Cameroonian forces during operations against…