DNA tests have positively identified the remains of two children of the last Russian czar, settling a mystery that had long surrounded their fate. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports the memory of the murdered czarist family is still hon...
At least 15 would be migrants, many of them young children, have died off the coast of Spain in an attempt to reach Europe from Africa in a small boat. The incident is the second this week in which would-be migrants to Spain have perished, and comes...
By Peter Heinlein Shashemene, Ethiopia 18 May 2008 Humanitarian agencies are rushing emergency aid to drought-stricken central Ethiopia, where a sudden deterioration in food supplies has led to surge of child mortality. At least 23 children have die...
By Penelope Poulou Washington 17 April 2008 The Dr. Seuss story, Horton Hears a Who! is the latest box office hit for children in American movie theaters. Many other favorite children's stories also have been adapted for the large screen. But do kids...
By Kari Barber Forecariah, Conakry 15 April 2008 Children in West Africa are being trafficked at an alarming rate, often sold by their own families. Many of these children are then forced to work as manual laborers or as domestic servants without pay...
By Melinda Smith Washington 10 April 2008 Recent studies show that children who do not get enough sleep tend to have some emotional problems as well as weight gain later in life. As VOA's Melinda Smith reports, the research seems to blame the parents...
By Alan Silverman Hollywood 14 March 2008 A beloved children's book first published 50 years ago has been made into a computer-animated feature film with the comic actors Jim Carrey and Steve Carell as the voices of the main characters. Alan Silverma...
By Kari Barber Dakar 26 February 2008 Recent civil wars in the West African nations of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast destabilized neighboring southeast Guinea with a flood of refugees and increased poverty. Health workers say the movement of...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 14 February 2008 The U.N. Children's Fund warns tens of thousands of children in Somalia could die unless international donors immediately provide the money needed to keep them alive. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva, U...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 22 January 2008 The UN Children's Fund says good progress has been made in saving children's lives. UNICEF, which has just launched its annual State of the World's Children's Report, says many more children's lives can be saved...