Current News

Below you will find details of the latest press coverage of our work and that of our partners in the last six months

Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston

Associated Press - Children Accused of Witchcraft Tortured, Killed

Reuters - Killing of Women, Child "Witches" on the Rise - UN Told

PM News, Nigeria - Father bathes kids in hot water

Pioneer, Nigeria - Wicked Father Bathes Son in Acid

UN Report - Witches in the 21st Century

The Guardian, Nigeria - Akpabio donates N10 million to centre for stigmatized kids

The Nation, Nigeria - Child Witch Advocates Get Award

CNN - Abuse of Child 'Witches' on Rise, Says Aid Group

The Sun, Nigeria - War over Witches

NEXT NEWS - Oron Monarch Endorses Campaign to Stamp out Child Witchcraft

THIS DAY, Nigeria - Child Witch Syndrome and the Killing of Harmless Children

NEXT NEWS, Nigeria - The Church on Trial

NEXT NEWS, Nigeria - Slavery is Still Alive in Nigeria

NEXT NEWS, Nigeria - A Haven for Child Traffickers

NEXT NEWS, Nigeria - Nigerian Minister Alleges that Children Were Paid to Admit Torture

The Guardian, Nigeria - The Akwa Ibom Debacle on Child Rights

The Guardian, Nigeria - Group Urges Law Against Branding Children as "Witches"

The Guardian, Nigeria - Akpabio Outlaws Stigmatisation of Children as "Witches"

BBC - Nigeria 'Child Witch Killer' Arrested

The Guardian, Nigeria - Child 'Witches' and the Akwa Ibom State Government

This Day, Nigeria - Witchcraft: Akpabio Warns Churches

The Guardian, Nigeria - The Witch Children of Akwa Ibom

Daily Independent, Nigeria - Akwa Ibom Witchcraft Riddle

Daily Trust, Nigeria - Saving Akwa Ibom's Children

The Telegraph, UK - 'Child Witches' of Nigeria Seek Refuge

The Pioneer, Nigeria - The Child Rights Act and Akwa Ibom Child

Newswatch - In From the Cold

The Pioneer, Nigeria - Akpabio Lauded on Child Rights Law

The Sun, Nigeria - Witchcraft: Governor Akpabio Reads Riot Act to Churches

The Pioneer, Nigeria - Child Witchcraft, Child Rights Act and the State

The Guardian, Nigeria - Group Laments Existance of 15,000 Alleged Child "Witches" in Akwa Ibom, Cross River

Akwa Ibom State Government and UNICEF Sign PACT

Children Accused of Being Witches and The Extortion of Their Parents by Men and Women of God

The Guardian, Nigeria - Group Calls for Ban of Unhealthy Films

The Punch, Nigeria - Child Rights Bill: Abandoned Children Protest in Akwa Ibom

Save the Children Integrated Desk Review on Human Trafficking in Nigeria

Jolly Phonics Pilot Study in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria - Research Findings

Abuse of Children on Streets Highlighted by Charities Report

The Guardian, Nigeria - Street Kids as "Witches" and "Wizards"

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