Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has told lawmakers to introduce legislation to ban child marriage. Mr Jammeh said anyone marrying a girl aged below 18 would be jailed for up to 20 years. Speaking at the Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations at the end of Ramadan, he said parents and imams who perform the ceremonies would also face...
A SOMALI refugee who sexually assaulted a child was yesterday awarded £105,000 damages for his unlawful immigration detention. The man, aged 41 and only identified as AXD, is currently serving a 21-month sentence for the attack. AXD, who arrived in the UK in 1997 and has also served a 16-month sentence for unlawful...
Ikea is recalling 29 million Malm chests of drawers in North America after the deaths of three children in the US. The Swedish furniture retailer has stopped selling the drawers in the US and Canada after they toppled over and crushed the children. Initially, Ikea warned customers to use wall mounts with them, but a third death...
The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested 75 suspected militiamen for murder and rape in the province of South Kivu. They are accused of targeting very young girls, reportedly associating them with supernatural protection. Those detained include the group's alleged leader, Frederic Batumike, who is a...
A PENSIONER who downloaded more than 1,000 images of child porn has walked free from court after a judge said it was “not in the public interest” to jail him. But the lung cancer patient defended his actions and told police it was “morally wrong” but not illegal. He claimed none of the children...
A UN whistleblower who alleged child sex abuse by French peacekeepers in the Central African Republic has resigned, citing the "complete impunity" of those responsible for the crimes. Anders Kompass told officials that the UN was failing to properly investigate allegations that French troops abused children as young...
Will the drama surrounding Harambe's death come to an end, or is this just the beginning? On Monday, the Hamilton County prosecutor may announce whether the parents of a 3-year-old boy, who fell in the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo, will face charges. Zoo officials shot and killed a rare silverback gorilla named...
Nearly a week after he was abandoned in the forest by his parents, the boy did not shed a tear when he was found safe Friday. The soldier who discovered him by chance in a military hut gave him two rice balls, which 7-year-old Yamato Tanooka ate ravenously. He looked a bit worn out but was "genki," the military said,...
A grandfather has apologised after failing to realise the child he was collecting from school was not his grandson. The incident occurred in South Carolina on May 19 when Joseph Fuller, 65, drove to Edisto Primary School to pick his grandson up. According to an incident report from Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office, Fuller...
Dramatic 911 calls from the mother whose small child had fallen into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo have been released. The incident on Saturday resulted a 17-year-old endangered silverback gorilla's being shot to death, sparking controversy. On the recording, released by police, the mother can be heard saying,...
Zoo officials have shot dead a gorilla after a four-year-old boy fell into its enclosure in the US city of Cincinnati. The boy climbed though a barrier and fell into a moat, where he was grabbed and dragged by the gorilla. The zoo said it took action to shoot the 400lb (180kg) gorilla as the situation was...
Pregnancy — a special time. This is an opportunity to meet with their child, to prepare the necessary things at the time of his birth. Time to realize that you are ready to become parents. And that is the time when you can make a lot of funny and even absurd family...