Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Arua has launched an operation to arrest and prosecute parents who subject their children to child labour. The operation follows a visible rise in children involved in selling edibles within the city centre. Ugandan law prohibits the employment of children aged under 12 …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Arua district is grappling with a surge in defilement cases. Over 1,000 cases were reported between January and June this year. Records from the district probation and social welfare department show that at least 1,008 young girls between 3 and 17 years of age were defiled …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Child and Family Protection Unit at Arua Central Police Station has raised alarm over the rising cases of child neglect. According to records at the unit, at least 175 cases have been recorded over the past six months, which is higher compared to less …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Arua is holding a 23-year old woman for dumping a newborn baby. The suspect is identified as Faidah Munduru, a resident of Chongoliya cell along the Arua-Nebbi road in Arua city. Faidah was arrested on Friday evening after she was dragged to …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Child and Family Protection Unit of Arua central police are stuck with a two days’ old baby girl who was abandoned by the mother. The now at large teenage girl delivered the bouncing baby girl at 9am on Monday at the hospital labor suit …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Children selling foodstuffs have become a common sight on the streets in Arua city. Following President Yoweri Museveni’s announcement of a second lockdown, that also included the closure of educational institutions for 42 days, Arua city has seen several children selling merchandise in search of …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Child and Family Protection Unit of Police in Arua is stuck with a Rwandese woman and her two daughters after she abandoned by her Tanzanian husband in Arua. Harriet Korodina, 28 years and her two daughters Kemirembe Bertina, 9 years and one identified as …
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