Child Friendliness Study for Africa

This article in the BBC describes a new study assessing the welfare for children in African countries

African child 'well-being' rated

By Emily Buchanan BBC World Affairs Correspondent

Some poor countries have scored well compared to richer ones in a report assessing the treatment of children in African nations.

Poverty is not an excuse to treat children badly - that is the central message of the report.

The independent pan-African advocacy organization, which is based in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, found that some of the poorest countries score surprisingly well.

It is only slightly surprising to me that some poorer countries often do a better job caring for the welfare of their children, because beyond a certain basic level what we are dealing with is simply where the government place their priorities