"Stolen Childhood" is the title of a report published on 30 May by the NGO Save the Children which states that at least 700 million children in the world are having their childhood interrupted too quickly. The criteria used are the severe under-five mortality and malnutrition rates, primary and secondary school drop-outs, working children, early marriages and childbirths and, of course, children displaced or killed as a result of a conflict. The remaining 20 places are reserved for countries where most children are flying childhood, according to the report. Places occupied only by African countries.
Of the 20 African countries where childhood is considered the most threatened by the Save the Children NGO, almost half are West African countries, the other half is almost equally divided between the countries of the center, Such as the Central African Republic, DRC or Cameroon and the East, including Somalia, South Sudan, and Mozambique. Niger comes at the very end of the ranking, particularly because of a large number of early marriages, which affect almost 60% of girls between the ages of 15 and 19, and its direct consequence: early childhood, which affects 20% Of girls in the same age bracket. The rate of out-of-school children: over 54% and the severe malnutrition rate, 43% are also above the regional average.
Tunisia, the highest ranked African country
Barely better classified: Mali. Early childbearing and depolarization are broadly comparable in Niger, but the most worrying are the under-five mortality rate, nearly 115 deaths per 1,000 births. It is in Tunisia that childhood is best preserved on the continent, according to the report. In 45th place, it is the only African country to be in the first third of the ranking, followed by the trio Morocco - Cape Verde - Egypt in the middle of the list. But for most countries on the continent, the report finds that most, if not most, of the children live in a truncated childhood.
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