An estimated 40,000 children work in cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the source of over half of the world’s supply. In Madagascar, an estimated 10,000 children mine for mica.

2025: Progress is clear, but there's more to do: let’s speed up efforts! The 2025 World Day will focus on a key milestone: the release of the 2025 global estimates and trends of child labour. This ...

Over 1.6 million children are engaged in child labour in Pakistan's Sindh province, a senior official said on Sunday, citing a recent survey. Child labour remains a major menace in the country despite ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly two-thirds of South Sudanese children are engaged in the worst forms of child labour, with rates reaching as high as 90 ...

Although global rates of child labour have declined since 2020, the practice remains a serious and persistent violation of children's rights, undermining their safety, social development, and ...

Millions of East African children remain in hazardous labour, with numbers set to exceed ...