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Africa's children

In 2005, as part of our focus on Africa during the Make Poverty History campaign, the Guardian featured 10 newborn babies in countries across the continent, telling the stories of their births, their families and the lives they have been born into. We return to them and their parents every five years, presenting a unique and extraordinary picture of a continent undergoing dramatic change
  • African babies
Innocent Smoke from Malawi, 2015
Millennium babies

    Africa’s children: 10 years on – podcast transcript

    In 2005, the Guardian featured 10 newborns in countries across Africa. Five years later, we returned to talk to them and their parents. Now we return to catch up with their lives and hear about the opportunities and challenges they face
  • African Babies: Hannah Adzo Klutsey from Ghana, August 2015.
 Millennium babies

    A Ghanaian child's tale: Hannah Adzo Klutsey at 10 years old

  • Pupils at Katine Primary School, Uganda.  Much is written about ‘Africa rising’, but poverty and hardship still weigh heavily on many families.

    Africa's children: how to donate

  • Debrah Mwololo with her little brother, Caleb

    A Kenyan child's tale: Debrah Matei Mwololo at 10 years old

  • Clockwise from top left: Wyclif Kukiriza, Debrah Matei Mwololo, Innocent Smoke, Confidant Martins, Angel Siyavuya Swartbooi, Zainab Salehe Abu, David Lewis Dieumerci and Hannah Adzo Klutsey.

    Africa's children: 10 years on – interactive

  • A Congolese child's tale: David Lewis Dieumerci at 10 years old

  • A Nigerian child's tale: Confidant Danjuma Martins at 10 years old

  • A Ugandan child's tale: Wyclif Kukiriza at 10 years old

  • A Tanzanian child's tale: Zainab Salehe Abu at 10 years old

  • A South African child's tale: Angel Siyavuya Swartbooi at 10 years old

  • A Malawian child's tale: Innocent Smoke at 10 years old

  • Africa's children: 10 years on - podcast

  • MDG : African Babies, Angel Swartbooi

    Africa's children – five years on

  • Africa's children – five years on

    Five years on: What happened to the millennium development babies

  • David Lewis Dieumerci

    Democratic Republic of Congo: David Lewis Dieumerci

  • Zainab Abu from Tanzania

    Tanzania: Zainab Salehe Abu

  • Sijjin Kuang of Sudan

    Sudan: Sijjin Kuang

  • Debrah Mwololo from Kenya

    Kenya: Debrah Matei Mwololo

  • Malawi: Innocent Smoke

  • Nigeria: Confidant Martins

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