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Article: Roundup: Child Labor Eradication in Africa Has Long Way to Go
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- June 12, 2002
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by Li Wenfei
LAGOS, June 12 (Xinhua) -- As the first World Day Against
ChildLabor was launched by the International Labor Organization (ILO)
on Wednesday and Africa is ready to celebrate this year's African
Child Day on Sunday, eradication of child labor is a desirous giftfor
African children.
According to ILO, 246 million children, one in six children from
the ages 5 to 17 in the world, are involved in child labor, anumber
nearly as large as the total population of the United States (280
million).
Africa lists the top of child labor cases in the world with about
80 million child workers, a number that could rise to 100 million by
2015.
It is reported that 41 percent of the total African ...