International Day of African Children: From the smuggling of children in Africa to the future of Africa

Xinhuanet Nairobi, November 4 (Reporter Song Ying) On June 16 this year, the United Nations commemorated the International Day of African Children with the theme of "combating the sale of children." Just over four months later, 103 Chad and Sudan The international community is appalled by the attempted smuggling of children into Europe.

In an interview with an African media, a rescued boy named Ottoman described his own experience as follows: "My mom and dad went to work in the fields, and some came and said: 'Come here, there is sugar to eat. We will go and we will take you home. "

Zac's ark, a smuggling French NGO, argues that these children are orphaned and want to send them to France and Belgium for adoption. However, the Chadian police investigation found that many of the children had their father and mother and were not orphans. The "Zarvi's Ark," a move called charity, was suspected of profiteering. In France, more than 300 French and Belgian families have confirmed that they paid 28,800 euros to 6,000 euros to "Zarvi Ark" to adopt these children.

Ann Veneman, UNICEF Executive Director, said on the 4th that "Zac's Ark" smuggling of African children "does not comply with international norms or practices and is not in conformity with international law ... This is totally unacceptable and can not be tolerated by the international community thing".

Sadly, this case of smuggling children is not isolated. Some western organizations have been making "dark actions" in the name of helping Africa's children out of the shadow of death by carrying out aid projects in Africa. Such news has been exposed over the years. The Nigerian government v. The U.S. drug giant Pfizer using the Nigerian trial of new drug cases Particularly alarming. In this case, Pfizer was accused of using Nepalese children to test new antibiotic drugs on the outbreak of measles, cholera and meningitis in Nigeria in 1996, resulting in the death or mutilation of many children. Pfizer is also suspected of fraudulently fraudulently obtaining the consent of the families of children under test in drug trials.

For years now, Africa has been affected by the ravages of diseases such as war and AIDS, and children have been among the first to suffer. According to the latest UNICEF data, about 50% of child deaths worldwide occur in sub-Saharan Africa, up to 60% by 2015, unless effective measures are taken.

For any country, children are where future hopes lie, and African countries are no exception. In recent years, many African countries have embarked on the fast lane of economic development due to the political instability and rising raw material prices in the international market. However, they are still plagued by a shortage of talents. Analysts here pointed out: Human resources building will be a difficult task for Africa to achieve breakthroughs in its long-term economic development and poverty eradication.

For smuggled African children, it will be hard to find a way back if they are really ignorant of their biological parents and their familiar homeland. For African countries, the stolen children are tantamount to the future of the country The stolen basic resources for building up their own talent have been stolen and their future development is expected to be stolen.