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The world considers the issue of child labour to be a rather serious one in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, there are a set of experts in Africa who do not consider it to be serious and prefer to sweep it under their carpet in order to look into more 'serious' issues.

Causes of Child Labor. Child Labor Statistics.

Africa has the highest rate of child labor.

The african continent has the world's highest child labor rate 

In 1995, there were 1,162,000 economically active children, 560,000 girls and 601,000 boys between the ages of 10-14, representing 45.31% of this age group.

Shortly after Iqbal Masih was born in a small village in rural Pakistan, his father abandoned the family. Iqbal's mother struggled to support her children as a housecleaner, but could not. When he was four years old, Iqbal was sold for $16 into bonded labour at a carpet factory.

Child laborers in the cocoa industry.

Child labor in gold mining.

Stories of child laborers in Arica.

There's also a small chart showing how many workers in millions work in Africa, Latin America and Asia & the Pacific

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The causes of child labor in Africa (poverty).

 This is a page about  child labor in africa