Africa's children
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Africa’s children: 10 years on – podcast transcriptIn 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
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Africa's children – five years on
How the children we met across the continent are faring five years after we last visited them
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Five years on: What happened to the millennium development babies
In 2005, the Guardian featured 10 newborn babies in countries across Africa. Today we return to find out what has happened to these babies
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Democratic Republic of Congo: David Lewis Dieumerci
David was born in the rundown Mama Yeyo hospital and spent the first five weeks of his life there – not because he was ill but because his parents could not afford to pay a £255 bill for the caesarean delivery. Katrina Manson reports on his life since then
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Tanzania: Zainab Salehe Abu
Zainab was born into a sprawling family with little to her name but parents who were determined to see their children educated. David Smith talked to them
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Sudan: Sijjin Kuang
Sijjin Kuang was born amid gunfire and died within days of his birth, a casualty of the region's almost total lack of healthcare. Xan Rice tells his story
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Kenya: Debrah Matei Mwololo
Debrah's parents left rural Kenya for the opportunities of the city but she was born into poverty – home was a single room in a huge Kibera slum, where a third of children have stunted growth due to poor nutrition. Xan Rice spoke to the family
Africa's children: 10 years on – interactive