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Preschool children attend child-friendly spaces, Mauritania.

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Pan-African Child Rights Forum (PACRiF)

Recommitting to an Africa fit for children

A mother and child after birth registration in Zambia

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EU UNICEF partnership for birth registration

Watch this video to find out how the EU and UNICEF are bringing birth registration closer to communities

A child's birth is registered in Zambia

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EU and UNICEF strengthening birth registration systems

Check out this video to learn how the EU UNICEF partnership has improved birth registration in Africa

People line up to receive food aid in Manzwire village, Zimbabwe.

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First came the drought, then the cyclone

Residents of Zimbabwe’s Manicaland province battle to find their next meal

Trained community health volunteers Genet Mahari (left) and Tieba Abraha

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Community health volunteers lead drive against malnutrition

Community health volunteers lead the drive against malnutrition in Eritrea

A musical band lead a procession through the streets of Barentu

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Former circumcisers galvanize communities to end FGM

Former circumcisers denounce FGM in Eritrea

UNICEF Zimbabwe Representative at launch of Safer Internet Day

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Zimbabwe Shines a Light on Safer Internet Day

Zimbabwe joins a global movement for a better internet by celebrating Safer Internet Day on 11th February.

A child washes hands with soap during a training

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Knowledge for Children in Africa 2019

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Odwa Gogwana, 18, overlooks the suburb of Hout Bay, from Imizamu Yethu Township in South Africa

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Multiple Deprivation in Secondary Cities

By 2050, 6 out 10 people in Africa will live in urban areas and 70 per cent of them will be children and youth

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Children gather at the school in Ndenga village, 30 kilometres from Kaga Bandoro, Central African Republic.

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Demographic Dividend Potential, Eastern and Southern Africa

Understanding population dynamics and the urgency for investing in human capital

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The State of WASH Financing in Eastern and Southern Africa

A comparative picture of WASH financing issues in the region

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Newborn infant boy who suffers from jaundice and sepsis and weighs only 1.3 kilograms, has his hand held by his grandmother.

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UNICEF works to protect the rights of every child across the region

Sleeping baby in South Sudan.

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Sitting in her class, a young girl child writes in her textbook in Kangalita Primary school in a remote area, about 58 kilometers South of the town of Lodwar, in Turkana district in northern Kenya.

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