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Find the latest news on issues affecting children across Eastern and Southern Africa, including press releases, multimedia content and other resources for journalists

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.

Statement

05 October 2025

UNICEF statement on the protection of children amid protests in Madagascar

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Media advisory

07 August 2025

Every Child Counted – Advancing Birth Registration in Africa policy paper launched

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Statement

09 July 2025

UNICEF statement on the loss of lives, including a young girl, during the Saba Saba (7/7) protests in Kenya

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Press release

01 July 2025

UNICEF and leading universities join forces to advance children’s rights at scale

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Appeal

Regional impact of the DR Congo crisis

Families continue to flee devastating violence and abuse to neighbouring countries

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Press release

18 June 2025

Faith Leaders Unite in Nairobi to End FGM and Child Marriage Across Eastern and Southern Africa

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Press release

04 June 2025

Botswana leads the way in eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV

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Press release

20 May 2025

Outbreak of variant type 1 polio in Madagascar declared over

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Eastern and Southern Regional Office | Nairobi

Alicia Jones
Communication Specialist
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Sasha Surandran
Communication Specialist
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Africa Services Unit | Johannesburg

Louis Vigneault-Dubois
Chief of Communication
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Vumani Mkhize
Communication Officer
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Gina walks to fetch water with her 5-year-old son, Rindra, in Antsirabe, Madagascar.

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Reporting guidelines

Reporting on children and young people has its special challenges. In some instances the act of reporting on children places them or other children at risk of retribution or stigmatization. UNICEF has developed principles to assist journalists as they report on issues affecting children.

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