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Zeinab playing the 7 errors game on the Kanuya center's computer in Bamako.

Protecting future generations from the impact of violence

Zeinab has been sexually abused when she was only 13 years old. One year later, the resilient teenager still wants to believe in the future.

Aliou at his vocational training in Kidal

« The help I received changed my outlook on life »

Aliou* spent three years with an armed group in northern Mali. Thanks to the efforts of UNICEF and its partners, the teenager was released from the group.

UA young person learning in the Transit and Orientation Centre in Gao.

24 October 2021

A ray of hope

Children who have been part of armed groups are supported in Transit and Orientation Centres like this one in Gao.

A child wearing a blue shirt is playing a game of ludo.

Protecting Gao's children

Children affected by conflict are learning to be children again in Gao.

12 February 2021

Children and armed conflict - SG Report

Report of the Secretary-General

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Children and armed conflict - SG Report (PDF, 535 KB)

The remains of the house and corner store of Maïmouna Barry, 45, in the village of Ogossagou-Peulh in Bankass, Mopti region. The village was attacked on the night of 23 March 2019, leaving over 150 people dead, one-third of which were children. The attack also caused significant material damage, including huts and granaries burned and numerous animals slaughtered.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on village attack in Mali

Empty School

28 February 2019

School closures in the Sahel double in the last two years due to growing insecurity – UNICEF

Worsening violence across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger disrupts education for more than 400,000 children