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Eastern and Southern Africa

An Ethiopian refugee child who fled fighting in Tigray province, sleeps in a hut at the Um Raquba camp in Sudan's eastern Gedaref province, on 16 November 16 2020
Statement
11/25/2020
Threat of further escalation in Mekelle, Ethiopia, puts children’s lives at risk
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
News note
11/20/2020
Geneva Palais briefing note on the situation of Ethiopian children fleeing into Sudan and UNICEF’s response
Statement
11/19/2020
2.3 million children in Tigray region of Ethiopia need humanitarian assistance, as thousands flee across border into Sudan
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
Statement
11/13/2020
UNICEF statement on the situation in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia
Statement from UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, Mohamed Malick Fall
Statement
10/27/2020
UNICEF Statement on the killing of two humanitarian workers in Mogadishu, Somalia
Statement from Jesper Moller, UNICEF Somalia Representative a.i.
Mozambique. A teacher hosts a lesson at a UNICEF-supported school.
Link
09/22/2020
UNICEF’s work in the region
Find out about UNICEF’s work in Eastern and Southern Africa
Sharlene, 14, studies at her mom's sewing table in the single-room home her family of 5 shares in Mathare, an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. She was a Class 8 candidate until schools closed in March 2020. "My biggest concern is girls getting pregnant," says her father Naman. "When girls are in school, they are protected, but now she is vulnerable." Schools are due to open in Nairobi again in January 2021.
Press release
09/21/2020
Time to re-open schools in Eastern & Southern Africa, as the cost for children escalates in learning, protection and nutrition
Document
09/11/2020
Eastern and Southern Africa Region previous appeals
A group of school girls
Appeal
08/29/2020
Eastern and Southern Africa Region Appeal
Humanitarian Action for Children 2020
On 5th November 2019, displaced pupils wash their hands before eating at the UNICEF-supported Qansahley Primary School in Dollow, Somalia.
Press release
07/23/2020
UNICEF and partners respond to the triple threat of floods, locusts and COVID-19 in Somalia
Over 3 million Somali children in need of humanitarian assistance