West and Central Africa

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Education in peril in West and Central Africa

Attacks and threats of violence are forcing schools in the region to close. Meet the children who are determined to keep learning

23/08/2019

On 26 June 2019, children take part in an emergency attack simulation, as they practice sheltering and evacuation in the event of an armed attack, at the Yalgho Primary School in Dori, Burkina Faso.

Press release

School closures in West and Central Africa triple since 2017

UNICEF Child Alert warns that upsurge in attacks and threats of violence against schools, students and teachers have pushed more than 1.9 million children out of school

22/08/2019

13-year-old girl who was displaced from the town of Gwoza, where she grew up, due to armed conflict, now she is enrolled in classes in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state in northeast Nigeria.

Report

Education under threat in West and Central Africa

The right to education is in jeopardy in communities affected by conflict

21/08/2019

Article

A shattered life, slowly on the mend in Mali

Escalating violence in Mali’s Mopti region has displaced tens of thousands of people. Children are becoming the primary victims

15/08/2019

Press release

Sharp increase in grave violations against children in Mali, warns UNICEF

13/08/2019

Jemima, an Ebola survivor, cares for a child at a UNICEF-supported crèche in Beni, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Press release

Number of children orphaned or left unaccompanied by Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo rising fast

13/08/2019

Burkina Faso. Children hide under desks.

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Education under threat in West and Central Africa

Conflict in the region is taking a devastating toll on education

06/08/2019

Democratic Republic of Congo. A child sits in a classroom.

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Fighting Ebola

The Ebola virus is relentless and devastating. UNICEF and partners are continuing to ramp up their response

02/08/2019

Democratic Republic of Congo. A woman holds a child.

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Latest situation report

Read the latest on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

31/07/2019

Democratic Republic of Congo. Students hand posters about Ebola.

Statement

Inter-Agency Statement on Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, one year on

31/07/2019

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