West and Central Africa

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European Union and Government of Denmark support UNICEF in shipping vital supplies to Mali

Joint Press Release - EU-ECHO and UNICEF

04/04/2020

Two boys in Loda IDP camp in Djugu territory, Ituri province.

Press release

Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo at risk from killer measles, cholera epidemics

COVID-19 latest challenge facing battered health services

31/03/2020

Fatoumata Bocoum, 13, from Dialangou village.

Article

“Water makes us beautiful”

With the construction of a new water point, life in a village in central Mali has been transformed

19/03/2020

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2.9 million people, including 1.6 million children, affected by one or more humanitarian crises in Niger, in 2020

UNICEF urges greater support for children and families in need

19/02/2020

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World failing to provide children with a healthy life and a climate fit for their future: WHO-UNICEF-Lancet

As climate and commercial threats intensify, WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission presses for radical rethink on child health

18/02/2020

Esther Wandana, 9 months old, is suffering from severe acute malnutrition, malaria and HIV, at the UNICEF supported Pediatric Hospital, in Bangui, Central African Republic on September 10, 2018.

Statement

One year on from peace agreement, millions of children in the Central African Republic remain at risk

Statement attributable to UNICEF’s Representative in CAR, Christine Muhigana

05/02/2020

Niger. A baby is weighed and measured at a health center in Maradi.

Press release

UN agencies raise alarm in the Central Sahel where millions face hunger amid rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis

Joint UNFAO, UNICEF and WFP press release

03/02/2020

Photo Essay

Sounding the alarm about a forgotten epidemic in Nigeria

Worldwide, pneumonia claims the lives of more than 800,000 children under the age of five

30/01/2020

Mali. An injured boy shows a bandaged arm.

Report

Crisis in the Central Sahel

A surge in armed violence is having a devastating impact on children’s survival, education, protection and development

28/01/2020

Burkina Faso. Children hide under desks.

Press release

Nearly 5 million children will need humanitarian assistance in central Sahel this year as violence surges

Number is projected to rise as attacks against children increase in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger

27/01/2020

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