West and Central Africa

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Geneva Palais briefing note on the situation for children in the North-West and South-West regions of Cameroon

Over 80 per cent of schools closed as a result of crisis, denying more than 600,000 children access to education

21/06/2019

Nigeria. A woman presses her hand against a screen door.

Statement

UNICEF condemns use of children as human bombs in north-east Nigeria

Statement by UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Peter Hawkins

17/06/2019

Adolescents in Nepal perform a sketch on child marriage as part of a global programme to help end child marriage

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115 million boys and men around the world married as children - UNICEF

First ever analysis on child grooms brings global child marriage figures to 765 million

06/06/2019

On 24 October 2016 in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, children pass in front of a flame fed by waste and rubber materials in order to make Kanda, a type of smoked meat, at an abattoir. The workers at the slaughterhouse use cow bones, rubber tires, electric wires, aluminum cans and other waste to sustain the flames, making the fumes very dangerous to inhale.

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Only 6 per cent of children in Africa live in areas where air pollution is reliably measured at the ground-level

More reliable ground-level measurements are required to combat this silent killer of children, particularly in Africa where the problem is growing and gravely under-studied

04/06/2019

A health worker looks on as a new mother holds her baby to her chest, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Press release

World not delivering quality maternal health care to poorest mothers - UNICEF

Millions of mothers at risk due to prohibitive health care costs, lack of access to services and skilled professionals, and child marriage

03/06/2019

Article

Rebuilding a young life in Nigeria

A teenage girl recalls the horrors of being abducted – and a community steps up to help survivors of gender-based violence

24/05/2019

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Statement on attacks in the Central African Republic

by Marie-Pierre Poirier, UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa

24/05/2019

Vaccination in Mali: a mother holds her daughter and a vaccination certificate.

Article

Swapping motorcycles for donkeys to deliver vaccines in Mali

Amidst growing insecurity, health workers do what it takes to vaccinate children

14/05/2019

Immunization in Mali: a woman holds her immunized child

Article

"The biggest treasure of all"

Mobile vaccinators are a lifeline for children in remote mining communities in Mali

17/04/2019

Nigeria. A girl in a community shelter in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.

Press release

More than 3,500 children have been recruited and used by non-state armed groups in northeast Nigeria since 2013

Marking five years since Chibok abduction, UNICEF urges protection of children’s rights

12/04/2019

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