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School children in the community school of remote village of Eredibaye, Ouaddai region, Sahel belt, Chad
Press release
01 October 2025

UNICEF and partners launch First Foods Africa, a bold initiative to end child food poverty and malnutrition

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Press release
11 September 2025

Education Under Crisis: School Closures Nearly Double in Five Years in West and Central Africa

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Press release
05 August 2025

Joint statement World Breastfeeding Week

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Press release
30 July 2025

80,000 children at high risk of cholera as outbreaks spread across 12 countries in West and Central Africa

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Statement
05 May 2025

Statement from UNICEF Regional Director, Gilles Fagninou, on violence against children in West and Central Africa

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Press release
23 April 2025

Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progress, warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi

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Press release
05 March 2025

Fast Facts: 30 years of uneven progress for adolescent girls

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News note
20 December 2024

West and Central Africa faces deepening food crisis – UN agencies call for enhanced humanitarian action and lasting hunger solutions

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Press release
15 October 2024

Governments in Africa spend 16 times less on younger children than on older ones, study finds

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Press release
16 September 2024

Sahel, Lake Chad Basin countries coordinate joint polio eradication plan

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Press release
12 September 2024

UNICEF responding to severe flooding in West and Central Africa affecting 4 million people

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Press release
09 September 2024

UNICEF alarmed by continued attacks on education in conflict zones in Africa

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Press release
12 August 2024

Almost half a billion children live in areas experiencing at least twice as many extremely hot days as their grandparents - UNICEF

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Statement
15 July 2024

The Gambia’s decision to uphold ban on FGM critical win for girls’ and women’s rights

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Press release
14 July 2024

Global childhood immunization levels stalled in 2023 leaving many without life-saving protection

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Press release
12 June 2024

Ahead of the Day of the African Child, UNICEF says African governments still not spending what they need to secure quality education for the continent’s children.

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