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Armed violence

A mother sitting on the floor with her two small children
Press release
16 March 2023
10 million children in extreme jeopardy in central Sahel as insecurity seeps into neighbouring countries – UNICEF
Young boy standing, back to the camera, looking at his old school
Article
19 November 2021
Attacks on schools have a devastating impact on children
Plagued by nightmares, Boube believed that school was no longer a safe environment for him.
A young girl using a sewing machine
Article
18 November 2021
From abducted to now sewing my way into the future
One girl’s dream of rebuilding her life after abduction
A boy who was badly burned in an attack on his village in central Mali. Mopti, June 2019.
Press release
05 January 2021
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on attacks against villages in Niger
Girl at school in Diffa
Press release
27 February 2019
School closures in the Sahel double in the last two years due to growing insecurity – UNICEF
School closures in the Sahel double in the last two years due to growing insecurity – UNICEF
Odia, living for the past four months at the Centre de Transit et d'Orientation (CTO), a UNICEF-supported reintegration centre for children associated with armed groups, in KasaĂŻ region
Report
09 January 2019
Crisis in the Central African Republic
In a neglected emergency, children need aid, protection – and a future

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Internally displaced children at a UNICEF child friendly space in Central African Republic
Press release
09 January 2019
Two in three children in the Central African Republic need humanitarian assistance
A neglected, dangerous and deteriorating crisis for children
Press release
13 April 2018
More than 1,000 children in northeastern Nigeria abducted by Boko Haram since 2013
Four years on from Chibok abduction, UNICEF continues to call for children’s release and immediate end to attacks on schools
Statement
28 February 2018
Statement on attack against humanitarian workers in the Central African Republic
by Marie-Pierre Poirier, UNICEF’s West and Central Africa Regional Director
Inter-ethnic conflicts, in the Provinces of Tanganyika and South Kivu, have displaced more than 1.3 million people.
Press release
25 January 2018
Democratic Republic of the Congo: violence in Tanganyika and South Kivu fuels one of the world’s worst displacement crises for children – UNICEF
Over 800,000 children displaced in 2017 as fighting continues