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Urgent action needed to holistically address child malnutrition in West and Central Africa

The sharp increase of the number of malnourished children in the recent years requires to act urgently not only to save lives, but also to prevent children from becoming malnourished

Young boy standing, back to the camera, looking at his old school

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.

22 October 2021

Vaillante, the UNICEF-produced mini-series on child marriage, screened at FESPACO

Following the armed attack in Solhan, UNICEF provides emergency assistance to 9,000 displaced children and their families

A mother (wearing a mask against COVID-19) and two young girls

15 October 2020

Crisis in the Central Sahel

Advocacy brief | October 2020

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A nurse measures the brachial perimeter of a child suffering from acute malnutrition

West and Central Africa: More than 15 million expected cases of acute malnutrition in 2020

United Nations Agencies alert on unprecedented impact of food insecurity and COVID-19 on child malnutrition

Malnutrition Crisis

Acting Now to Avert a Nutrition Crisis in the Sahel region

A Deteriorating Nutrition Situation in the Sahel region

Children sitting outside together

2.3 million children in need of protection in the Central Sahel region in 2020, a more than 80 per cent increase in one year

Existing child protection crisis worsens amid COVID-19

Mother gives her children the porridge that was just prepared during the sensitization session

03 February 2020

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

Woman reading with light

28 January 2020

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