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Baby happy with her birth certificate

Birth Registration

Every child has a right to be registered.

Boy in a UNICEF-supported reintegration centre for children associated with armed groups

Violence and Exploitation

Every child has a right to be protected from harm.

Halimé was married at 14. She never attended school unlike her brothers.

Child Protection

Every child has a right to be protected from harm.

Niger: attacks on children and families must stop, once and for all

Statement attributable to UNICEF’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Marie-Pierre Poirier, on the killings of children in Niger

Statement by UNICEF Regional Director Marie-Pierre Poirier on attack in western Niger

Central African Republic: child malnutrition rates soar as violence rages

UNICEF and WFP warn that more than 1 in 3 health districts in the country are now on alert for a child malnutrition crisis due to recent violence

Woman sitting in a shelter holding a baby

Militia violence threatens 3 million displaced children in Democratic Republic of Congo: UNICEF

Global indifference putting a generation of children at risk

Central African Republic: Surge in violence and displacement threatens thousands of children already affected by humanitarian crisis and COVID-19

UNICEF warns that armed conflict could lead to higher rates of malnutrition and violations of children’s rights

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on suicide attack in northern Cameroon

A boy who was badly burned in an attack on his village in central Mali. Mopti, June 2019.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on attacks against villages in Niger