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Eastern and Southern Africa

A young boy is planting a tree in a garden
Report
29 August 2023
Africa Climate Week 2023
Highlighting the impact of climate change on children and shining a spotlight on the youth advocating for urgent action

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English (Summary) (PDF, 4 MB)
English (Full Report) (PDF, 2 MB)
A group of people sitting on the floor including a UNICEF staff member, women and children
Press release
26 June 2023
More than 100,000 children fleeing Sudan conflict face new dangers amid desperate situation in Chad
Start of rainy season increases risk of disease and delayed humanitarian access to hundreds of thousands in need.
An adolescent girl smiles and holds her textbook in her classroom
Report
15 June 2023
Our Education, Our Future
Over 600,000 young people in Africa share their thoughts and recommendations to transform education

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English (PDF, 16 MB)
Français (PDF, 16 MB)
A baby is being vaccinated
Press release
20 April 2023
New UNICEF report shows 12.7 million children in Africa missed out on one or more vaccinations over three years
COVID-19 caused service disruption, strained health systems, diverted scarce resources, while conflicts, climate change have driven this decline on the continent.
A mother holding her baby and smiling
Report
08 December 2022
Good nutrition, bright futures
Towards an Africa without malnutrition by 2030

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English (PDF, 6 MB)
A mother holds her baby as a nurse register her baby's birth
Press release
24 October 2022
More than half of world’s unregistered children under 5 in Africa - UNICEF
Concerted efforts and focus are urgently needed to raise birth registration levels among the poorest children
Silhouette of a young woman sitting down
Press release
10 October 2022
UNICEF & WHO call for end to historic underfunding of mental health services in Africa
On World Mental Health Day partners confirm commitment to joint action to make mental health a priority
A young girl drinking water from a yellow bucket
Press release
24 August 2022
Children suffering dire drought across parts of Africa are ‘one disease away from catastrophe’ – warns UNICEF
The number of drought-hit people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia without reliable access to safe water has risen from 9.5 million to 16.2 million in the space of five months, meanwhile children in the Sahel also facing extremely high levels of water vulner
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Article
27 May 2022
Calling for a rapid scale-up to tackle malnutrition
UNICEF, the AU and the Democratic Republic of Congo call for stronger commitments from African leaders to strengthen multi-sectoral nutrition investments
A mother sitting on the floor feeding her child with a spoon
Press release
24 May 2022
African leaders and development partners called to combine scaled-up humanitarian response with prevention, as the situation worsens for millions of children facing severe wasting - UNICEF
Global food price rises, low harvests, climate change and conflict mean concerted action is needed by African Heads of State meeting this week in Equatorial Guinea to build long-term resilience