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West and Central Africa is home to 403 million people – half of them children

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UNICEF works in 24 countries in West and Central Africa, a region with diverse cultures, beliefs, languages, and lifestyles – marked by contrasts of stability and conflict; affluence and poverty.

 

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Benin

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Cabo Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo

DRC

Côte d'Ivoire 

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon

Gambia 

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Liberia

Mali 

Mauritania

Niger

Nigeria

Sao Tome and Principe

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Togo

News from the Region

Press release
16 January 2023
Joint Press Release: 25 million Nigerians at high risk of food insecurity in 2023
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Progress report, October 2022
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Progress Report, October 2022

Since 2020, over 3 million vulnerable people (2.7 million children) in Mali, Mauritania and Niger have been directly reached by one or multiple resilience-s

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News note
20 December 2022
Singing hope and peace for children and young people in West and Central Africa
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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo visits the Centre de Nutrition Therapeutique (Centre for Therapeutic Nutrition) in Benin
Press release
20 December 2022

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo celebrates resilience of girls and young people during visit to Benin

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