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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

Cape 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
22 January 2021
Central African Republic: Surge in violence and displacement threatens thousands of children already affected by humanitarian crisis and COVID-19
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Press release
09 January 2021
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on suicide attack in northern Cameroon
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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

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Binef, 18, points at a chalkboard at a protection centre in Côte d’Ivoire.
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The pandemic has increased risks for millions of children in

The pandemic has increased risks for millions of children in vulnerable situations, including migrant and displaced children.

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