Where We Work

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

A boy walks on the sand bank surrounding M'Bera refugee camp.

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.

Regional Map of West and Central Africa — UNICEF

Browse countries by alphabetical listing

Find out more what we do for children in each country

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

Mother with her children

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Mother Courage and her malnourished children

“My name is Khadou, I am a mother. We come from Niafinke, a village in northern Mali. We had a girl."

childrens with mothers

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Life-saving treatment

To treat around 120,000 children affected by severe acute malnutrition

“All I want is peace,” says Aminata, who lives in settlement for displaced families in the outskirts of Mopti, central Mali

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Sharp increase in grave violations against children in Mali, warns UNICEF

Elorm, 2 months old, seems to be very happy with her birth registration, in Accra, the capital of Ghana

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Effective birth registration essential for legal identity for all

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