The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has declared that a polio-free Africa is within reach but warns that decades of progress could be reversed without a final, concentrated surge in effort and ...

DAKAR, Senegal --The United Nations children's agency says one of its workers and five other education workers have been killed in an attack in Central African Republic. UNICEF's West and Central ...

Dec 8 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo is battling its worst cholera outbreak in 25 years which has killed ...

Nearly 13 million children missed one or more vaccinations in Africa between 2019 and 2021 because of the disruptive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving the continent vulnerable to even more ...

"Friends, partners, colleagues, thank you for joining this virtual launch of UNICEF's 2026 Humanitarian Action for Children and for your ongoing support for the world's most vulnerable children.

In response to a severe mpox outbreak in several nations, UNICEF announced an emergency tender on Saturday (August 31) to expedite the procurement and distribution of vaccines to the most affected ...

"UNICEF is deeply alarmed by the rapid escalation of hostilities in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has forced hundreds of thousands of children and families to flee ...

The global recession will increase infant and child deaths and cause more students to drop out of school in Africa, the U.N. children's agency predicted Monday, as the financial crisis delivers a ...

Nearly 2 million children are out of school in West and Central Africa, where armed groups are waging a war against education itself. On June 26, 2019, children take part in an emergency attack ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund set in motion a worldwide social media campaign Tuesday to raise awareness about children in the Sahel region in northern Africa who are in urgent need of food aid.

JOHANNESBURGJOHANNESBURG — African governments should accelerate the reopening of schools, the World Health Organization has urged, saying that the continent’s youths will suffer from prolonged ...