November 21, 2023
Sudan: At Least 5 Million Children at the Brink in Darfur as Unchecked Conflict Worsens
In the last seven months of fighting in Sudan, reported cases of children killed and injured in Darfur spiked 550 per cent when compared to all of 2022. Read more »
November 20, 2023
Sudan: 5 Million Children on Brink In Darfur as Unchecked Conflict Worsens
In the last seven months of fighting in Sudan, reported cases of children killed and injured in Darfur spiked 550 per cent when compared to all of 2022. Read more »
Africa: 'Children Live in a World That Is Increasingly Hostile to Their Rights'
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell Read more »
July 18, 2023
Africa: Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Vanessa Nakate Takes a Stand for Adolescent Girls During Visit to Rwanda
Nakate calls for US$ 1 billion global investment at Women Deliver Conference to improve girls' access to health, education, and protection Read more »
July 12, 2023
Africa: Joint Press Release By the Co-Hosts of Girls Deliver Pre-Conference On Adolescent Girls
Girls Deliver: Building an Integrated, Feminist Ecosystem to Support Adolescent Girls at the Women Deliver 2023 Conference Read more »
May 02, 2023
Africa: Global Polycrisis Creating Uphill Battle to End Child Marriage - UNICEF
Slowing momentum toward eliminating child marriage most acute in sub-Saharan Africa, which is now over 200 years from ending child marriage; 1 in 4 young women still married before… Read more »
March 17, 2023
Mali: Child Alert - Extreme Jeopardy in the Central Sahel
Millions in need amid spiraling armed conflict and punishing climate crises. Read more »
Burkina Faso: 10 Million Children in Extreme Jeopardy as Insecurity Seeps Into Neighbouring Countries - UNICEF
Ten million children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are in dire need of humanitarian assistance – twice as many as in 2020 – largely due to spiralling conflict, while… Read more »
February 03, 2023
Africa: World Will Miss Target of Ending FGM By 2030 Without Urgent Action - Including From Men and Boys
Joint Statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem and UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital… Read more »
June 29, 2022
East Africa: Child Marriage on the Rise in Horn of Africa as Drought Crisis Intensifies - UNICEF
Girls as young as twelve are being forced into child marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) at “alarming rates” in the Horn of Africa, as the most severe drought… Read more »
May 24, 2022
Africa: Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management Still Out of Reach for Many
Stigma, poverty, and lack of access to basic services like toilets and water are causing menstrual health and hygiene needs to go unmet and increasing women and girls' risk of… Read more »