On the front lines of one of Africa’s forgotten crises, Education Cannot Wait, UNICEF and other strategic partners are providing adaptive learning materials, dedicated resources and trained teachers ...

As delivered"Ambassador Clase, thank you so much for having me today. I really appreciate it."Let me start by saying what you all know. Across the globe, children are facing record levels of violence, ...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that climate-related disasters are increasingly disrupting education across Eastern and Southern Africa, potentially leading to as much as $380 ...

UNICEF warns climate change has disrupted learning for 130 million children in Africa, causing $1.3 billion in damage and ...

Nigeria has the highest burden of malnourished children in Africa, the United Nations Children’s Fund has said. The international agency stated on its website that only two out of every 10 children ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. As media and the humanitarian ...

It is so crucial, and even urgent for the leaders to heed the voices of the youth, if we are to silence the guns," said African Union Commission chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma Power-hungry ...

UNICEF is appealing for US$1.6 billion to support its humanitarian response for children impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, up from $651.6 million requested in a similar appeal late March. This ...

Forget bold agendas and grand declarations. The United Nations at 80 is increasingly seen as a sclerotic – if not moribund – institution, largely irrelevant as wars rage in Europe, Africa and the ...

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UNICEF’s Supply operation is always on standby, ready to get lifesaving medicines, vaccines, therapeutic food, hygiene kits and other essential items to children and families in need quickly and ...