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Over 7 million children remain malnourished in Africa – UNICEF

UNICEF says children in the Horn of Africa are living through an unprecedented large-scale crisis of hunger, displacement, water scarcity, and insecurity.

UNICEF calls for urgent action on sexual violence against girls in DRC

UNICEF has called for an urgent and significant scale-up of interventions and funding to respond to the escalating number of cases of sexual violence reported against children and women in North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). 

More than 115,600 children to suffer wasting in 2023 – UNICEF

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says more than 115,600 children are expected to suffer from severe wasting in 2023, compared to 87,500 last year. 

Global polycrisis creating uphill battle to end child marriage – UNICEF

Despite a steady decline in child marriage in the last decade, multiple crises including conflict, climate shocks, and the ongoing fallout from COVID-19 are threatening to reverse hard-earned gains, according to a new analysis issued by UNICEF.

11 countries in eastern, southern Africa are experiencing cholera outbreak

Eleven countries in eastern and southern Africa are experiencing an extremely worrying cholera outbreak, with 67,822 cases and 1,788 estimated deaths.

UNICEF expresses concern for children in danger over cyclones

Days after twin cyclones tore through the country, the situation for an estimated 58,000 children in Vanuatu remains extremely precarious.