"Too many children are in school but not yet learning to read. This report underscores how literacy is at the very core of a child’s learning trajectory - shaping their opportunities and future,” said ...

Innocent Murula, a UNICEF-supported community outreach worker, works to raise community awareness about mpox in Kamanyola, South Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on July 25, 2024. The ...

On a roadside in Central Uganda, a woman selling charcoal says she barely earns enough to buy food for herself and her eight children. She is determined for her children to go to school and says she ...

UNICEF’s Supply Division gets lifesaving medicines, vaccines, therapeutic food, hygiene kits and other items to children and ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and partners strengthen regional action to protect children in west ...

Children from across Africa joined their peers in the “One Million Children Praying the Rosary” campaign held on Oct. 7, the ...

With the current high unemployment rate, particularly among the youth, South Africa and the rest of Africa can leverage the ...

In some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, nearly 10 percent of children die before they turn 5 years old (SN: 8/3/22); in 2022 alone, around 2.8 million young children died in the entire region. Most are ...

The Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund has raised concerns following the Milnerton High School assault incident, urging more ...

Study finds that rates soar to 90 percent in some regions as humanitarian crises compound childhood exploitation.

Nadia Adjoa Sam-Agudu receives funding from the US National Institutes of Health and the European Commission. Wolfgang Preiser does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...