Multiple threats to children's health, safety and well-being include recruitment into armed groups amid escalating violence ...

The lives of 51 million children in eastern and southern Africa are at risk, with their futures often hanging by a thread, ...

In observance of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation today, 6th February, we’re shedding light on these deeply rooted practices that have persisted for centuries, ...

Catherine Chacha Menganyi was moved to tears after witnessing something she believed had ended a decade ago: the public ceremonies for girls after female genital mutilation (FGM) in the Kuria ...

UNICEF is mainstreaming climate-smart programming to protect and empower young people, mitigate negative impacts and ...

Gunmen suspected of belonging to the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group abducted five government officials in northeast Kenya ...

Announcements to effect that schools had to delay opening due to serious flooding was the highlight of the link between ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia - In a groundbreaking healthcare milestone, the Hormuud Salaam Foundation (HSF), in collaboration with Italian doctors and local partners, successfully facilitated the first-ever ...

International Day of Education is a chance to remember that learning begins well before children enter school. All children deserve to benefit from the power of books and stories. Making books ...

UNICEF said it amounted to one in seven school-going children across the world being kept out of class at some point in 2024 because of climate hazards.

Heat waves had the biggest impact, the report showed, as UNICEF's executive director Catherine Russell warned children are "more vulnerable" to extreme weather.