Up to 16 tonnes of UNICEF-donated supplies arrived at Bunia National Airport in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday, as the country battles a new Ebola outbreak with more than 500 suspected cases reported. Footage shows an aircraft carrying supplies landing at the airport, where staff unloaded the cargoContinue Reading
Ted Chaiban, deputy executive director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has commended Burkina Faso for the progress it has made in the fields of education, health and child well-being, according to a statement issued Thursday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso. According to theContinue Reading
Over 900 days of brutal fighting, widespread violations of human rights, famine, and the breakdown of life-sustaining services have pushed millions to the brink of survival, particularly women and children Four United Nations agencies today called for urgent international attention on the crisis in Sudan, to address the immense sufferingContinue Reading
More than 136,000 people have fled escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since January, seeking refuge in neighboring Burundi and Uganda, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday. Uganda has received nearly 67,000 new arrivals from the eastern DRC, which now constitutes “oneContinue Reading
Kenya on Thursday received 10,700 doses of mpox vaccines, a boost to its efforts against the spread of the disease. The government acquired the vaccines in collaboration with the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, UNICEF and Gavi, the vaccine alliance, Aden Duale, cabinetContinue Reading
