ARTICLES RELATING TO UNICEF

DRC province in push to save child soldiers

2013-05-14 08:57

Desperate to save children from being used as soldiers in the DRC, residents of the notorious "Triangle of Death" have taken matters into their own hands.

Drought: Angola sending aid to 300 000

2013-05-10 09:08

Angola has set up an emergency plan for the southern province of Cunene, where an estimated 300 000 people are at risk of malnutrition because of a two-year-long drought.

Somalia: female genital mutilation down

2013-04-16 14:19

A new survey from Somalia says the practice of female genital mutilation is on the decline, a development which the UN says is “encouraging” although the "progress is slow".

Poor little rich German kids are unhappy

2013-04-10 17:06

A UN survey has highlighted a mood of gloom among Germany's children, although they are among the world's wealthiest.

UN halts Ivorian refugee returns

2013-03-28 19:33

The United Nations refugee agency in Liberia has halted its voluntary repatriation programme for displaced Ivorians because of growing violence at the countries' volatile border.

Syria children could be scarred for life

2013-03-12 20:12

The war in Syria - from the destruction of infrastructure to massive population displacement - may leave an entire generation of children scarred "for life”, the UN Children's Fund has warned.

Mozambique floods threaten 50 000

2013-01-22 14:32

Mozambique authorities are considering the evacuation of 50 000 people after heavy rainfall in the flood-struck south, where hundreds died in a major deluge over a decade ago, the UN says.

Children being recruited by CAR rebels

2013-01-04 21:03

Unicef has called on rebels and pro-government militias in the Central African Republic to stop recruiting children to fight.

Almost a million displaced in DRC

2012-12-13 22:27

More than 900 000 people have been displaced by violence in the strife-ridden eastern DRC region of North Kivu, up about 500 000 on the figure made public in April.

'Foreign meddling brings DRC chaos'

2012-11-23 09:06

A corrupt and disappearing army, alleged meddling from neighbouring Rwanda and a UN force with its wrist tied are creating a chaotic mix in the DRC, analysts say.

Shooting, shelling in Sudan's Kordofan

2012-10-08 19:37

Shooting and shelling has broken out in the main city of Sudan’s oil producing South Kordofan state near the border with South Sudan, witnesses say.

Cholera crisis in Sierra Leone

2012-08-16 22:16

Sierra Leone has declared the latest cholera outbreak a national emergency after 176 deaths and 10 800 reported cases since January.

Sierra Leone cholera outbreak kills 62

2012-07-18 22:05

Sierra Leone's health ministry says an outbreak of cholera in the west African country has killed 62 people in less than a month.

Children targeted in northern Mali - UN

2012-07-06 22:10

A UN agency says it’s gravely concerned about rising violence against children in northern Mali, since the area was seized by al-Qaeda-linked Islamist fighters and Tuareg rebels following a March coup.

Zim probes theft of donated textbooks

2012-03-30 22:19

Zimbabwe's education ministry says it is investigating how school text books donated by the UN children's agency wind up in the hands of bookstores and street vendors.

Millions of kids live in urban squalor

2012-02-28 22:32

Unicef says millions of children live and grow up in urban squalor without basic services.

750 000 Yemeni children malnourished

2012-01-24 19:27

Unicef says 750 000 Yemeni children under the age of 5 suffer from malnutrition.

Libyan schools to teach anti-Gaddafi revolt

2012-01-07 20:19

Libya's 1.2 million schoolchildren have returned to classrooms nationwide to learn a revamped curriculum that includes the revolution that ousted Muammar Gaddafi and purges his personal teachings.

Eastern Europe, Asia HIV infections soar

2011-11-30 15:01

HIV infection rates are rising the fastest in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, with a 250% increase since 2001, UN agencies say.

Violent child deaths rising in Somalia

2011-11-15 22:34

The UN says deaths of children caught in violence in Somalia is rising with 24 killed in October.

South Sudan to end Arabic schooling

2011-10-26 22:26

Newly independent South Sudan will change the language of schooling to English this year, shrugging off decades of Arabic imposed from the north.

MXit eats into homework time

2011-10-11 22:48

Youths on MXit spend more time chatting about their love lives than doing school work, according to a Unicef study.

2 million Pakistanis ill from rains

2011-09-22 19:00

Two million Pakistanis have fallen ill from diseases since monsoon rains left the southern region under several feet of water, the country's disaster authority says.

1000s of Zim children die from Aids

2011-09-08 22:27

Thousands of children die each year in Zimbabwe from HIV-related illnesses, often because they have no access to life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs, a report says.

UN needs $1bn for East Africa

2011-08-20 09:30

The UN's emergency aid co-ordinator has called for another $1bn in donations to aid drought victims in Somalia and the general region of East Africa.

 

CAR child soldier killed by mob

2013-05-10 15:05

The UN children’s agency says a 17-year-old boy who had been twice recruited by rebels was among those stoned to death by a mob in Central African Republic.

UN: Aid to N Korea hit by sanctions

2013-04-29 21:08

International sanctions against North Korea have hit humanitarian funding for the isolated country, five UN agencies say in an appeal for help.

CAR: More kids recruited by armed groups

2013-04-12 14:35

The UN's children agency has charged that armed movements in the Central African Republic are recruiting more children, including as soldiers, in the wake of a successful coup by rebels.

Katy Perry visits Madagascar for UNICEF

2013-04-09 14:21

Katy Perry has jetted out to Madagascar in aid of UNICEF to help raise awareness of the current situation in one of the poorest countries in the world.

1000s of children at risk in CAR - UN

2013-03-26 19:06

The lives of thousands of children are at risk in coup-hit Central Africa because of a lack of access to basic aid, food shortages and the ongoing use of child soldiers, the UN says.

Unicef wants $45m for Mali

2013-02-26 17:03

Unicef urgently needs $45m to help children in conflict-stricken Mali, where the threat of violence and trafficking has spiralled, compounding a long-running food crisis.

Shakira hosts online charity baby shower

2013-01-17 14:38

Expectant parents Shakira and Gerard Pique have invited friends and family to join an online baby shower, in aid of underprivileged children.

WHO, Unicef stop Pakistan polio drive

2012-12-19 11:30

The UN children's agency and the World Health Organisation have suspended work on campaigns against polio in Pakistan after a series of attacks left nine health workers dead in three days.

Schools looted in east DRC

2012-12-10 20:45

At least 250 schools have been looted or occupied during recent fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Kivu provinces, following similar incidents earlier this year.

DRC plagued by alarming famine rate

2012-10-30 22:37

The Democratic Republic of Congo has the highest rate of malnutrition in central and west Africa, affecting 43% of children under five, Unicef says.

Niger hit by worst flooding in 80 years

2012-09-20 17:30

The international aid group Oxfam says half a million people have been displaced in Niger as the country reels from the worst flooding in 80 years.

Female Aids focus must shift - experts

2012-07-27 07:34

The Aids epidemic increasingly is a female one and women are making the case at the world's largest Aids meeting that curbing it will require focusing on poverty and violence.

Sahel facing deadly cholera outbreak

2012-07-10 19:25

The conflict in Mali could turn a cholera outbreak that has already killed 60 people in the Sahel this year into a serious regional epidemic, the UN children’s agency says.

In Chad, a donkey trek can save a life

2012-04-22 22:14

Amid a regional hunger crisis, mothers in Chad trek on donkeys to find food for their children.

Somalia militia expels Save the Children

2012-03-13 22:21

Somalia insurgents have expelled the aid group Save the Children, saying the organisation gave out expired food.

Serious water shortage hits Luanda

2012-02-17 22:24

The water utility in Angola's capital has vowed to repair a burst water main within days, to end severe shortages that have lasted a week across much of Luanda.

India marks a year since last polio case

2012-01-13 18:03

The top US health official has administered polio vaccination drops to children in New Delhi as India marked one year since its last case of the crippling disease.e

UN concerned about HIV funding

2011-11-30 15:19

The UN says HIV infections have fallen and treatment has soared over the last decade, but it has sounded the alarm over declining funds.

Somali rebels storm offices of aid agencies

2011-11-28 13:15

Islamist Shabaab gunmen have stormed the offices of several international aid agencies in apparent co-ordinated raids in rebel-controlled regions of Somalia, aid workers and witnesses say.

Zim, Unicef buy $85m books for schools

2011-11-03 18:43

The Zimbabwean government and Unicef have launched an $85m fund to buy textbooks for secondary schools in an effort to revive the education sector.

Crowded earth: Bursting at the seams

2011-10-23 22:57

Already straining to host seven billion, Earth is set to teem with billions more, and only a revolution in the use of resources can avert an environmental crunch.

Cholera outbreaks claim 2 466

2011-10-11 15:22

Parts of central and western Africa are experiencing a massive cholera outbreak which has claimed 2 466 lives so far this year, the UN says.

EU gives $14m to Zim health programme

2011-09-10 08:09

The European Union, through its Essential Medicines Support Programme (EMSP), is giving Zimbabwe a $14m.

Unicef: 300 000 kids risk death in E Africa

2011-08-20 12:33

More than 300 000 children in the Horn of Africa are severely malnourished "and in imminent risk of dying" because of drought and famine, the head of Unicef says.

High rates of child abuse in Tanzania

2011-08-10 12:40

A government-led study in Tanzania has found that three out of 10 girls and young women have suffered sexual violence in that country.

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