Foundational learning, the ability to read, write, and do basic math, is the bedrock of every child's education. This is not ...

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 ...

UNICEF and GSMA have launched the Africa Taskforce on Child Online Protection (COP), the first of its kind, to strengthen ...

I recently traveled with UNICEF USA partners on a program visit to South Africa. With 45 percent of the population under age 24, South Africa is a land of rich diversity, dynamic growth and complex ...

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 ...

Through the Bokang Montjane Foundation, Bokang Montjane-Tshabalala has dedicated her time to assisting autistic children and ...

South Africa has a cloud of violence against women and children hanging over it, from bullying to gang violence; headlines ...

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

Children and young adults are very much involved in campaigning against the climate change that older generations have caused. The global youth climate justice movement uses protests, strikes and ...

When research showed that routinely treating children in Sub-Saharan Africa with a common antibiotic could reduce deaths in children under five, the World Health Organization (WHO) moved quickly to ...