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More than a million children in Southern Somalia in need of lifesaving assistance
NEW YORK (July 29, 2011) — With an estimated 1.25 million children across southern Somalia in urgent need of lifesaving care and 640,000 children acutely malnourished , UNICEF calls for all actors to...
Musicians join forces with UNICEF to save children in Horn of Africa during 'Month of Giving'
GRAMMY-Winning Concert for Bangladesh Album Makes its Digital Debut on iTunes for the 40th Anniversary of Legendary Show; Sales Benefit the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF NEW YORK (July 26, 2011) —...
UNICEF provides lifeline to protect malnourished children from killer diseases in the Horn of Africa
NEW YORK (July 26, 2011) — This week UNICEF, the Kenya Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a vaccination campaign for children living in communities around the Dadaab...
UNICEF scaling up operations to respond to urgent needs in Horn of Africa
NEW YORK (July 22, 2011) — With famine now declared in two regions of Southern Somalia and malnutrition rates at emergency levels in arid and semi-arid regions across the Horn of Africa , nearly 720...
Congolese NBA basketball star to champion children’s cause in Congo Brazzaville
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of the Congo (July 21, 2011) — UNICEF Brazzaville will host National Basketball Association star and Oklahoma City Thunder Forward Serge Ibaka , in a visit to the Republic of the...
Famine declared in parts of Somalia by the UN
NEW YORK (July 20, 2011) — The United Nations declared today a famine in two regions of southern Somalia: southern Bakool and Lower Shabelle. More than half a million children in Somalia are acutely...
Situation in Horn of Africa set to get worse for millions of children
NAIROBI, Kenya (July 17, 2011) – UNICEF has called for an immediate expansion of assistance across the Horn of Africa’s drought affected communities, to address the dire needs of more than two million...
Two million children at risk of starvation in Horn of Africa
NEW YORK (July 12, 2011) — More than two million young children are malnourished in drought-affected Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Djibouti, half a million of whom require immediate life-saving...
Mines and explosive remnants of war threaten children’s lives in Libya
NEW YORK (June 11, 2011) – As the crisis in Libya drags into its fifth month, children are at increasing risk of exposure to mines and explosive remnants of war (ERWs). This risk has been compounded...
UNICEF: over two million children are threatened by crisis in the Horn of Africa
NAIROBI/GENEVA/NEW YORK, (July 8, 2011) — UNICEF estimates that over two million young children are malnourished and in need of urgent lifesaving actions, if they are to survive conditions in drought...