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The international community is sending therapeutic food to communities in Togo, where a UN study into children's health and welfare has shown that...

The annual female genital mutilation season in Guinea-Bissau begins when schools close for the winter holidays from July to September. The UN...

At least 800 more people have been infected with cholera over the last week, bringing the total number of reported cases to 2,500 since January out...

Ms Min-Whee Kang, a Korean national, has been appointed as the new United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) Representative in The Gambia. Ms Kang,...

The Congolese government, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Justice and Peace Diocesan Commission (CJP) have signed an agreement to work together...

New findings question the extent of a nutritional crisis among the estimated 150,000 internally displaced people scattered in sites around eastern...

HARARE A diarrhoea outbreak has claimed the lives of 29 children and five adults in the last two weeks in Zimbabwe, which has been experiencing...

NAIROBI The problems associated with high malnutrition among children younger than five should be tackled now to save lives in the Dadaab and...