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UNHCR Airlifts Aid to Mogadishu
The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, will fly its first humanitarian airlift to Somalia in five years next week, the agency said at a briefing in Geneva on Friday. The first of three planned flights is scheduled to land in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on August...
Children Still Suffer in Pakistan with Continuing Aftermath of 2010 Floods
A year after the most devastating floods in living memory in Pakistan ravaged an area the size of the UK along the River Indus, affecting at least 18 million people, according to the UN, a series of reports by humanitarian organizations say victims of...
Mozambique Launches Updated Version of Its Social Statistics, Demography And Economics Database
Mozambique´s National Institute of Statistics with the support from the United Nations Children Education Fund, UNICEF, on Thursday launched an updated version of the Social Statistics, Demography and Economics database, UNICEF revealed on Thursday.
Nigeria Urged to Stamp Out Environmental Hazards Like Defecating in the Open
The UNICEF Country Representative in Nigeria, Dr Suomi Sakai, has urged Nigeria to stamp out environmental hazards of defecating in the open and reduce the high rate of water-borne diseases in rural communities across the country.
Making Zimbabwe’s Water Safer
A combined effort by donor agencies, foreign governments, local organizations and the Zimbabwean government is slowly improving the water infrastructure while reducing the chances that cholera will return.
Children Still in DRC Prisons Despite Law
Two years after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) promulgated the Law on Child Protection, an estimated 3,000 children remain in prisons across the country.
Spotlight Shines on South Africa’s Street Children
As South Africa marks the end of the Child Protection Week, government turned its focus to children living on the street by launching a national strategy for children living and working on the streets.
World Food Programme Moving a Million Books to Guinea-Bissau Schools
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun moving around a million books to almost 1,000 Guinea-Bissau schools on behalf of the UN children’s agency, UNICEF.
