UNICEF engages Bauchi monarchs in polio vaccine campaign

The United Nations Children’s Fund has disclosed it success in getting the support of the traditional rulers in Bauchi State in the campaign against polio and other deadly childhood diseases. Arewa PUNCH investigations reveal that in a bid to ensure …

UNICEF UK’s Martyn Dicker: ‘We’re reporting on six pay gaps and counting – it’s a blunt tool, but it’s still a tool’

Polio: UNICEF Warns Gombe Ahead Of Immunization Campaign

GOMBE – The Bauchi Field Office of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has appealed to all stakeholders in Gombe State to see themselves as warriors in the fight against polio during the current campaign to eradicate the disease from Nigeria. The …

Thousands of children subject to sexual violence in eastern DRC: Unicef

Children including toddlers represent more than a third of victims in nearly 10,000 cases of rape and other forms of sexual violence committed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the first two months of the year, the UN children's agency …

Nearly 825,000 children in Sudan's El Fasher face risk of death: UNICEF

People who fled the Zamzam camp for the internally displaced after it fell under RSF control, rest in a makeshift encampment in an open field near the town of Tawila in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region on April 13, 2025. (Photo by AFP) New York: …

Strengthening Senegal’s Health Systems At The Community Level

UNICEF USA visited Senegal in February 2025 for a firsthand look at how UNICEF is addressing the needs of girls and women alongside local partners. Here's what we learned. In Abbecouta, Senegal, women treat water at home with purification tablets, a …

Why Katy Perry’s celebrity spaceflight blazed a trail for climate breakdown

What’s not to like about an all-female celebrity crew riding a rocket into space? Quite a lot, as it turns out. Katy Perry and her companions were initially portrayed in the media as breaking down gender barriers. On their return to Earth, the team …

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov held a meeting with the vice-presidents of the Charity Fund

National Leader of the Turkmen people, Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov visited the city of Arkadag, where he held a working meeting with the vice-presidents of the Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Charitable Foundation for …

“Cash became a commodity”: The liquidity crisis compounding suffering in Gaza

For over a year, the humanitarian crisis caused by Israel’s military campaign and siege of the Gaza Strip has been compounded by the extreme difficulty of accessing cash in the enclave, intertwining the struggle for survival with the challenge of obtaining …

Daily life in Gaza worsens as Palestinians go over a month without aid

Day-to-day life in Gaza is becoming increasingly dire as Palestinians have gone over one month without access to humanitarian aid.  The UN humanitarian office OCHA warned this week that it is now “likely the worst it has been in the 18 months since the …