Work must begin “at once” to prevent a disastrous food crisis in West Africa, according to UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake. “More than one million children in the Sahel region of Africa could face life-threatening malnutrition in 2012 if the global community does not take immediate action,” Lake said in a statement. Poor harvests are [...]
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UNICEF warns of looming children’s crisis in the Sahel
4th January 2012 | by unicef | Emergency | No Comments
Côte d’Ivoire: Health centers reopen in capital Abidjan
26th April 2011 | by unicef | Emergency | No Comments
After weeks of virtual shutdown, Côte d’Ivoire’s economic capital Abidjan is slowly recovering and health centers are progressively reopening. The population stayed in their home for more than two weeks and due to shortage of staff, drugs and supplies, most health facilities in the city had to close. UNICEF has started to deliver basic kits [...]
UNICEF unloads first supplies for families displaced by conflict in Côte d’Ivoire
19th April 2011 | by unicef | Emergency | No Comments
After four months of conflict, the dark clouds of political uncertainty are slowly clearing in Côte d’Ivoire. For the first time since the crisis began following presidential elections there last November, UNICEF was able to airlift medical, nutrition, education, water and sanitation supplies to the country at the weekend. Video: UNICEF correspondent Chris Niles reports [...]
UNICEF airlifts emergency aid for those displaced by the conflict in Côte d’Ivoire
16th April 2011 | by unicef | Emergency | No Comments
DUÉKOÉ / MAN, Côte d’Ivoire, 15 April 2011 – “Duékoué is far west, we need to find our way back to normal,” said Ibrahim, 39, head of an extended family of eight who found shelter at one of the sites for displaced people in the city of Man in western Côte d’Ivoire. Field report by [...]
UNICEF airlifts over 60 tons of relief supplies to Côte d’Ivoire
15th April 2011 | by unicef | Emergency | No Comments
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 15 April 2011 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is airlifting over 60 tons of medical, nutrition, education and water and sanitation supplies to Côte d’Ivoire, where the humanitarian situation of the population has seriously deteriorated after days of intense fighting in Abidjan. Medical kits will allow health workers to treat [...]
UNICEF delivers supplies in Cote d’Ivoire capital Abidjan
13th April 2011 | by unicef | Emergency | No Comments
UNICEF has been able to deliver supplies in the embattled capital city of Cote D’Ivoire for the first time in weeks. The supplies included medicine, nutritional supplements, soap and blankets. The agency is also preparing for its first airlift since the fighting begun as 32 metric tons of humanitarian supplies are due to land in [...]
Worsening violence in Cote d’Ivoire and its alarming impact on children.
9th April 2011 | by unicef | Emergency | No Comments
UNICEF continues to be gravely concerned by the ongoing violence in Cote d’Ivoire and its alarming impact on children. Thousands of civilians remain stranded in their homes in Abidjan with limited or no access to food and water, and UNICEF is receiving reports of wounded people, including children, brought in for medical treatment in IDP [...]
Challenges in reaching children and families as fighting flares across Côte d’Ivoire
3rd April 2011 | by unicef | Emergency | No Comments
UNICEF staff in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire have been trapped in their offices for a second day, as forces loyal to President-elect Alassane Ouattara made an assault on the country’s commercial capital, Abidjan, in a bid to oust outgoing President Laurent Gbagbo and put an end to a political stalemate that has now lasted for four [...]
UNICEF is mobilizing staff and relief supplies in both Tunisia and Egypt
19th March 2011 | by unicef | Emergency | No Comments
By 9 March, an estimated 115,000 people had crossed the border into Tunisia to escape the growing conflict in Libya. An additional 101,000 people have also crossed from Libya into Egypt, creating emergency conditions in all three countries. A total of 227,000 people have fled Libya; they are primarily male migrant workers, both returnees and [...]
UNICEF supplies arrive near Tunisian-Libyan border
16th March 2011 | by unicef | Emergency | No Comments
Some 47 tons of UNICEF supplies have arrived in the town of Ben Guerdane near the Tunisian-Libyan border, to cover needs in the areas of health, child protection, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene. “As more families are crossing the border to flee the violence, UNICEF and partners are stepping up their response to meet their [...]
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