Tag Archives: UNICEF
By: Emmanuel Sarpong Owusu-Ansah & Joseph Atindana It is an indisputable fact that the future of every nation or society rests on the shoulders of its youth, particularly children. This underscores the absolute need for every society to devote a … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged bbc, child, Children Youth and Family, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, National Health Insurance Scheme, Social protection, UNICEF
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By Winnie Ssanyu Sseruma Almost half the world’s population – an estimated three billion people – live in areas where malaria is transmitted. Endemic to 107 countries in the tropics and subtropics, it is responsible for around one million deaths … read more »
Posted in America, Article, Asia, Australia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Europe, Global Issues, Health, Kenya, Middle East, Niger, Nigeria, Op-ed, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Disease, HIV, HIV positive people, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Malaria, Mosquito net, sub-Saharan Africa, UNICEF
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In a hard-hitting speech, Ireland’s president calls for international framework to regulate land acquisitions in developing countries by Mark Tran Ireland’s president has called for a strong regulatory framework to cover land deals, the transfer of water and speculation on … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Anthony Lake, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dublin, Goldman Sachs, IndepthAfrica, Ireland, Morgan Stanley, UNICEF, Wall Street
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As the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) enter their last 1000 days, UNICEF but called on the Government of Ethiopia, its people and development partners to accelerate results for children, particularly for the most marginalized and vulnerable. “Ethiopia should be proud … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Benishangul-Gumuz, Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Ethiopia, Gambella, Indepth Africa Magazine, Millennium Development Goals, UNICEF
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By Bolus, Mercy Adede Ideally, providing equality of opportunity is not an option but a legal requirement for every country that have a long -term vision. A country’s future economic backbone relies on education of its youths and young people. … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Betty Mould-Iddrisu, Ghana, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kwame Nkrumah, National Union of Teachers, Ofsted, UNICEF
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Photo: Kristy Siegfried/IRIN Children in pastoral regions often seasonally migrate with their families (file photo) ADDIS ABABA, (IRIN) – Thousands of children in the pastoral regions of Ethiopia are dropping out of school despite government and donor efforts to bring … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Afar Region, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, IRIN, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Somali, Somali Region, UNICEF, United States Agency for International Development
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Keywords as define by the Collins Dictionary. Abuse: treatment of someone cruelly and violently Discipline: Practice of making people obey rules or standards and punishing them when they do not. I have had my basic and secondary education in Ghana, … read more »
Posted in Akpah Prince, Article, Education, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria
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Tagged Ghana, High school, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Middle school, Punishment, School discipline, Student, UNICEF
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“The Cheetah Generation refers to the new and angry generation of young African graduates and professionals, who look at African issues and problems from a totally different and unique perspective. They are dynamic, intellectually agile, and pragmatic. They may be … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, George Ayittey, Hippos, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, UNICEF, United Nations Capital Development Fund
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UNICEF Ethiopia has appointed the Ethiopian-born Hanna Godefa, acclaimed for her enthusiastic efforts in fund-raising for charities and such projects as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam(GERD) as goodwill Ambassador of Human Rights. Hanna signed an agreement with Shadrack Omol, officer-in-charge … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Canada, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Gastroesophageal reflux disease, GERD, Goodwill Ambassador, Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, UNICEF
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By Terra Lawson-Remer Transparency International just released its 2012 country rankings of corruption in the public sector. The index is based on a variety of corruption-related data, including public opinion polls and assessments collected from experts living and working in … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Afghanistan, Finland, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, New Zealand, North Korea, somali news, Somalia, Transparency International, UNICEF
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A “model mother” from Gelsha kebele (village) in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, Zenitu Sheperaw is 24 years old with two young children. Her first child was often sick and crying at night as an infant, but after learning about better feeding … read more »
Eritrea celebrates its 21st independence anniversary The African continent can benefit from all the accomplishments this new country Eritrea has done within its life span of only 21 years. Eritrea, despite the obstacles faced, with its consistent and undivided attention … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Featured 1, News
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Tagged Asmara, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, Isaias Afewerki, Massawa, UNICEF, United States
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Tanzania could save over 8,000 children’s lives by meeting its 2015 sanitation target, a new report released on Thursday by the international aid agency, WaterAid, has said. The lives of 8,448 children could be saved in Tanzania if it met … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, News, Tanzania
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Tagged Drinking water, MDG, Millennium Development Goal, sub-Saharan Africa, Tanzania, UNICEF, WaterAid, World Bank
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Although little was initially known about the footage, its content shocked viewers. Facebook groups such as Ethiopians Against Child Abuse and Stop Child Abuse in Ethiopia quickly sprang up to condemn the violence. Rumours quickly began to swirl around, some … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, Ethiopia, News, News Video, Video
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Africa news, African news, Arba Minch University, Canada, Ethiopia, Facebook, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Labrador, UNICEF
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Mbabane – One in four households in Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, were hit by the rising cost of food and even forced to skip meals, Unicef said in a report on Friday. “The report showed that households with family … read more »
Posted in Hottest News, News, Southern Africa, Swaziland
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Tagged Absolute monarchy, africa african news, Friday, Government, HIV, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, South Africa, Swaziland, UNICEF
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Dakar – The United Nations Children’s Fund on Tuesday appealed to western African governments to prevent a new cholera outbreak, after the disease claimed nearly 3 000 lives there last year. Unicef’s regional bureau said that “at least 105 248 … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African, African news, Central Africa, Cholera, Government, Haiti, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, Sahel, UNICEF, United Nations
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Over one billion children now live in the world’s cities. Many of these do not enjoy the benefits of schooling or healthcare and instead are born into endemic cycles of poverty, harsh living conditions, violence and slums at best or … read more »
Posted in America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Global Issues, Middle East
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Children's rights, Holocaust, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Politics, Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey, UNICEF, United Arab Emirates, United Nations, White House
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By Busani Mpofu The World Bank estimated urban poverty in Zimbabwe in 1990/91 to be 12 percent while the 1995 Poverty Assessment Study found urban poverty to be 39 percent. In January 2009, Save the Children estimated that 10 out … read more »
Posted in Article, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Harare, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Poverty, Robert Mugabe, South Africa, UNICEF, World Bank, Zimbabwe
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By Alex Duval Smith in Porto Novo – Guardian Last year Benin announced free treatment for malaria, and has now followed up by cracking down on fake drugs and recruiting an army of outreach health workers In the markets of … read more »
Posted in Benin, Special Reports
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Tagged Benin, Chloroquine, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Katine, Lancet, Malaria, Porto-Novo, UNICEF
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In the same year that the FUKUS-Axis armed terrorists, rapists, torturers, murderers, arsonists, racists, thieves, looters and blackmailers in Libya, children in twenty-five countries were in need of humanitarian assistance. Libya was not one of these. Now it is. … read more »
Posted in Global Issues
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Tagged African people, Axis Powers, France, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Libyan, NATO, UNICEF
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November 15, 2011 by benim
Nairobi – The UN’s children agency says an increasing number of children and civilians are being caught in attacks and crossfire across south and central Somalia. Unicef said on Tuesday that 24 children were killed in conflict in Somalia in … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Kenya, Mogadishu, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, October, Pan African News, Somalia, Southern Africa, UNICEF, United Nations, West Africa
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November 3, 2011 by benim
Harare – The Zimbabwean government and Unicef on Thursday launched an $85m fund to buy textbooks for secondary schools in an effort to revive the education sector after years of inadequate funding. The donation will pay for seven million textbooks, … read more »
Posted in News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Harare, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, John Nkomo, Morgan Tsvangirai, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, Pan African News, Robert Mugabe, Southern Africa, UNICEF, West Africa, Zimbabwe
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November 3, 2011 by benim
Luanda – The northern Angolan province of Uige has declared a state of medical emergency after a 14-month-old boy tested positive for polio, which has made a resurgence in the country, Unicef said on Thursday. The boy, who was not … read more »
Posted in Angola, News, North Africa
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Tagged Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pakistan, Pan African News, Poliomyelitis, Quimbele, Rui Vaz, Southern Africa, UNICEF, West Africa, World Health Organization
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November 3, 2011 by benim
The Duchess of Cambridge has disclosed plans to visit famine-hit areas of East Africa to draw attention to what she described as the “shocking” plight of starving children. During a visit to a Unicef aid depot in Copenhagen, the Duchess … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, News
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Tagged Copenhagen, Duchess, Duke, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Kenya, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, Southern Africa, UNICEF, West Africa
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October 17, 2011 by benim
Harare – At least seven children have died from a suspected diarrhoea outbreak which has affected over 6 000 children in two towns in Zimbabwe over the past week, a state newspaper said on Sunday. “Seven children died in Masvingo … read more »
Posted in Health, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Cholera, Diarrhea, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, infectious disease, Masvingo, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Sunday Mail, UNICEF, West Africa, Zimbabwe
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September 10, 2011 by benim
Harare – The European Union, through its Essential Medicines Support Programme (EMSP), is giving Zimbabwe a $14m grant. The European Commission, the government of Zimbabwe and Unicef will sign a grant document for the Essential Medicines Support Programme. The grant … read more »
Posted in Health, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged European Commission, European External Action Service, European Union, Government, Henry Madzorera, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, UNICEF, West Africa, Zimbabwe
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September 9, 2011 by benim
Harare – Thousands of children die each year in Zimbabwe from HIV-related illnesses, often because they have no access to life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs, the state-run Herald newspaper reported on Thursday. “Between 6 000 and 7 000 die per year as … read more »
Posted in News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged AIDS, child, Harare, Health, HIV, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, UNICEF, United Nations, West Africa, Zimbabwe
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Abuja – A witness said he saw “scattered bodies” after a large explosion struck the UN’s main office in Nigeria’s capital on Friday, flattening one wing of the building. “I saw scattered bodies,” said Michael Ofilaje, a Unicef worker at … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Abuja, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb, All Africa, Arab League, Associated Press, Ban Ki-moon, bokoharam, breaking news, Building, East Africa, Geneva, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, UNICEF, United Nations, West Africa
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Fears are mounting that a cholera epidemic could spread rapidly among the hundreds of thousands of people living in often unsanitary conditions in Mogadishu after fleeing drought, famine and insecurity. “The number of cases is two or even three times … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Cholera, East Africa, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Mogadishu, North Africa, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Pan African News, Somalia, Southern Africa, UNICEF, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, West Africa, World Health Organization
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Nairobi – For Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked rebels, the drought devastating parts of the country is being exploited by external enemies, claiming that local Muslims were adequately addressing the crisis. The Al-Shabaab insurgents have expelled several foreign aid groups from regions under … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, Al-Qaeda, Al-Shabaab, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, East Africa, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jonathan, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, Nigeria politics, North Africa, Pan African News, Shabeellaha Hoose, Somalia, Southern Africa, UNICEF, United Nations, West Africa, World Food Programme
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