Tag: UNICEF
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UNICEF condemns abduction of 21 children in Katsina
United Nations Children’s Fund has condemned the recent abduction of 21 children in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State saying that the report was worrisome. The UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Cristian Munduate, stated this in a media statement made available to journalists in Bauchi on Friday. She described it as a “reprehensible” abduction of…
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UNICEF Launches Campaign to Boost COVID-19 Vaccinations in Africa
UNICEF on Wednesday started an eight-week campaign to help boost COVID-19 vaccinations across Africa. UNICEF said the first-ever U-Report Challenge which came a week after COVAX delivered its billionth dose in Rwanda, called on all 13.3 million U-Reporters in Africa to help get vaccines to the unvaccinated. A statement issued in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi…