UN News All • April 27, 2026 12:00

Central Sahel: Millions of children in humanitarian need, UNICEF official warns

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Nearly 7.5 million children across the Central Sahel region in Africa are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance – “an emergency that remains too far from the attention of the international community,” a senior official with the UN child rights agency UNICEF has said. 

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