UN and Africa: focus on DRC, South Sudan and Ebola
Malnutrition alert for 400,000 DRC Kasai children
Malnutrition alert for 400,000 DRC Kasai children
Somali drought "tragedy continues to unfold"
“Tragic milestone”: 1 in 5 South Sudanese children now a refugee, UNICEF
Somalia children facing “triple threat” of drought, disease and displacement: UNICEF
The “triple threat” of drought, disease and displacement is taking a terrible toll on children in Somalia, according to the UN children’s agency, UNICEF. It’s projecting that the number of malnourished children there has risen by 50 per cent since the beginning of the year, to 1.4 million. Dianne Penn has been speaking to Susannah Price, chief of communications for UNICEF Somalia, who is based in Nairobi.