5 Things You Might Need To Know This Week

One in six children born in sub-Saharan African do not live to See their fifth birthday - even though child mortality fell by 45% between 1990 and 2012.

Thirty million of the world's 57 million children out of school are in sub-Saharan Africa, And this is largely due to poverty and negligence.

By the year 2050 we estimate, almost one in three of the world's children under 18 Years will be of African Origin.

UNICEF and partners secured the release of more than 1000 children from armed groups in the Central African Republic in 2016, more than five times the total number of children released in 2013.

The poorest children in sub-Saharan Africa are four and a half times more likely to be out of school than the richest children.

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