International African Children's Day, June 16, 1976, thousands of students demonstrated in Soweto, a black district in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The authorities deployed a large number of police forces to suppress the protests, resulting in more than 1,000 deaths and injuries, and more than 100 arrests.

On June 13, 1991, the United Nations Children's Fund announced that June 16 of that year would be the International African Children's Day.

International African Children's Day is celebrated on June 16 to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Soweto Children's Massacre that shocked the world.

The significance of International African Children's Day On June 13, 1991, the United Nations Children's Fund announced that June 16 would be the "International African Children's Day" to call attention to the African continent that is suffering from hunger, war, poverty, disease and other disasters.

Nearly 300 million children.

The International Day of the African Children aims to raise awareness of the suffering of hunger, war, poverty, disease and other sufferings suffered by African children.

Humanitarian relief organizations, including United Nations agencies, and a number of meteorological agencies recently issued a joint statement warning that the Horn of Africa is experiencing the worst drought in decades due to a lack of rain for four consecutive years.

In the first quarter of this year, Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia reported significant increases in the number of severely malnourished children receiving treatment compared with previous years.