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- The conflicts and crises across the Middle East and North Africa are experiencing ongoing flashpoints that are altering children’s lives, often irreparably. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Statement by UNICEF on AI-generated sexualised images of children: ‘Deepfake abuse is abuse’. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- More than 450,000 children are at risk of acute malnutrition as the hostilities are causing mass displacement and halting of critical health and nutrition services in Jonglei state. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- In Darfur today, reaching a single child can take days of negotiation, security clearances, and travel across sand roads under shifting frontlines. t.co/0cul8aYRqg
- Almost two and a half years of attacks on Gaza’s schooling have left an entire generation at risk. Sixty per cent of school-aged children in Gaza currently have no access to in-person learning. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- For the first time in many months, there are signs that an imperfect, fragile but vital ceasefire is making a difference in the lives of over one million children. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- After more than two years of restrictions, UNICEF has been allowed to bring recreational kits to the Gaza Strip to support children’s learning, wellbeing, and resilience. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- The exceptionally heavy rains that we’ve seen during the first weeks of January have triggered a rapidly escalating emergency across vast swathes of Mozambique. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- UNICEF calls for the protection of all children from all forms of violence and harm. See the statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Edouard Beigbeder calling for the protection of children amid public unrest in Iran. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Since fighting erupted in April 2023, Sudan has become one of the largest and most devastating humanitarian crises in the world, pushing millions of children to the brink of survival. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- New data from UNICEF’s latest SMART survey in Um Baru locality, in Sudan’s North Darfur, reveals that more than half of children assessed were acutely malnourished. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Since 1 December, intense fighting has displaced more than 500,000 people, including over 100,000 children inside South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- See the remarks by UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell, at the launch of UNICEF’s Humanitarian Action for Children Appeal for 2026. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- The cholera outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has had a devastating impact tallying 64,427 total cases since the start of the year, including 1,888 deaths, with children accounting for 14,818 cases and 340 deaths. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Over 100,000 people, around two thirds of them children, have been displaced in northern Mozambique during the month of November, following attacks against civilians. www.unicef.org/press-releases/surge-violence-pushes-children-breaking-point-northern-mozambique
- More than 340 educational facilities in Ukraine have been damaged or destroyed this year bringing the total number of schools damaged or destroyed to 2,800 since the escalation of the war in February 2022. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- UNICEF strongly condemns the reported attack on a Government Girls School in the Maga community of Kebbi State, in Northwest Nigeria, which resulted in the death of the school’s Vice-Principal of the school and the reported abduction of 25 students. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Nearly 477,000 children are experiencing significant disruptions to their schooling due to damaged or temporarily closed schools across Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica. According to UNICEF’s most recent assessment, 900,000 children are in humanitarian need. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Famine conditions confirmed in Sudan’s Al Fasher and Kadugli but hunger and malnutrition ease where conflict subsides - @unicef.org @wfp.org @fao.org www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- More than 2 million children in South Sudan are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition during the 2026 lean season, from April to July. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Several days of torrential rains, storm surges and catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Melissa have impacted the lives of more than 700,000 children across the Caribbean, according to UNICEF estimates. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Today, more than 12 million children across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda, and Burundi depend on humanitarian aid simply to survive. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- As Hurricane Melissa is moving slowly across the Caribbean Sea, the winds, torrential rains, and flash flooding have put at least 1.6 million children at risk, according to UNICEF estimates. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- The start of the latest ceasefire in the Gaza Strip delivered long-awaited relief for families, where it offers a vital chance for the survival, safety and dignity of children. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- “Sudan is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis - and children are paying the highest price” www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- IOM, UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP urge immediate action to address escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan. “What I witnessed in Darfur and elsewhere this week is a stark reminder of what is at stake" UNICEF's Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- One month after a devastating 6.3-magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks struck eastern Afghanistan, over 212,000 surviving children remain at severe risk of deadly disease outbreaks. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Maldives makes history as the first country to achieve Triple Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis & hepatitis B. UNICEF is proud to have supported this journey towards a healthier start in life #ForEveryChild💙 www.unicef.org/maldives/pre...
- Children in Haiti today wake up not knowing if they will be able to go to school safely, find food, or even survive the day without being hit by a stray bullet. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- At least 17 children – 9 girls and 8 boys, including an infant just seven days old – were killed in an attack on the Dar al-Arqam Displacement Centre in Al Fasher, North Darfur, early yesterday morning, according to reports received by UNICEF. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- The number of children displaced by violence in Haiti has almost doubled in the past year, with 680,000 now uprooted from their homes, according to a new UNICEF Child Alert report released today. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- 'Israeli strikes on Gaza City and other parts of the Gaza Strip continue. We call on Israel to ensure the full protection of the lives of all civilians. 'For the sake of all children in Gaza, this war must end now.' Statement from UNICEF Executive Director on Gaza www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell met with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican today to focus world attention on the plight of vulnerable children, especially those impacted by conflict, poverty and the global foreign aid funding and debt crises. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Nearly 45,000 doses of the Ebola vaccine are on their way to Kasai province in DR Congo as UNICEF intensifies efforts. Since the outbreak was declared on 5 September, 47 suspected and confirmed cases have been reported, including 14 among children. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- UNICEF is deeply shocked and concerned by the killing of ten children in ten days in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- “Initial reports indicate that at least 11 children, aged 6 to 15, were killed in the deadly attack, which hit not only the mosque, but also adjacent homes. Many more children were injured.” At least 11 children reportedly killed in attack in Sudan’s North Darfur www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Statement by UNICEF on the theft of lifesaving therapeutic food for thousands of children in Gaza www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- The percentage of children identified as acutely malnourished in screenings across Gaza increased to 13.5 per cent in August, from 8.3 per cent in July. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Obesity surpassed underweight as the more prevalent form of malnutrition this year, affecting 1 in 10 – or 188 million – school-aged children and adolescents, and placing them at risk of life-threatening diseases. New UNICEF nutrition report out today. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Gaza City is fast becoming a place where childhood cannot survive. The world is sounding the alarm about what an intensified military offensive could bring - a catastrophe for the almost 1 million people who remain there. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Global funding cuts could force 6 million more children out of school in the coming year. New UNICEF analysis: www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Grave rights violations against children in #Haiti or anywhere in the world cannot be tolerated. Every child deserves a chance to be safe, healthy & to live in peace. Peace can only be forged & sustained when children are prioritized & protected.👇 www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- “A wave of deadly attacks hit Kyiv during the early hours of this morning – reportedly killing four children, including a toddler. At least 10 children were reportedly injured. The children were at home in their beds, trying to sleep." @unicef-ukraine.bsky.social www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- After 500 days under siege, the city of Al Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur has become an epicentre of child suffering, with malnutrition, disease, and violence claiming young lives daily - @unicef.org www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- 1 in 4 people globally still lack access to safe drinking water. A new report by WHO and UNICEF highlights persistent inequalities, with vulnerable communities - including children - left behind. Media fact sheet with key findings: www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- With millions returning to Afghanistan, UNICEF calls for a safe, dignified, voluntary and phased approach and increased support for children and families www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- Reposted by UNICEF Press Office"In July alone, nearly 12,000 children in Gaza were identified as acutely malnourished - The highest monthly figure ever recorded. “This is clear evidence that malnutrition is accelerating rapidly, putting young lives at grave risk.”
- Children in Sudan ‘reduced to skin and bones’ as UNICEF calls for urgent action “The world must not look away. Not now.” www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- "You see the images on the news, and you know what has happened, but it is still shocking when you are there. "The marks of deep suffering and hunger were visible on the faces of families and children." UNICEF's Ted Chaiban following his visit to Gaza www.unicef.org/press-releas...
- An estimated 80,000 children are at high risk of cholera, as the rainy season begins across West and Central Africa. www.unicef.org/press-releas...
