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UNICEF calls for the protection of children, schools and health facilities following deadly attacks in Mali

Publication date: May 4, 2026

The recent attacks in Bamako, Mopti, Gao, Kati and Kidal that started on 25 April 2026 have shown, yet again, that it is children who are paying the highest price of ongoing violence in Mali.

Migration systems and policies must uphold the rights of children – UNICEF

Publication date: May 4, 2026

As countries convene for the International Migration Review Forum, the world faces a global turning point in how migration systems affect children. Globally, new laws, enforcement practices, and bilateral arrangements are rapidly changing.

Restrictions on girls’ education and women’s employment in Afghanistan could lead to a loss of over 25,000 female teachers and health workers by 2030 - UNICEF

Publication date: April 28, 2026

Over a million girls denied the right to learn since ban imposed on secondary education in 2021.

A girl in a white hijab is writing in a notebook, seated on a carpet.

Hunger intensifies in South Sudan as 7.8 million people face high acute food insecurity and 2.2 million children suffer acute malnutrition

Publication date: April 28, 2026

Conflict and displacement drive worsening crisis, with risk of famine in hardest-hit areas; nearly 700,000 children in danger of severe and deadly malnutrition.

A caregiver holds a young child on her lap. The child wears a red and black outfit as a medical worker measures the child's upper arm with a MUAC tape to assess malnutrition.

Twenty years after global outcry, children in Darfur face a deeper crisis and far less attention

Publication date: April 28, 2026

New UNICEF Child Alert warns violence, hunger, and displacement are once again defining childhood in one of Sudan’s most conflict-affected regions

A vast refugee camp with numerous makeshift tents made of branches and tarps, under a clear sky.

"Children in Darfur have reached a breaking point”

Publication date: April 28, 2026

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Sudan Representative Sheldon Yett – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

A young child with a serious expression, wearing a yellow headscarf and blue shirt, peeks from behind a curtain

The enduring resilience of children of the Central Sahel in the midst of crisis

Publication date: April 27, 2026

Statement by UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban after visiting Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali.

Famine a harsh reality for children as acute hunger numbers double over past decade

Publication date: April 24, 2026

This is a summary of remarks by UNICEF Deputy Spokesperson Ricardo Pires – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

Largest catch-up initiative delivers over 100 million childhood vaccinations

Publication date: April 24, 2026

The Big Catch-Up, launched during World Immunization Week 2023, has delivered over 100 million vaccine doses to an estimated 18.3 million children across 36 countries.

A healthcare worker administers a vaccine to a young boy sitting calmly, with an adult’s supportive hand on his shoulder.

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s remarks at the Humanitarian Dialogue – Humanitarian Priorities for Children in 2026

Publication date: April 24, 2026

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UNICEF calls for the protection of children, schools and health facilities following deadly attacks in Mali

Migration systems and policies must uphold the rights of children – UNICEF

Restrictions on girls’ education and women’s employment in Afghanistan could lead to a loss of over 25,000 female teachers and health workers by 2030 - UNICEF

Hunger intensifies in South Sudan as 7.8 million people face high acute food insecurity and 2.2 million children suffer acute malnutrition

Twenty years after global outcry, children in Darfur face a deeper crisis and far less attention

"Children in Darfur have reached a breaking point”

The enduring resilience of children of the Central Sahel in the midst of crisis

Famine a harsh reality for children as acute hunger numbers double over past decade

Largest catch-up initiative delivers over 100 million childhood vaccinations

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s remarks at the Humanitarian Dialogue – Humanitarian Priorities for Children in 2026

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