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Thousands of children at risk after devastating earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan

Publication date: September 1, 2025

Statement by UNICEF Afghanistan Representative, Dr. Tajudeen Oyewale, on the earthquake in Nangarhar and Kunar provinces

Thousands of children at risk after devastating earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan

Four children reportedly killed in wave of deadly attacks on Kyiv, Ukraine

Publication date: August 28, 2025

Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, Regina De Dominicis

Four children reportedly killed in wave of deadly attacks on Kyiv, Ukraine

After 500 days under siege, children in Sudan’s Al Fasher face starvation, mass displacement, and deadly violence - UNICEF

Publication date: August 27, 2025

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 warned today.

Amani carries her newborn baby next to her makeshift shelter in Tawila where she fled with her family after intensified fighting back home in Al Fasher, North Darfur.

Fast facts: 1 in 4 people globally still lack access to safe drinking water – WHO, UNICEF

Publication date: August 26, 2025

To mark World Water Week 2025, new report highlights persistent inequalities, with vulnerable communities left behind

Fast facts: 1 in 4 people globally still lack access to safe drinking water – WHO, UNICEF

Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza

Publication date: August 22, 2025

FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger and malnutrition

Children in Sudan ‘reduced to skin and bones’ as UNICEF calls for urgent action

Publication date: August 5, 2025

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

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban's remarks following his recent travel to Israel, Gaza & the West Bank

Publication date: August 5, 2025

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban's remarks to media on his recent travel to Israel, Gaza & the West Bank

Over 640,000 children under five at risk as cholera spreads in Sudan’s North Darfur State

Publication date: August 5, 2025

UNICEF calls for sustained, unimpeded access to fight the deadly outbreak

A lifeline of hope: UNICEF Canada Receives $1 million from Slaight Family Foundation to Prevent and Treat Malnutrition in Ethiopia

Publication date: July 30, 2025

Thousands of children in Ethiopia will benefit from this generous support.

UN Agencies warn key food and nutrition indicators exceed famine thresholds in Gaza

Publication date: July 29, 2025

Gaza faces the severe risk of famine as food consumption and nutrition indicators have reached their worst levels since the conflict began, according to data shared in the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) Alert.

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Thousands of children at risk after devastating earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan

Four children reportedly killed in wave of deadly attacks on Kyiv, Ukraine

After 500 days under siege, children in Sudan’s Al Fasher face starvation, mass displacement, and deadly violence - UNICEF

Fast facts: 1 in 4 people globally still lack access to safe drinking water – WHO, UNICEF

Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza

Children in Sudan ‘reduced to skin and bones’ as UNICEF calls for urgent action

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban's remarks following his recent travel to Israel, Gaza & the West Bank

Over 640,000 children under five at risk as cholera spreads in Sudan’s North Darfur State

A lifeline of hope: UNICEF Canada Receives $1 million from Slaight Family Foundation to Prevent and Treat Malnutrition in Ethiopia

UN Agencies warn key food and nutrition indicators exceed famine thresholds in Gaza

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