DR Congo: UNICEF delivers vaccines and life-saving support as Ebola outbreak hits Kasai Publication date: September 24, 2025 UNICEF teams are working around the clock in Kasai, together with the Ministry of Health, other UN agencies, and local partners.
Ten children killed in ten days in Port-au-Prince Publication date: September 24, 2025 Statement by UNICEF Representative in Haiti, Geeta Narayan
At least 11 children reportedly killed in attack on a mosque in Sudan’s North Darfur State Publication date: September 22, 2025 Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell
Statement by UNICEF on the theft of lifesaving therapeutic food for thousands of children in Gaza Publication date: September 19, 2025 "This theft has denied at least 2,700 severely and acutely malnourished children of life-saving Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food."
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the denial of education to adolescent girls in Afghanistan for 4 years Publication date: September 17, 2025 “In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan, which claimed the lives of 1,172 children, the critical role of educated and well-trained female health and social workers has never been clearer."
UNICEF statement on reported death of children after brutal attack on school in Rakhine State, Myanmar Publication date: September 12, 2025 The attack adds to a pattern of increasingly devastating violence in Rakhine State, with children and families paying the ultimate price.
Children make more than half of all deaths in the aftermath of Afghanistan earthquake Publication date: September 12, 2025 Remarks by UNICEF Country Representative in Afghanistan, Dr. Tajudeen Oyewale, as delivered in the media briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva
Statement on the deadly risks for over 450,000 children in Gaza City as military attacks increase Publication date: September 12, 2025 This statement is attributable to UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder.
Devastating rate of child malnutrition in the Gaza Strip in August surpasses July record Publication date: September 11, 2025 After July IPC famine finding in Gaza City, screenings show 1 in 5 children acutely malnourished as the military offensive there escalates
UNICEF Launches US$22 Million Appeal to Support over 212,000 Children Affected by Earthquakes in Eastern Afghanistan Publication date: September 10, 2025 Life-saving humanitarian assistance to reach 400,000 people—including over 212,000 children—across the hardest-hit areas of Kunar and Nangarhar provinces over the next six months
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