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At least one million children facing emergency levels of food insecurity in Haiti

Publication date: April 17, 2025

Risk of famine looms as armed violence and economic conditions continue to push families to the brink

A child in Haiti looks towards the camera.

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Publication date: April 16, 2025

Since January, more than one million people – including an estimated 400,000 children – have been displaced by violence in the eastern provinces of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu.

Judith, a mother of three, sits in front of her shelter with her child after receiving essential household items at the distribution site in Rugari, Rutshuru territory, North Kivu province, DR Congo, on 27 February 2025.

Number of children in need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan doubles as conflict enters third year amid ‘perfect storm’ of threats to children

Publication date: April 15, 2025

15 million children in need as violence, hunger, and disease increase, and growing constraints on access and funding compound challenges

Children walk back home from a UNICEF-supported child friendly space in Al Houri internally displaced people’s (IDP) camp in Gedaref State.

Approximately 3,500 children have died in the central Mediterranean over the past 10 years – UNICEF

Publication date: April 15, 2025

18 April marks 10 years since a catastrophic shipwreck off the coast of Italy killed more than 1,000 people, including children.

A child reported raped every half an hour in eastern DRC, as violence rages amid a growing funding crisis

Publication date: April 11, 2025

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF spokesperson James Elder – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

A child reported raped every half an hour in eastern DRC, as violence rages amid a growing funding crisis

Publication date: April 11, 2025

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF spokesperson James Elder – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

Aid cuts threaten fragile progress in ending maternal deaths, UN agencies warn

Publication date: April 7, 2025

Countries must recommit to ending deaths in childbirth amid major headwinds

A mother with newborn getting doctor's assessment in Pakistan

At least 322 children reportedly killed in the Gaza Strip following breakdown of ceasefire

Publication date: April 1, 2025

The resurgence of relentless and indiscriminate bombardments, combined with the complete block on supplies entering the Gaza Strip for more than three weeks, has put the humanitarian response under severe strain and Gaza’s civilians – especially its one million children – at grave risk.

A Gazan child stands on top of rubble in Northern Gaza.

UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note: The impact of the earthquake in Myanmar on children

Publication date: April 1, 2025

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF’s Deputy Representative, Julia Rees – to whom quoted text may be attributed – on the current situation in Myanmar at today’s Palais briefing.

Children and families take shelter in makeshift outdoor spaces in Mandalay, Myanmar, following the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck on 28 March 2025.

Millions of children at grave risk following Myanmar’s deadliest earthquake in decades

Publication date: March 30, 2025

UNICEF calls for urgent response as homes, schools, hospitals and critical infrastructure have sustained severe damage.

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At least one million children facing emergency levels of food insecurity in Haiti

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell briefing to the United Nations Security Council on the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Number of children in need of humanitarian assistance in Sudan doubles as conflict enters third year amid ‘perfect storm’ of threats to children

Approximately 3,500 children have died in the central Mediterranean over the past 10 years – UNICEF

A child reported raped every half an hour in eastern DRC, as violence rages amid a growing funding crisis

A child reported raped every half an hour in eastern DRC, as violence rages amid a growing funding crisis

Aid cuts threaten fragile progress in ending maternal deaths, UN agencies warn

At least 322 children reportedly killed in the Gaza Strip following breakdown of ceasefire

UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note: The impact of the earthquake in Myanmar on children

Millions of children at grave risk following Myanmar’s deadliest earthquake in decades

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