Civilians trapped, children at risk, amid escalating violence in Darfur Publication date: May 1, 2025 Statement by UNICEF Representative to Sudan Sheldon Yett
Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks threaten years of progress, warn WHO, UNICEF, Gavi Publication date: April 24, 2025 Agencies call for sustained investments in immunization efforts amidst looming funding cuts
Horrific strikes reportedly kill three children and injure at least six others in Kyiv Publication date: April 24, 2025 Statement by Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Representative to Ukraine
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
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.
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.
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
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
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