Press Releases

From cholera in Yemen to attacks on hospitals in Syria, conflict threatens lives of over 24 million children in the Middle East and North Africa

Publication date: May 23, 2017

Violence and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa have put in jeopardy the health of 24 million children in Yemen, Syria, the Gaza Strip, Iraq, Libya and Sudan.

Five-fold increase in number of refugee and migrant children traveling alone since 2010 – UNICEF

Publication date: May 17, 2017

Ahead of G7, UNICEF urges world leaders to adopt six-point action agenda to keep refugee and migrant children safe

More than one million children have fled escalating violence in South Sudan

Publication date: May 8, 2017

More than one million children have now fled South Sudan where escalating conflict is ravaging the country, UNICEF and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today.

UNICEF statement on release of Chibok school girls abducted by Boko Haram

Publication date: May 7, 2017

UNICEF welcomes Saturday’s release of over 80 of the girls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at their school in Chibok over three years ago.

Urgent action needed to protect children in ‘forgotten crisis’ in Central African Republic: UNICEF

Publication date: May 5, 2017

Without increased support, the lives and futures of more than 1 million children in the Central African Republic are under threat, UNICEF said today.

Projected number of severely malnourished Somali children up 50 percent

Publication date: May 2, 2017

Somali children face triple threat of drought, disease and displacement

UNICEF Advocate Ishmael Beah helps give a voice to young people affected by the conflict in Syria

Publication date: April 27, 2017

“Young people who survive war have an amazing ability to persevere and become champions of peace”

UNICEF reaches almost half of the world’s children with life-saving vaccines

Publication date: April 26, 2017

Despite progress, millions of children still miss out on life-saving immunization

Race against time to save millions of lives in Yemen

Publication date: April 24, 2017

The continuing violence in Yemen is fueling one of the worst hunger crises in the world, with nearly seven million people not knowing where their next meal will come from and in desperate need of food assistance. Nearly 2.2 million children are malnourished, including half a million who are severely malnourished and at imminent risk of death if they do not receive urgent care and specialized treatment.

1.5 million children affected by violence in Kasai region of Democratic Republic of Congo

Publication date: April 21, 2017

The crisis in the Greater Kasaï region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is having a devastating impact on children, UNICEF warned today. More than 1.5 million children, including 600,000 who have already been displaced from their homes, are at risk due to the extreme violence.