Press Releases

Burkina Faso: New academic year starts with one million children out of school due to ongoing violence and insecurity – UNICEF

Publication date: October 3, 2023

At least 6,000 schools remain closed; despite challenges, more than 3.8 million children are back in their classrooms.

A girl hold a blue UNICEF backpack in front of a classroom full of students.

More than 16,000 children are displaced following Libya floods - UNICEF

Publication date: September 28, 2023

Many more remain at risk and are in need of urgent access to essential services

Young children are walking around in the neighborhood in boots despite the hot weather because they still worry about the floods and drowning, they have been displaced to a whole new city that they are still trying to familiarize themselves with.

Insecurity in Mali: Children are paying the heaviest price

Publication date: September 26, 2023

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Representative in Mali, Pierre Ngom– to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

A displaced girl takes part in remedial classes to prepare for the return to school in the BAWA displaced person site

Tens of thousands of Sudanese children on the brink of death before the year ends

Publication date: September 19, 2023

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

On 13 September 2023, mothers feed their children with ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) at the Ahmed Gasim Health Centre in Port Sudan.

Two-thirds of global goals for children’s rights and well-being off-pace to meet 2030 target - UNICEF

Publication date: September 18, 2023

New report released ahead of the UN General Assembly shows historic acceleration needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), only possible if world puts children at heart of national agendas

Somaya, 2 years old, is one of the children who came with her father, Walid Mohammed Ahmed Hassan, to get medical attention from the mobile clinic in Mazhar District, Raymah Governorate.

Nearly 300,000 children affected in Libya after Storm Daniel devastates entire communities - UNICEF

Publication date: September 14, 2023

Beyond the immediate risks of death and injury, the severe floods in Libya put children at increased risk of waterborne diseases, displacement and loss of essential services

Nearly 300,000 children affected in Libya after Storm Daniel devastates entire communities - UNICEF

Escalating violence threatens thousands of children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Publication date: September 11, 2023

Nearly 200,000 people, half of whom are children, are now displaced across the country, with 130,000 in the capital alone.

Escalating violence threatens thousands of children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

At least 100,000 children affected by Morocco earthquake – UNICEF

Publication date: September 11, 2023

Initial reports indicate that approximately 100,000 children have been impacted by the powerful earthquake that struck Morocco late on Friday night - the strongest seismic event to hit the Kingdom since 1960.

At least 100,000 children affected by Morocco earthquake – UNICEF

UNICEF STATEMENT ON THE EARTHQUAKE IN MOROCCO

Publication date: September 9, 2023

UNICEF is following the situation and ready to support the Government of Morocco upon its request and under the coordination of the United Nations, to help reach children who may have been impacted by this disaster.

Residents stay out at a square in Marrakesh on September 9, 2023, after an earthquake.

Number of migrant children moving across Latin America and the Caribbean hits new record amid violence, instability and climate change

Publication date: September 7, 2023

One in four people on the move in Latin America and the Caribbean is a child, the highest proportion globally.