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An attack on El Fasher would endanger hundreds of thousands of children, warns UNICEF

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on situation in Darfur, Sudan

There is ‘nowhere safe to go’ for the 600,000 children of Rafah, warns UNICEF

With hundreds of thousands of children in Rafah injured, sick, malnourished, traumatized or living with a disability, UNICEF calls for children to not be forcibly relocated, and the vital infrastructure on which children rely to be protected

Children walk through the tents in the UK-FCDO supported camp in Rafah, southern the Gaza Strip.

UNHCR and UNICEF condemn the bombardment of displacement camps in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) strongly condemn the bombing today of three sites for internally displaced persons (IDP) in the Lac Vert, Lushagala, and Mugunga neighbourhoods of Goma, North Kivu, in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Displaced children on their way to school at the Lushagala IDP site in North Kivu province, DR Congo on 11 September 2023. UNICEF and its partners have set up temporary learning spaces in the site to allow displaced children to continue their learning.

3 gift ideas for a meaningful Mother's Day

Celebrate the mother in your lives with these amazing Survival Gifts for mothers everywhere.

A mother holds her child lovingly as it laughs in her lap.

Almost 1 Million People in Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, and Somalia Affected as Unprecedented Heavy Rains Continue to Wreak Havoc in Eastern Africa

UNICEF and other humanitarian agencies are stepping up life-saving emergency relief to children and affected communities.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on military operations and border closures in Rafah, Gaza

The humanitarian response of UNICEF and our partners — and thus the lives of all the children and their families in the Gaza Strip who depend on it — requires fuel.

Statement by UNICEF Afghanistan on the devastating flash floods in northeast of Afghanistan

Flash floods in northeastern Afghanistan have reportedly killed at least 240 people, including 51 children, with many more injured.

Nearly 2,000 children killed or injured since the escalation of war in Ukraine

Statement by UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office and Special Coordinator for the Refugee and Migrant Response in Europe Regina De Dominicis

October 29, 2023, Izium, Kharkivska oblast, Ukraine. Maria (4) is looking through the window of her house.

Undaunted by being differently abled

Schools in Puntland are changing lives and perceptions through education

A girl wearing a blue headscarf look out of a window. A curtain is silhouetted in the foreground on the right side of the photo.

UNICEF briefing note on the situation of children in Ukraine

This is a summary of what was said by Afshan Khan, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's daily press briefing at the UN Headquarters in New York