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The world is failing Gaza’s starving children, aid teams warn

·October 1, 2025·4 min read

A total of 151 children have perished through acute malnutrition in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war – and the majority in 2025 – according to the latest figures from the Palestinian health authorities. Announcing Jana’s death in an online video message, UNICEF Communication Manager Tess Ingram...

Sudan: As children continue to suffer, school remains a distant hope

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·September 12, 2025·3 min read

After more than two years of civil war, more than 25 million people are now acutely hungry and at least 20 million require health services urgently. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) also warned that displaced families in some areas have not received any aid for three months, as it announced...

Ukraine: Toddler among four children killed in Russia’s attacks on Kyiv

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·August 28, 2025·2 min read

The youngest victim of the bombing raid was two-and-a-half years old, according to the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, which released video footage showing smoke billowing from a Kyiv apartment block with a massive hole where its roof had been. Leading condemnation of the attacks, the UN Secretary-General said that targeting...

Sudan: ‘Devastating tragedy’ for children in El Fasher after 500 days of siege

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·August 28, 2025·1 min read

Around 260,000 civilians – including 130,000 children – remain trapped in the area’s main camp for internally displaced people, enduring desperate conditions without aid for more than 16 months. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been battling forces of the military government for control of Sudan for over two...

Malnutrition deaths mark ‘latest in the war on children’ in Gaza: UNRWA chief

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·August 18, 2025·3 min read

These young deaths are “the latest in the war on children and childhood in Gaza,” Philippe Lazzarini, head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA, said in a tweet on Wednesday. The toll also includes some 40,000 boys and girls reported killed or injured due to bombardment and airstrikes, at least...

Syria: UNICEF calls for safe access to children in Sweida as needs mount

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·August 17, 2025·1 min read

Deadly sectarian clashes erupted in the southern governorate, also known as As-Sweida, in July and early August and children and families continue to feel the impact. At least 22 children reportedly were killed and another 21 injured in the violence, which caused significant damage to civilian infrastructure. More than 190,000...

Cholera spreads in North Darfur, 640,000 children under threat, UNICEF warns

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·August 4, 2025·2 min read

More than 1,180 cholera cases – including an estimated 300 in children – and at least 20 deaths have been reported in Tawila, a town that has absorbed over half a million people fleeing violence since April. Across the wider Darfur region, the toll is even more alarming: nearly 2,140...

Cholera outbreak in West and Central Africa poses crisis for children

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·July 31, 2025·2 min read

“The heavy rains, widespread flooding and the high level of displacement are all fuelling the risk of cholera transmission and putting the lives of children at risk,” said UNICEF regional director for West and Central Africa Gilles Fagninou. Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by consuming food or water...

Gaza war: UN officials warn of unspeakable conditions as children bear the brunt

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·July 17, 2025·3 min read

Tom Fletcher, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, said there was no “vocabulary” left to adequately describe conditions on the ground. “Food is running out. Those seeking it risk being shot. People are dying trying to feed their families. Field hospitals receive dead bodies, and medical workers hear stories firsthand from...

Gaza: UNICEF mourns seven children killed queuing for water

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·July 15, 2025·2 min read

The incident occurred in central Gaza on Sunday, according to media reports, which said that four other people also lost their lives due to the Israeli airstrike. The Israeli military said it had been targeting a terrorist but a “technical error” saw the munition stray off course. Uphold protection of...

Malnutrition crisis deepens for Sudan’s children as war rages on

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·July 12, 2025·2 min read

Across the five states that make up Darfur, UNICEF data revealed a 46 per cent increase in the number of children treated for SAM in January to May 2025 compared to the same period last year. The rate of acute malnutrition has surpassed emergency levels set by the World Health...

DR Congo: New initiative to eliminate HIV in children ‘a beacon of hope’

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·June 29, 2025·1 min read

“Our country can no longer tolerate children being born and growing up with HIV, when tools exist to prevent, detect and effectively treat this infection,” President Félix Tshisekedi declared at a recent government conference in the south-eastern Lualaba province, as he launched the five-year initiative. Backed by an initial commitment...