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Sudan war: Children facing ‘unimaginable suffering’, warns UNICEF chief

·March 14, 2025·4 min read

“This is not just a crisis, it is a poly-crisis affecting every sector, from health and nutrition to water, education and protection,” Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director, told ambassadors in the Security Council. Since war erupted between the former allies-turned-rivals, the Sudanese army (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and...

Syria: Children among the dead amid reports of mass killings and looting

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·March 10, 2025·1 min read

According to Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF’s Regional Director for the Middle East, a six-month-old baby was among at least 13 children reported to have been killed. Clashes erupted on Friday between Syrian Caretaker Authority forces and soldiers loyal to the former Assad regime. According to widely reported eyewitness accounts much of...

Sudan: Children as young as one raped during conflict, UNICEF warns

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·March 4, 2025·1 min read

Data from gender-based violence service providers in Sudan reveals the scale of the horror: more than 220 reported cases of child rape since the start of 2024. “Children as young as one being raped by armed men should shock anyone to their core and compel immediate action,” said UNICEF Executive...

Children already dying in Sudan’s stricken Zamzam camp: WFP

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·March 3, 2025·2 min read

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) confirmed that it has had to pause the distribution of life saving food and nutrition assistance, due to escalating violence. WFP spokesperson Leni Kinzli said the UN agency’s partners in the camp had no choice but to evacuate their staff to safety. “The recent...

DR Congo: Children reportedly killed in summary executions by M23 fighters

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·February 19, 2025·2 min read

In an alert on Tuesday, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, confirmed that three children were killed by Rwanda-backed M23 armed group in Bukavu, the city in South Kivu which fell to the fighters on Sunday. “Our office has confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they...

First Person: Bodies of children in Haiti have turned into ‘battlegrounds’

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·February 9, 2025·4 min read

The agency’s spokesperson James Elder has just visited Port-au-Prince, the capital of the embattled Caribbean nation and has been speaking about what he experienced there. Staggering abuse and neglect “There has been a staggering 1,000 per cent rise in sexual violence against children in Haiti, which has turned their bodies...

World News in Brief: Children killed in Darfur hospital attack, date set for US climate pact withdrawal, WHO leads call to fight neglected diseases

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·January 29, 2025·2 min read

The children were among the patients being treated in the hospital’s emergency ward for injuries from previous bombings in the area, said the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF. “This heinous attack is a blatant violation of children’s rights. Children are being killed and injured in the very places where they should...

‘We must be there for them now,’ says UN relief chief, highlighting plight of Gaza’s children

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·January 27, 2025·3 min read

“Today marks one of the rare times we are able to highlight positive developments, albeit amid catastrophic humanitarian needs in Gaza,” Mr. Fletcher began. He noted that the recent ceasefire has provided a much-needed reprieve from relentless hostilities, allowing for a surge in life-saving humanitarian aid. Mr. Fletcher expressed gratitude...

Relentless crisis in Haiti: One in eight children internally displaced

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·January 19, 2025·2 min read

The latest data reveals that over 500,000 children have been forced from their homes – a shocking 48 per cent increase since September. In total, more than one million Haitians are internally displaced, half of whom are children urgently requiring humanitarian aid. “It is a horrific time to be a...

Syria emergency: Four children a day killed or injured by leftover explosives

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·January 15, 2025·1 min read

icardo Pires, UNICEF Communication Manager for Emergencies, told journalists from Damascus that in the last nine years, at least 422,000 incidents involving unexploded ordnance – or UXO – were reported in 14 governorates across Syria, “with half estimated to have ended in tragic child casualties”. “Girls and boys in the...

New era of crisis for children, as global conflicts intensify and inequality worsens

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·January 13, 2025·4 min read

At the beginning of each year, UNICEF looks ahead to the risks that children are likely to face and suggests ways to reduce the potential harm. The latest report, Prospects for Children 2025: Building Resilient Systems for Children’s Futures, demands strengthening national systems that are designed to mitigate the impacts of...

‘Children are now freezing to death’: harrowing updates from Gaza

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·January 10, 2025·2 min read

Tragically in the last month alone, eight newborns have died of hypothermia and 74 children have already died amid the brutal conditions of winter in 2025. “We enter this New Year carrying the same horrors as the last – there’s been no progress and no solace. Children are now freezing...