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

·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...

Haiti: Massive surge in child armed group recruitment, warns UNICEF

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·March 2, 2025·3 min read

UNICEF’s representative in Haiti, Geetanjali Narayan, told journalists that just last month, armed groups destroyed 47 schools in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, adding to the 284 schools destroyed in 2024. “The relentless attacks on education are accelerating, leaving hundreds of thousands of children without a place to learn,” she said. Speaking...

UNICEF sounds alarm over child crisis in eastern DR Congo

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·February 16, 2025·3 min read

Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director, expressed deep concern over the devastating impact on children and families. “In North and South Kivu provinces, we are receiving horrific reports of grave violations against children by parties to the conflict, including rape and other forms of sexual violence at levels surpassing anything we...

Toxic air threatens children’s lives across East Asia and the Pacific, UNICEF warns

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·February 7, 2025·2 min read

The analysis underscores the devastating impact of toxic air on young lives, with air pollution now linked to nearly one in four deaths of under fives in the region. Exposure begins in the womb, increasing risks of premature birth and low birth weight, and continues throughout childhood, impairing lung development,...

Ukraine: UNICEF alarmed over incessant attacks devastating young lives

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·February 2, 2025·1 min read

“I’m devastated by the ongoing attacks hitting heavily populated areas and killing and injuring many people, including children,” said Munir Mammadzade, UNICEF Representative to Ukraine, in a statement on Saturday. In Poltava, a missile strike on a residential building reportedly injured three children, while at least four others were reportedly...

‘Robbed’ of their childhood: UNICEF warns of crisis facing Haiti’s youth

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·February 1, 2025·1 min read

In a briefing on Friday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric reported that more than 1,600 men, women and children have fled. Two-thirds are seeking refuge with host families and over 500 sheltering in three newly established displacement sites, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Children at risk The situation...

Ukraine: UNICEF chief urges greater protection for children ‘caught in this nightmare’

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·December 5, 2024·2 min read

Catherine Russell, head of UN child rights agency, UNICEF, appealed for greater protection efforts by both the international community and the parties to the conflict, and a political solution to end the war. “Children are depending on this Council to provide solutions. We cannot and we must not let them...

Lebanon: Increased violence is the ‘horrific new normal’ for children, warns UNICEF

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·November 20, 2024·3 min read

Peacekeepers have witnessed the “shocking” destruction of villages in southern Lebanon along the UN-patrolled Blue Line that separates the country from Israel, along with ever-deeper Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ground incursions and continuing Hezbollah attacks, the UN said on Tuesday. While the Mission’s monitoring capabilities are limited because of the...

Potentially ‘deadly’ consequences could arise from Israel’s UNRWA ban: UNICEF

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·November 4, 2024·4 min read

The Israeli Parliament, known as the Knesset, adopted two bills on Monday banning UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA from operating in its territory and prohibiting authorities from having any contact with it. “UNRWA is indispensable in delivering the urgent, life-saving assistance that 2.2 million people in Gaza urgently need,” UNICEF...

Sudan: ‘Children should be safe everywhere’, says UNICEF, as fears grow for El Fasher

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·October 8, 2024·2 min read

UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric reminded journalists in New York at the regular noon briefing that famine conditions have already been confirmed in the Zamzam camp for the displaced, just outside the city, “and we think that other camps in the area are likely to have famine conditions.” El Fasher is...

Mpox alert: UNICEF issues $58.8 million appeal to halt outbreak in Africa

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·September 20, 2024·2 min read

“Children in Burundi are bearing the brunt of the mpox outbreak with alarming rates of infection and health impacts,” said Dr Paul Ngwakum, UNICEF Regional Health Advisor for Eastern and Southern Africa. “Of the nearly 600 reported cases, two-thirds are children under 19 years old and the situation is escalating...

World News in Brief: UNICEF mpox response in DR Congo, ‘unprecedented’ threat to Sudan’s heritage, call to suspend Cambodia journalism charter

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·September 13, 2024·2 min read

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has recorded more than 21,000 suspected cases of the viral disease, including over 5,000 confirmed cases and 700 deaths. Over the past week, UNICEF received its first vaccine shipments totalling 215,000 doses, with more expected to arrive soon. Supplies and training Meanwhile,...