Lives of malnourished children at risk with upsurge in violence in South Sudan
More than 450,000 children are at risk of acute malnutrition
Recreational supplies get into Gaza after two years
After more than two years of restrictions, UNICEF has been allowed to bring recreational kits to the Gaza Strip to support children’s learning.
In Mozambique, heavy floods are turning unsafe water and malnutrition into a deadly threat for children
Exceptionally heavy rains during the first weeks of January have triggered a rapidly escalating emergency.
During Gaza’s ceasefire, children keep being killed
More than 100 children have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire of early October. That is roughly one girl or boy killed every day. During a ceasefire.
UNICEF calls for protection of children and adolescents amid public unrest in Iran
UNICEF is extremely concerned by continuing reports of children and adolescents being killed and injured amid the ongoing public unrest in Iran.
Children in Sudan have endured “1,000 days of agony”
For the children of Sudan, the world is 1,000 days late.
Unprecedented level of child malnutrition in parts of Sudan
Comprehensive nutrition survey in Um Baru locality found more than 50 per cent of children under five acutely malnourished.
Death of children in Gaza due to severe winter
UNICEF is deeply saddened by the preventable tragic death of Ata Mai, a seven-year-old boy, who drowned on 27 December during severe flooding.