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Thousands more children deprived of education as crisis in eastern DR Congo escalates – UNICEF
NEW YORK (February 17, 2025) – As levels of violence and displacement in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) surge, UNICEF is calling for emergency measures to save the school year for...
Children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo increasingly exposed to sexual violence, abduction and recruitment – UNICEF
NEW YORK (February 13, 2025) – “I am deeply alarmed by the intensifying violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and its impact on children and families. In North and South Kivu...
Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Edouard Beigbeder on child casualties in the West Bank
NEW YORK (February 12, 2025) – “Conflict-related violence continues to bring death and fear to civilians, including women and children in the West Bank. On 7 February, a 10-year-old Palestinian boy...
Haiti’s Children Under Siege: The staggering rise of child abuse and recruitment by armed groups
NEW YORK (February 7, 2025) – “ A staggering 1,000 percent rise in sexual violence against children in Haiti has turned their bodies into battlegrounds. The 10-fold rise, recorded from 2023 to last...
The silent killer: over 100 daily deaths of children under five linked to air pollution in East Asia and the Pacific
NEW YORK (February 6, 2025) – As Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, grapples with unhealthy levels of air pollution, leading to school closures and widespread health concerns, UNICEF’s latest analysis sheds...
Strengthening alliances and building movements to end female genital mutilation
NEW YORK (February 6, 2025) – “Female genital mutilation is a violation of human rights that inflicts deep and lifelong physical, emotional, and psychological scars on girls and women. This harmful...
At least 40 children reportedly killed in three days across Sudan - UNICEF
NEW YORK (February 5, 2025) – “Shelling in Kadugli, South Kordofan State, killed 21 children and maimed 29 on Monday, 3 February. According to reports, at least 11 children were killed in shelling on...
UNICEF names Khaby Lame as a Goodwill Ambassador
NEW YORK (January 31, 2025) – Global content creator Khaby Lame has been announced as UNICEF’s newest Goodwill Ambassador. The appointment – made at an event in Lame’s birth country Senegal – follows...
UNICEF launches urgent appeal for $22 million to provide emergency assistance to 282,000 children in eastern DR Congo amid spiraling violence
NEW YORK (January, 29 2024) – UNICEF is gravely concerned about the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in eastern DR Congo resulting from the recent intensification of conflict and surging...
At least 4 children reportedly killed and 3 injured in attack on Saudi Hospital, El Fasher, North Darfur - Sudan
NEW YORK (January 28, 2025) – At least one girl and three boys were reportedly killed and three boys injured in an attack on the Saudi Hospital in El Fasher, in Sudan’s North Darfur, that took place...