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UN agencies welcome news that famine has been pushed back in the Gaza Strip, but warn fragile gains could be reversed without increased and sustained support
ROME/GENEVA/NEW YORK (December 19, 2025) – The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis for Gaza confirms that no areas of the Strip are currently classified in famine...
UNICEF calls for urgent investment in lifesaving services for children as global humanitarian needs reach new extremes
NEW YORK (December 10, 2025) - Surging conflicts, rising hunger, global funding cuts, and collapsing basic services are driving humanitarian needs for children to extreme levels worldwide. As UNICEF’s...
Age restrictions alone won't keep children safe online
NEW YORK (December 9, 2025) – “Across the globe, governments are debating how young is “too young” to use social media, with some introducing age-related restrictions across platforms. “These...
Born vulnerable: the toll of maternal malnutrition and stress in Gaza
NEW YORK (December 9, 2025) - As you know, at least 165 children are reported to have died painful, preventable deaths related to malnutrition during the war. But far less reported has been the scale...
UNICEF Executive Director warns of deepening protection crisis in Sudan as violence and displacement intensify
NEW YORK (December 9, 2025) – With Sudan facing one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, including escalating conflict, rising hunger, and the highest level of child displacement in the...
UNICEF Executive Director calls for urgent action and sustained investments for children in South Sudan
NEW YORK (December 6, 2025) - UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell today concluded a visit to South Sudan, urging the Government and the international community to step up efforts to protect...
Democratic Republic of the Congo cholera outbreak is declared country’s worst in 25 years
KINSHASA, 5 December 2025 – The cholera outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has had a devastating impact tallying 64,427 total cases since the start of the year, including 1,888...
Surge in violence pushes children to the breaking point in northern Mozambique
NEW YORK (December 5, 2025) – Over 100,000 people, around two thirds of them children, have been displaced in northern Mozambique during the month of November, following attacks against civilians. The...
More than 10 children reportedly killed in attack on kindergarten in South Kordofan, Sudan
NEW YORK (December 5, 2025) – Drone strikes in Ghadeer locality, Kalogi, South Kordofan, have reportedly killed more than 10 children aged between 5 and 7 years, inside a kindergarten yesterday....
Millions of children in Southeast Asia affected by relentless climate-related disasters
NEW YORK (December, 5 2025) – “Over the past months and in recent weeks, children across five countries in Southeast Asia – Indonesia, Viet Nam, Thailand, the Philippines, and Malaysia – have faced...