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Children as young as one reported among survivors of rape during Sudan’s violent conflict - UNICEF
NEW YORK (March 4, 2025) – Armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children, including infants as young as one, amid the nationwide conflict rippling across Sudan. Data compiled by gender-based...
UNICEF reaches 364,000 children daily in Goma with clean water and sanitation after escalation in DR Congo conflict
NEW YORK (March 3, 2025) – UNICEF and its partners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are providing life-saving clean water supplies to 700,000 people a day – around 364,000 children – in...
With stoppage of humanitarian aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip, UNICEF warns of severe consequences for children and families in desperate need
NEW YORK (March 3, 2025) – UNICEF is warning that the stoppage of aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip will quickly lead to devastating consequences for children and families across Gaza who are...
UNICEF Geneva Palais Briefing Note on the impact of the attacks in Lebanon on children
NEW YORK (February 28, 2024) – “I am speaking to you this morning from Beirut to share alarming findings of the new UNICEF survey we conducted in January 2025, after more than a year of war and...
Decline in children’s mental health, nutrition and education after the war in Lebanon: UNICEF
NEW YORK (February 28, 2025) – The latest war in Lebanon has had a significant negative impact on children’s lives, with effects continuing to reverberate even after the ceasefire came into effect in...
Education under attack in Haiti
NEW YORK (February 28, 2025) – “In just one month, January this year, armed groups destroyed 47 schools in Haiti’s capital. With 284 schools destroyed in 2024, the relentless attacks on education are...
Cholera surges in Sudan’s White Nile State, more than 292,000 children at risk in Kosti
NEW YORK (February 27, 2025) – More than 500 children are among the 2,700 cholera cases, that have been reported in Sudan’s White Nile State between 1 January and 24 February 2025, according to health...
Reports of grave violations against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo tripled in last month – UNICEF
NEW YORK (February 26, 2025) – UNICEF is deeply concerned by the significant increase in reports of grave violations against children in parts of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the deaths of Ariel and Kfir Bibas
NEW YORK (February 21, 2025) - "I am deeply saddened by the confirmation of the deaths of Ariel and Kfir Bibas in the Gaza Strip and call for the urgent return of their mother and all hostages held in...
One in five children in Ukraine has lost a relative or friend since the escalation of war three years ago
NEW YORK (February 21, 2025) - One in five children in Ukraine has reported losing a close relative or friend since the escalation of war three years ago, according to survey data released today by...