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Famine conditions confirmed in Sudan’s Al Fasher and Kadugli but hunger and malnutrition ease where conflict subsides
NEW YORK (November 4, 2025) – The latest analysis of food insecurity and malnutrition in Sudan shows stark contrasts along conflict lines, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...
UN expert calls for urgent response on child trafficking in conflict situations
NEW YORK (October 31, 2025) – Child victims of trafficking in conflict situations require urgent and specialized protection measures, a UN expert said today. “Failure to ensure the rights of children...
Over 700,000 children affected after Hurricane Melissa slams the Caribbean
NEW YORK (October 30, 2025) - Several days of torrential rains, storm surges and catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Melissa have impacted the lives of more than 700,000 children across the...
Statement by Gilles Fagninou, UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa on the occasion of the Great Lakes Conference
NEW YORK (October, 30 2025) - “Today, more than 12 million children across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda, and Burundi depend on humanitarian aid simply to survive. In the DRC...
No child safe in Al Fasher - UNICEF
NEW YORK (October 29, 2025) – UNICEF is gravely concerned by the images and reports coming from Al Fasher, in the Darfur region of Sudan. The escalating violence has left thousands of children...
UNICEF and Co-Develop announce strategic partnership to advance safe and inclusive Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) in Tanzania and Lesotho
NEW YORK (October 28, 2025) - UNICEF and Co-Develop have announced a catalytic partnership to support the implementation of the UN Universal Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Safeguards Framework in...
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson travels to South Sudan to meet children in a country under threat from global funding cuts
NEW YORK (October, 27, 2025) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson visited South Sudan last week to see the impacts of economic shocks, climate change, poverty, and insecurity on children’s lives...
At least 1.6 million children at risk as Hurricane Melissa moves through the Caribbean
NEW YORK (October 26, 2025) - As Hurricane Melissa is moving slowly across the Caribbean Sea , the winds, torrential rains, and flash flooding have put at least 1.6 million children at risk...
Gaza’s ceasefire offers a vital chance for children – it must be seized
NEW YORK (October 26, 2025) – “Two weeks ago, the start of the latest ceasefire in the Gaza Strip delivered long-awaited relief for families, where it offers a vital chance for the survival, safety...
“Sudan is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis - and children are paying the highest price”
NEW YORK (October 24, 2025) – "Thank you for joining us. I speak to you a day after leaving Darfur, following a mission that also took me to Khartoum. "What I saw was alarming. Sudan is the world’s...