Gaza: ‘Babies slowly perishing under the world’s gaze,’ UNICEF warns
“The child deaths we feared are here,” Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in a statement issued on Sunday. At least 10 children…
UNICEF condemns air strike on schools in Myanmar
The children killed were boys between 12 and 14 years of age. “UNICEF strongly condemns any strikes against schools and places of learning, which must always be safe spaces for…
Sudan war ‘a living nightmare for children’: UNICEF Representative
“Sudan is experiencing a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions. It’s a living nightmare for children,” Mandeep O’Brien said this week in an interview with UN News. Nearly 10 months have…
Troubled year in store for the world’s children: UNICEF report
At the beginning of each year, UNICEF looks ahead to the risks that children are likely to face, and suggests ways to reduce the potential harm. The latest report, Prospects…
UNICEF deplores deadly Christmas Day attack on family in Haiti
Four people, including two girls under the age of 10, were killed in the incident, which occured in the Croix de Bouquet district. Four other family members were kidnapped. ‘Unprecedented’…
World News in Brief: UN chief shocked by Czech mass shooting, UNICEF appeal for West and Central Africa, world leaders urged to heed climate science
At least 14 people were killed and 25 injured after a gunman opened fire in what some media called the worst shooting in the country’s history. The gunman, reportedly a…
World News in Brief: Abused Afghan women face prison, UNICEF global alert, deadly mpox resurfaces in DRC
That’s just one of the shocking findings of a new report by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), which found that instead of filing a formal complaint, many survivors…
World News in Brief: Investing in primary healthcare, record hunger in West and Central Africa, UNICEF emergency appeal
That warning came from the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Universal Health Coverage Day – observed on Tuesday – which said without urgent action, “these gaps will only widen”.…
UNICEF: 1 in 5 children in world’s richest countries living in poverty
The new findings from the UNICEF research wing focus on Member States of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the European Union (EU). Analysing child support policies…
First Person: UNICEF chief in Gaza bears witness to grave violations against children
Catherine Russell visited Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the south of the besieged enclave on Wednesday. “Today I visited the Gaza Strip to meet with children, their families and…