The recent attacks in Mali that started on 25 April have shown, yet again, that it is children who are paying the highest price of ongoing violence. Initial reports indicate that civilians, including children, were killed and injured during the attacks. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

Currently, 2.2 million children aged 6 months to five years old are suffering from acute malnutrition, an increase of 100,000 cases when compared to six months ago in South Sudan. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

The reports of violence in Mali over the past 24 hours are another example of the stark reminder that such crises in the region create a fragile situation for children, including, sadly the loss of their lives. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

Statement: UNICEF is outraged by the killing of two drivers of trucks contracted by UNICEF to provide clean water to families in the Gaza Strip. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

UNICEF statement on intensified strikes on Lebanon and the devastating impact on children: www.unicef.org/press-releas...

The cumulative impact of ongoing strikes, instability, and disruption to essential services is affecting children's immediate safety, long-term health, development, and well-being across the Middle East. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

More than one month into the military escalation in the Middle East, conflict continues to exact a devastating toll on children across the region. More than 340 children have reportedly been killed and thousands injured www.unicef.org/press-releas...

In just three weeks, more than 370,000 children have been forced out of their homes in Lebanon, an average of at least 19,000 girls and boys displaced every single day. www.unicef.org/press-releases/average-19000-children-displaced-daily-escalating-violence-uproots-20-cent-lebanons

Twenty-three days into the escalating conflict in the Middle East, children across the region are paying a devastating price with more than 2,100 children killed or injured. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

Progress in reducing child deaths slows as 4.9 million children under five die in 2024. New UN report on child mortality fully assesses leading causes of under five deaths for first time: www.unicef.org/press-releas...

Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder, on the killing of Palestinian children in the West Bank. Two young siblings are killed in Tammun over the weekend as child casualties continue: www.unicef.org/press-releas...

Reported drone attacks struck a secondary school and a primary healthcare centre in Shukairi village in White Nile State, Sudan. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

Ten days into the intensifying conflict in the Middle East, the situation is becoming catastrophic for millions of children. More than 1,100 children have been killed or injured in the violence. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

UNICEF is devastated and outraged that a colleague was killed in a reported drone strike on a building housing aid workers in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

The impact of escalating conflict in the Middle East is creating immediate risks for children across borders. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

UNICEF is deeply concerned about the deadly impact the ongoing military escalation in Iran is having on children. Approximately 180 children have reportedly been killed and many more injured. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

Seven children have been killed and 38 injured in the past 24 hours amid escalating hostilities across Lebanon, according to the Ministry of Public Health. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

UNICEF is alarmed by reports that children have been killed and injured in the recent escalation of hostilities between Afghanistan and Pakistan. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

UNICEF statement on the impact of the military escalation on children in the Middle East: www.unicef.org/press-releas...

UNICEF is deeply alarmed by new reports that at least five children have been killed and three others injured in deadly airstrikes in Myanmar between 23 and 24 February. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

UNICEF is deeply concerned by the reports that children arrested in connection with the recent public unrest in Iran remain in detention. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

On Monday 16 February, at least 15 children were reportedly killed and 10 wounded after a drone strike on a displacement camp in Al Sunut, West Kordofan. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

The number of children recruited and used by armed groups in Colombia has spiked by 300 per cent in five years. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

The number of children in Haiti recruited and used by armed groups has skyrocketed by an estimated 200 per cent in 2025 reflecting a growing reliance on the exploitation of children. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

UNICEF strongly condemns the devastating attack at a place of worship in Islamabad yesterday, that reportedly claimed the lives of six children. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

The conflicts and crises across the Middle East and North Africa are experiencing ongoing flashpoints that are altering children’s lives, often irreparably. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

Statement by UNICEF on AI-generated sexualised images of children: ‘Deepfake abuse is abuse’. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

More than 450,000 children are at risk of acute malnutrition as the hostilities are causing mass displacement and halting of critical health and nutrition services in Jonglei state. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

In Darfur today, reaching a single child can take days of negotiation, security clearances, and travel across sand roads under shifting frontlines. t.co/0cul8aYRqg

Almost two and a half years of attacks on Gaza’s schooling have left an entire generation at risk. Sixty per cent of school-aged children in Gaza currently have no access to in-person learning. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

For the first time in many months, there are signs that an imperfect, fragile but vital ceasefire is making a difference in the lives of over one million children. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

After more than two years of restrictions, UNICEF has been allowed to bring recreational kits to the Gaza Strip to support children’s learning, wellbeing, and resilience. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

The exceptionally heavy rains that we’ve seen during the first weeks of January have triggered a rapidly escalating emergency across vast swathes of Mozambique. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

UNICEF calls for the protection of all children from all forms of violence and harm. See the statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Edouard Beigbeder calling for the protection of children amid public unrest in Iran. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

Since fighting erupted in April 2023, Sudan has become one of the largest and most devastating humanitarian crises in the world, pushing millions of children to the brink of survival. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

New data from UNICEF’s latest SMART survey in Um Baru locality, in Sudan’s North Darfur, reveals that more than half of children assessed were acutely malnourished. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

Since 1 December, intense fighting has displaced more than 500,000 people, including over 100,000 children inside South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

See the remarks by UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell, at the launch of UNICEF’s Humanitarian Action for Children Appeal for 2026. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

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 deaths, with children accounting for 14,818 cases and 340 deaths. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

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. www.unicef.org/press-releases/surge-violence-pushes-children-breaking-point-northern-mozambique

More than 340 educational facilities in Ukraine have been damaged or destroyed this year bringing the total number of schools damaged or destroyed to 2,800 since the escalation of the war in February 2022. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

UNICEF strongly condemns the reported attack on a Government Girls School in the Maga community of Kebbi State, in Northwest Nigeria, which resulted in the death of the school’s Vice-Principal of the school and the reported abduction of 25 students. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

Nearly 477,000 children are experiencing significant disruptions to their schooling due to damaged or temporarily closed schools across Cuba, Haiti, and Jamaica. According to UNICEF’s most recent assessment, 900,000 children are in humanitarian need. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

Famine conditions confirmed in Sudan’s Al Fasher and Kadugli but hunger and malnutrition ease where conflict subsides - @unicef.org @wfp.org @fao.org www.unicef.org/press-releas...

More than 2 million children in South Sudan are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition during the 2026 lean season, from April to July. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

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 Caribbean, according to UNICEF estimates. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

Today, more than 12 million children across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda, and Burundi depend on humanitarian aid simply to survive. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

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, according to UNICEF estimates. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

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 and dignity of children. www.unicef.org/press-releas...

“Sudan is the world’s largest humanitarian crisis - and children are paying the highest price” www.unicef.org/press-releas...