The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has issued an urgent warning about the critical situation faced by children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), particularly in the eastern provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu. These areas have been the epicenter of violent clashes sparked by the M23 […]

More than 3 million children under the age of five in Sudan are at risk of acute malnutrition in 2025, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned. Related:Violence in Sudan: RSF Attacks Leave 22 Dead and Displace Civilians in North Darfur “Of that figure [3.2 million], around 772,000 children are at risk of severe […]

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued a stark warning, revealing that over 2,200 migrants have perished or gone missing in the Mediterranean Sea in 2024, with 1,700 of those deaths occurring on the perilous Central Mediterranean route. Related: 27 Sub-Saharan Migrants Die in Shipwreck Off Tunisia The grim statistics highlight the devastating human […]

Despite the capacity to evacuate several infants, only one child manages to leave the enclave each day. In this regard, the entity commented, “Trapped in the clutches of an indifferent bureaucracy, the suffering of the children is brutally exacerbated,” emphasizing the urgent need for an effective humanitarian response. Related: Gaza Becomes Graveyard for Children: UNRWA […]

UNICEF announced this Friday that it has activated its emergency response to cholera together with the Ministry of Health and other partners to help protect children and families by containing the disease, Following the confirmation of a case of cholera in the governorate of Akkar, in northern Lebanon. Related:Let Us Not Allow Culturicide Against the […]

The event, co-hosted by the United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) and the British Council, is also dedicated to sharing best practices for enhancing access to education among girls and children with special needs on the continent. On Tuesday, senior officials said at a forum in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital that Sub-Saharan African countries should […]

For UNICEF the events in Al Kuma are not isolated after receiving more reports of civilians killed and injured in Melit, North Darfur state. On Tuesday, UNICEF said that the ongoing violence and widespread disease outbreaks are keeping millions of children in Sudan at grave risk today after more than a year and a half […]

Three-day humanitarian breaks are planned in various areas to allow for the inoculation of over 640,000 children. The World Health Organization has announced the distribution of 1.2 million doses of polio vaccine in Gaza, with an additional 400,000 to be distributed, as part of an emergency campaign following the first case of this childhood disease […]

World Breastfeeding Week is an annual celebration that is held every year from Aug. 1 to 7 in more than 120 countries.

More than half of unvaccinated children live in the 31 countries with fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable settings. On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) called for a catch-up in child immunization, warning global vaccinations of children stalled last year, leaving 2.7 million unvaccinated or with insufficient inoculations. RELATED: […]