Africa: Unicef Executive Director Catherine Russell's Remarks At the United Nations Security Council Open Debate On Children and Armed Conflict

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Sudan: 'Children in Darfur Have Reached a Breaking Point'

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Sudan Representative Sheldon Yett - to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in… Read more »

Sudan: At Least 8 Students and a Health Worker Reportedly Killed in Attack On a School Compound in Sudan's White Nile State

Reported drone attacks struck a secondary school and a primary healthcare centre in Shukairi village in White Nile State, Sudan, yesterday morning. At least eight students, four of… Read more »

South Sudan: Statement From Unicef Country Representative, South Sudan On the Reported Killings in Abiemnhom, Ruweng Adminstrative Area

UNICEF strongly condemns the brutal attack in Abiemnhom County in the Ruweng Administrative Area of South Sudan, which resulted in the deaths of three children, while at least 13… Read more »

South Sudan: Violence No Child Can Outrun - South Sudan's Escalating Crisis

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Representative (a.i) to South Sudan, Obia Achieng, to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des… Read more »

Sudan: Drone Strike in West Kordofan Kills 15 Children

The lives and safety of children in Sudan continue to be threatened by unchecked violence. On Monday 16 February, at least 15 children were reportedly killed and 10 wounded after a… Read more »

North Africa: 2026 Brings No Respite to Children Living in Violence and Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa

"We are only a few weeks into the new year and already the toll of violence and conflict on children in the region is devastating. Read more »

South Sudan: Lives of Malnourished Children At Risk With Upsurge in Violence in South Sudan

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… Read more »

Sudan: Nutrition Survey Finds Unprecedented Level of Child Malnutrition in Part of Sudan's North Darfur

Comprehensive nutrition survey in Um Baru locality found more than 50 per cent of children under five acutely malnourished Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Statement By Unicef On Children Displaced By Escalating Violence in Eastern DRC

"UNICEF is deeply alarmed by the rapid escalation of hostilities in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has forced hundreds of thousands of children… Read more »

Sudan: Famine Conditions Confirmed in Sudan's Al Fasher and Kadugli but Hunger and Malnutrition Ease Where Conflict Subsides

FAO, WFP and UNICEF warn of the highest levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition in Al Fasher and Kadugli; improvements seen where fighting has receded and services have… Read more »

Sudan: No Child Safe in Al Fasher

UNICEF is gravely concerned by the images and reports coming from Al Fasher, in the Darfur region of Sudan. Read more »

South Sudan: Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson Travels to South Sudan to Meet Children in a Country Under Threat From Global Funding Cuts

Almost 200 nutrition treatment sites have closed across the country due to funding crisis, putting children's lives at risk Read more »

Sudan: 'Sudan Is the World's Largest Humanitarian Crisis - Unicef Reports Sever Malnutrition in Darfur and Kordofans

"Thank you for joining us. I speak to you a day after leaving Darfur, following a mission that also took me to Khartoum. Read more »

Sudan: After 500 Days Under Siege, Children in Sudan's Al Fasher Face Starvation, Mass Displacement, and Deadly Violence

After 500 days under siege, the city of Al Fasher in Sudan's North Darfur has become an epicentre of child suffering, with malnutrition, disease, and violence claiming young lives… Read more »

Sudan: Children in Sudan 'Reduced to Skin and Bones' - UNICEF

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Sudan Representative Sheldon Yett – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations… Read more »

Sudan: Over 640,000 Children Under Five At Risk As Cholera Spreads in Sudan's North Darfur State

UNICEF calls for sustained, unimpeded access to fight the deadly outbreak Read more »

Sudan: At Least 35 Children Reportedly Killed in Attacks in Communities in Sudan's North Kordofan State

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell Read more »