Conflict
New York, May 31 (JEN): Visiting storm-ravaged Mozambique, UN Children’s Fund Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom, listened to devastating stories of children who lost everything in Cyclone Idai, while observing on Thursday that UNICEF-built safe spaces have given them “a sense of normality”. more
45 children killed in Sri Lankan blasts: UNICEF

New York: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)  said 45 children were killed in the eight blasts that rocked Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.

Yemen: 'Living hell' for all children, says UNICEF; Angelia Jolie calls for ‘lasting ceasefire’

New York, Some 30,000 children in Yemen die each year of malnutrition, Geert Cappelaere, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa told repo ...

A third of world’s out-of-school youth live in conflict, disaster-affected countries: UNICEF report

New York, Childhood is a time for growth, a time for school. But conflict or disaster are depriving 104 million young people between the ages of five and 17 of that foundation, according ...

WFP and UNICEF prepare for the worst in Syria’s Idlib, as insecurity mars start of another school year

New York, Emergency food supplies for hundreds of thousands of people in Syria’s Idlib are “ready for distribution” in the event of mass displacement caused by a full-sc ...

Yemen: Attacks on water facilities, civilian infrastructure, breach ‘basic laws of war’ says UNICEF

New York: Ongoing violence and attacks on civilian infrastructure in Hudaydah directly threaten hundreds of thousands of children and their families in Yemen, according to the head of the ...

UNICEF delivers medical supplies to Gaza in wake of deadly protests

New York: Two truckloads of urgently needed medical supplies have been delivered to Gaza, where scores of Palestinians were injured during demonstrations along the border fence with Israe ...

‘Marathon of suffering’ in Syria conflict, far from over: UN humanitarian adviser

New York: The fighting in Syria “is not over” and neither is the “marathon of suffering” for millions of people in the war-torn country, a senior aid official at t ...

Nearly every child in war-torn Yemen now needs humanitarian aid – UNICEF

New York, Jan 17 (JEN):  As the brutal conflict in Yemen nears its grim third anniversary, malnutrition and disease are running rampant in the country and virtually every child there ...

Dire situation for Rohingya children could become ‘catastrophic,’ as new threats loom – UNICEF

New York, Jan 17 (JEN): As the Bay of Bengal region gears up for cyclone and monsoon seasons, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is warning that more than half-a-millon Roh ...