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16 April 2024

Statement by Catherine Russell, UNICEF Executive Director, following her two-day visit to the Middle-East

16 April 2024

Children disproportionately wearing the scars of the war in Gaza - Geneva Palais briefing note

14 April 2024

An entire generation of children in Sudan faces a catastrophe as the war enters its second year

26 March 2024

9 years into the conflict in Yemen, millions of children are malnourished and stunted

Gaza Strip. A family cook a meal outside near piles of rubble from destroyed buildings.

News note

26 March 2024

Gaza's Children: Trapped in a Cycle of Suffering

15 March 2024

Acute malnutrition has doubled in one month in the north of Gaza strip: UNICEF

Syria. A boy stands by the remains of collapsed buildings in Jableh district, northwestern Syria.

15 March 2024

After 13 years of conflict in Syria, more children than ever in need of humanitarian assistance and a chance– UNICEF

10 March 2024

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on children in Sudan at risk of famine

03 March 2024

Statement by Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa on malnourished babies in Gaza slowly perishing under the world’s gaze

21 February 2024

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee - Civilians in Gaza in extreme peril while the world watches on

A child gets measured for malnutrition in the Gaza Strip

19 February 2024

Children’s lives threatened by rising malnutrition in the Gaza Strip

On 3 February 2024, children carry containers of water after filling them at a UNICEF borehole inside Adré refugee settlement in Chad. Nearly half of the Sudanese refugees arriving in Chad crossed the border through Adré. They have established an informal settlement while waiting to be relocated in camps further away from the border. At some point, Adré hosted more than 200,000 refugees, exceeding the city’s population. Now the settlement is slowly being emptied, but tens of thousands of people are still w

News note

09 February 2024

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

Ekhlas and her children sit at a gathering point in Kassala state. Their displacement journey has been a long one. After the fall of Gezira state, they travelled to Warad Al-Haddad, then to Sinnar, Mayo, Gedaref and now are in Kassala, waiting to move to Atbara. “I feel that the place here is also unsafe, and I am afraid for my children. Our lives were not like this before; our situation was good before the war. We tried to seek refuge in South Sudan, but the road is not safe. We cannot endure in Sudan an

09 February 2024

Record numbers of children seek life-saving care as Sudan war drives world’s worst displacement crisis

People crossing the road in front of a commercial shop destroyed by bombardment in the historic Azzawieh Market in Gaza City.

09 February 2024

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on Rafah, Gaza

On 16 February 2023, six-year-old Musa stands in the alleyway of his family's damaged house in Jandairis, Syria.

06 February 2024

One year after devastating earthquakes hit Türkiye and Syria, consequences continue to reverberate for affected children and families

05 February 2024

Putting survivors at the forefront of the global movement to end female genital mutilation