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14 April 2024

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

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Remarks

15 March 2024

Palais Briefing on the First UN mission to Khartoum State since war broke out in Sudan

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11 March 2024

Sudan to respond to new emergence of variant poliovirus in Red Sea State

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Statement

15 February 2024

Japan and UNICEF Sudan join hands to ensure mothers and children in Sudan have access to quality maternal and newborn health care services

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Remarks

09 February 2024

300 days of the war in Sudan

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09 February 2024

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

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Press release

14 April 2024

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

Continued brutal hostilities and potential famine creating ominous conditions for tragic loss of children’s lives

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Remarks

15 March 2024

Palais Briefing on the First UN mission to Khartoum State since war broke out in Sudan

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Press release

11 March 2024

Sudan to respond to new emergence of variant poliovirus in Red Sea State

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Statement

10 March 2024

Children in Sudan at risk of famine

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell

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Statement

15 February 2024

Japan and UNICEF Sudan join hands to ensure mothers and children in Sudan have access to quality maternal and newborn health care services

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Remarks

09 February 2024

300 days of the war in Sudan

Remarks by James Elder, UNICEF Spokesperson at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

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Press release

09 February 2024

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

Without additional resources and humanitarian access, more children could die due to malnutrition and disease than conflict

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Statement

04 January 2024

UNICEF supports evacuation of 253 vulnerable babies and children from Madani battle lines

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Press release

28 December 2023

Hundreds of vulnerable children evacuated for second time as Sudan war continues to put millions of children at risk

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21 December 2023

Almost 3 million children in Sudan’s Al Jazirah state at risk as violence escalates

In just a few days, more than 150,000 children have already been displaced and are cut off from urgent humanitarian aid

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Press release

21 November 2023

At least 5 million children at the brink in Darfur as unchecked conflict worsens

In the last seven months of fighting in Sudan, reported cases of children killed and injured in Darfur spiked 450 per cent when compared to all of 2022.

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Statement

06 November 2023

UNICEF Statement: Over 200 days of war leaves a generation of children in Sudan on the brink

UNICEF calls for redoubled commitment to Sudan, now the largest child displacement crisis in the world

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Access news, multimedia resources and expert commentary on children’s issues and UNICEF’s work in Sudan

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

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

Palais Briefing on the First UN mission to Khartoum State since war broke out in Sudan