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Ukraine: UNICEF chief urges greater protection for children ‘caught in this nightmare’

Catherine Russell, head of UN child rights agency, UNICEF, appealed for greater protection efforts by both the international community and…

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Lebanon: Increased violence is the ‘horrific new normal’ for children, warns UNICEF

Peacekeepers have witnessed the “shocking” destruction of villages in southern Lebanon along the UN-patrolled Blue Line that separates the country…

2 years ago

Potentially ‘deadly’ consequences could arise from Israel’s UNRWA ban: UNICEF

The Israeli Parliament, known as the Knesset, adopted two bills on Monday banning UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA from operating…

2 years ago

Sudan: ‘Children should be safe everywhere’, says UNICEF, as fears grow for El Fasher

UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric reminded journalists in New York at the regular noon briefing that famine conditions have already been…

2 years ago

Mpox alert: UNICEF issues $58.8 million appeal to halt outbreak in Africa

“Children in Burundi are bearing the brunt of the mpox outbreak with alarming rates of infection and health impacts,” said…

2 years ago

UNICEF renews school protection call in Ukraine amid ‘deadly reality’ of attacks

John Marks, interim UNICEF Representative in Ukraine, issued a renewed appeal for schools to be protected as war rages on.“During…

2 years ago

Polio vaccines arrive in Gaza in boost to vaccination campaign: UNICEF

More than 640,000 children are targeted to receive the polio type two (nOPV) vaccines, UNICEF said in a post on…

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Attack on a city in Sudan kills at least five and injures more: UNICEF

The bomb hit the Al-Khansa Secondary School for Girls and a crowded marketplace in El Obeid city in Kordofan state,…

2 years ago

Sudan: UNICEF condemns deadly strike as war grinds on

Condemning the incident at the weekend, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said that the youngsters had been playing football when…

2 years ago

UNICEF warns against escalating violence in the Middle East

“Children in many countries in the Middle East are facing a harsh reality today more than ever before: life shrouded…

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