UNICEF assessment reflects 2024 was one of the worst years in history for children in conflict
Dec 28, 2024, at 02:18 pm
The impact of armed conflicts on children around the world reached devastating and likely record levels in 2024, as per an assessment by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Bangladesh: UNICEF says 32 children killed, many injured and detained during protests
Aug 04, 2024, at 08:00 pm
At least 32 children were killed and many more injured and detained during student protests that erupted in Bangladesh in July, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
Thousands of children killed or maimed by explosive weapons in populated areas: UNICEF
Apr 23, 2024, at 05:21 pm
Meaningful action to prevent the use of explosive weapons in populated areas could reduce the number of child casualties in conflicts by nearly half, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday.
Urgent help needed for millions of children affected by conflicts and disasters, says UNICEF
Dec 16, 2023, at 10:06 pm
Protection needs for children in emergencies from Ukraine to Gaza and Sudan have never been greater but the humanitarian funding forecast for 2024 is “increasingly bleak”.
Weather-related disasters displace 43.1 million children in six years, UNICEF reports
Oct 06, 2023, at 11:47 pm
Weather-related disasters forcibly displaced a staggering 43.1 million children across 44 countries over the past six years, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.
Haiti: ‘Unimaginable violence’ against women, children, reports UNICEF
Aug 08, 2023, at 09:45 pm
Persistent violence in Haiti remains a significant concern for the safety and welfare of its most vulnerable citizens, especially women and children, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, citing reports of an “alarming spike” in kidnapping and other crimes.
UNICEF alert over ‘sickening’ levels of sexual violence in eastern DR Congo
May 19, 2023, at 11:43 pm
New York: The UN Children’s Fund is calling for an urgent increase in funding to help tackle an escalating number of cases of sexual violence against children and women in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu province, where armed groups proliferate amidst heavy fighting in recent months.
Millions of children still facing dire conditions 100 days after Türkiye-Syria quakes: UNICEF
May 19, 2023, at 11:27 pm
New York: More than six million boys and girls in Türkiye and Syria are still struggling to cope 100 days after the deadly earthquakes that hit both countries, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Wednesday.
Over 1 million polio vaccines destroyed in Sudan during looting amidst conflict
May 06, 2023, at 10:58 am
Khartoum/Sudan: Over one million polio vaccines that were meant for children have been destroyed due to the recent increase in violence and looting in Sudan, UNICEF reported.
400 private schools close in Afghanistan
Aug 11, 2022, at 11:23 pm
Kabul/IBNS: More than 400 private schools in Afghanistan have closed their doors due to reasons like economic problems, reported a local television channel Tolonews on Thursday.
More than 70 grave violations against children caught up in war, being recorded daily: UNICEF
Jun 29, 2022, at 05:07 pm
New York: A “staggering” average of 71 verified grave violations a day, are committed against children by parties to conflict in more than 30 settings across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America.
A record 37 million children displaced worldwide: UNICEF
Jun 18, 2022, at 08:36 pm
New York: Conflict, violence and other crises left a record 36.5 million children displaced from their homes by the end of last year, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates – the highest number recorded since the Second World War, the agency said on Friday.
UNICEF: Grim start to new year as 2 children are killed, 5 injured, in Syria
Jan 05, 2022, at 09:26 pm
New York: Warring parties should never attack children or the services they rely on, a senior official with the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, said on Tuesday, following recent violence and disruption in Syria.
UNICEF launches record emergency appeal as escalating conflicts push millions to the brink
Dec 08, 2021, at 10:56 pm
New York: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday launched an appeal for a record $9.4 billion as attacks against children continue to rise. Close to 24,000 grave violations against youngsters were confirmed last year, or 72 violations a day, according to the agency, in its largest ever appeal for funding.
Unicef 'goes dark' in Afghanistan on World Children’s Day
Nov 20, 2021, at 07:29 pm
Kabul/UNI: UNICEF Afghanistan on Saturday closed its digital channels, and went dark to reflect the challenges that Afghan children have been facing, said the UN body's press note adding the United Nations Children Fund will not celebrate the World Children’s Day in the Taliban-captured South-Asian nation this year.
UNICEF stresses Afghan girls must not be excluded from school
Sep 18, 2021, at 11:41 pm
New York: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Friday welcomed the news that secondary schools are due to reopen in Afghanistan on Saturday, after months of closure due to COVID-19, but stressed that girls must not be kept from the classroom.
Afghan children ‘at greater risk than ever’, top UNICEF official warns
Aug 30, 2021, at 06:53 pm
New Yok: With the needs of Afghan children greater than ever before, the world “cannot abandon them now”, a senior official with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday after concluding a visit to the country.
One billion children at ‘extremely high risk’ of the impacts of the climate crisis: UNICEF
Aug 21, 2021, at 12:02 am
New York: Young people living in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau are the most at risk of the impacts of climate change, threatening their health, education, and protection, and exposing them to deadly diseases, according to a UNICEF report launched today.
COVID-19: Education replaced by shuttered schools, violence, teenage pregnancy
Jul 28, 2021, at 11:00 pm
New York: A culture of “safety, friends and food” at school has been replaced by “anxiety, violence, and teenage pregnancy”, with remote learning out of reach for millions, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Tuesday.
South Sudan: UNICEF warns of ‘desperation and hopelessness’ for children 10 years after independence
Jul 07, 2021, at 12:57 pm
New York: Ten years after South Sudan achieved independence, more children there are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance than ever before, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Tuesday.
Jun 09, 2021, at 11:26 pm
Peshawar: UNICEF has expressed deep concern over the death of three children, age 10 to 16, who were reported killed in the detonation of a landmine in South Waziristan, one of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Merged Districts (KPMD) along the Afghan border, on Tuesday.
Over 30 schools in Gaza have been damaged, none currently operating: UNICEF
May 15, 2021, at 01:37 pm
Washington/Sputnik: More than 30 schools have been damaged in the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing violence in the region and none are currently in operation, UNICEF Middle East and North Africa regional Chief of Communications Juliette Touma told Sputnik.
UNICEF says 34 Palestinian, 2 Israeli children killed in past four days
May 15, 2021, at 01:21 pm
Washington/Sputnik: Thirty-four children in the Gaza Strip and two children in Israel have been killed in clashes between Israelis and Palestinians, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Middle East and North Africa regional Chief of Communications Juliette Touma told Sputnik.
At least 70 children injured during days of protests in Lebanon’s Tripoli: UNICEF
Jan 31, 2021, at 02:18 pm
Beirut/Sputnik: Protests in Lebanon’s second-largest city, Tripoli, have led to the injury of at least 70 children over the course of one week, according to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
Amid ‘unprecedented’ needs, UNICEF asks for $6.4 billion to help 190 million children
Dec 04, 2020, at 09:21 pm
New York: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday, launched a $6.4 billion emergency funding appeal to reach more than 190 million children affected by humanitarian crises amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
Pakistan: Schools ‘must never be targeted’, UNICEF says after deadly blast
Oct 28, 2020, at 10:40 pm
New York: A deadly bombing that killed at least seven people at a religious school in Pakistan on Tuesday, has been strongly condemned by the Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Deaths of children in northeast Syria ‘could have been averted’: UNICEF
Aug 14, 2020, at 02:50 pm
New York: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed “deep alarm” over reports that eight children – all under the age of five – have died in Syria’s Al Hol camp, where several thousand children are languishing in dire conditions.
Record child displacement figures due to conflict and violence in 2019: UNICEF
May 05, 2020, at 12:16 pm
New York/IBNS: A new UN report finds that some 19 million children were displaced within their own countries due to conflict and violence in 2019, more than in any other year, making them among the most vulnerable to the global spread of COVID-19.
Mexico: UNICEF calls for implementation of protocol to protect migrant children
Feb 02, 2020, at 05:33 pm
New York/IBNS: Authorities in Mexico are being reminded by the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, of the need to protect the rights of migrant children who enter the country.
Nearly 5 million children in need due to rising violence in central Sahel: UNICEF
Jan 29, 2020, at 01:34 pm
New York/IBNS: A surge in violence in the central Sahel region in Africa means nearly five million children will need humanitarian assistance this year, up from 4.3 million, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday.