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Protracted war in Yemen has killed or maimed 10,000 children: UNICEF
Oct 19, 2021 10:59The protracted war in Yemen has killed or maimed at least 10,000 children since the conflict began in March 2015, which is equivalent to four children every day, the UN children’s agency says.
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Yemen's water crisis worsening
Oct 10, 2021 15:22As Yemen's water crisis is worsening amid the ongoing Saudi war and siege, Yemen's Ministry of Water and Environment has held a workshop with the participation of international organizations to discuss managing water sources and the critical water situation in the country.
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One million Afghan children face severe malnutrition, death: UNICEF
Oct 10, 2021 15:03The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for immediate humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, warning that at least one million children could face severe malnutrition and even death in the war-ravaged country this year.
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Mozambique rescues kidnapped children: UNICEF
Oct 06, 2021 08:55The United Nations says Mozambique has rescued a number of children who had been abducted by the al-Shabab terrorist group to be forcefully recruited as child soldiers.
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1 million Nigerian children to miss school due to mass kidnappings: UNICEF
Sep 16, 2021 01:29At least one million Nigerian children could miss school this year as the new term begins amid a rise in mass school kidnappings and insecurity, the United Nations children's agency UNICEF said on Wednesday.
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Dozens of Palestinians injured in Israeli regime crackdown on protests
Aug 27, 2021 12:30Tens of Palestinians were wounded as Israeli regime troops attacked several protests against the illegal Zionist settlements across the occupied West Bank on Friday.
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UNICEF warns severe water shortage to affect millions in Lebanon
Aug 22, 2021 03:58The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that millions of people in Lebanon could face a critical shortage of water or be cut off completely in the coming days in the wake of a severe fuel crisis in the cash-strapped Arab nation.
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100,000+ children in Ethiopia’s Tigray at risk of death from malnutrition: UNICEF
Jul 30, 2021 11:40The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has voiced concern about the dire humanitarian situation in Ethiopia’s conflict-ridden region of Tigray, saying more than 100,000 children could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition in the next 12 months, a 10-fold jump in average annual levels.
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UNICEF to feed hungry British children for first time
Dec 16, 2020 15:40The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is launching a domestic emergency to feed those British children most badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Ethiopia conflict puts 2.3 million children in need: UNICEF
Nov 20, 2020 07:47The outbreak of conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region has left some 2.3 million children in urgent need of assistance and thousands more at risk in refugee camps, the UN children's agency said Friday.