Press Releases
Nearly 400 Million Young Children Worldwide Regularly Experience Violent Discipline at Home – UNICEF
NEW YORK (June 11, 2024) – Nearly 400 million children under 5 — or 6 in 10 children within that age group globally — regularly endure psychological aggression or physical punishment at home...
At Least Six Children Reportedly Killed in Escalating Violence in Sudan’s El Fasher as Thousands More Young Lives Hang in the Balance
NEW YORK (June 10, 2024) – “We have received harrowing reports that at least six children have been killed and many more injured as fighting continues to escalate in El Fasher, North Darfur state...
At least 55 Children Reportedly Killed and Injured Amid Fighting in Wad al Noura, Sudan
NEW YORK (June 6, 2024) – “I am horrified by the reports that at least 35 children were killed and more than 20 children were injured during the attack yesterday on the village of Wad al Noura, in...
1 in 4 Children Globally Live in Severe Child Food Poverty due to Inequity, Conflict, and Climate Crises – UNICEF
NEW YORK (June 6, 2024) – Around 181 million children worldwide under 5 years of age – or 1 in 4 – are experiencing severe child food poverty, making them up to 50 percent more likely to experience...
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visits the Democratic Republic of the Congo as violence against children reaching ‘staggering scale’
NEW YORK (June 5, 2024) – UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for the first time this week, as escalating violence and mass displacement in the...
Flash Floods in Afghanistan Posing Urgent and Persistent Threat to Children - UNICEF
NEW YORK (June 3, 2024) – Tens of thousands of children in Afghanistan remain affected by ongoing flash floods, especially in the northern provinces of Baghlan and Badakhshan and the western province...
Fighting around the Golo Water Reservoir Jeopardizes Main Water Source for over 130,000 Children
NEW YORK (May 31, 2024) – “The deteriorating security situation and the intense conflict in and around El Fasher, Darfur, have led to a significantly growing displacement of the civilian population...
No Time to Lose as Famine Stalks Millions in Sudan Amid Intense Fighting and Access Denials
NEW YORK (May 31, 2024) – "Time is running out for millions of people in Sudan who are at imminent risk of famine, displaced from their lands, living under bombardments, and cut off from humanitarian...
Sudan’s Children Trapped in Critical Malnutrition Crisis, Warn UN Agencies
NEW YORK (May 30, 2024) –Three United Nations agencies today issued a stark warning that all indications point to a significant deterioration of the nutrition situation for children and mothers in war...
UNICEF Regional Director Condemns Growing Violence in the Central Sahel, Grave Violations Against Children up by 70 percent
NEW YORK (May 29, 2024) – “The distressing rise in violent incidents in the central Sahel region of West Africa (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger), including the killing of children, must stop if children...