Video: Back at School in Iraq
Classrooms are packed with students in West Mosul following years of violent conflict.
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Water in Times of Crisis
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More than 180 Million People Lack Basic Drinking Water in Countries Ravaged by Conflict or Unrest – UNICEF
NEW YORK (August 29, 2017) – More than 180 million people do not have access to basic drinking water in countries affected by conflict, violence and instability* around the world, UNICEF warned today...
Already an Inspiration for Girls Everywhere, Malala Is Off to Oxford
On a recent visit to Nigeria with UNICEF, Malala urged the country's leaders to make girls' education a priority.
Getting Kids Back to School in Iraq
A report from West Mosul as schools reopen with UNICEF's help.
Child Crisis in Nigeria: More Children Used as Human Bombs
Girls and boys in northeast Nigeria are being strapped to explosives and sent to carry out deadly attacks on civilians.
Use of Children as ‘Human Bombs’ Rising in Northeast Nigeria
NEW YORK (August 22, 2017) – UNICEF is extremely concerned about an appalling increase in the cruel and calculated use of children, especially girls, as ‘human bombs’ in northeast Nigeria. Children...
UNICEF Responds to Sierra Leone Mudslide as More than 100 Children Reported Dead
NEW YORK (August 17, 2017) – UNICEF is on the ground urgently responding to the needs of displaced families affected by the flooding and landslides in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown which have killed...
Sierra Leone Mudslides: Families in Agony
Two weeks after being engulfed in a mudslide and flood, nearly 500 have died, 600 more are missing, and thousands of children need help.