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Statement by UNICEF Afghanistan on the Devastating Flash Floods in Northeast of Afghanistan
NEW YORK (May 12, 2024) – Flash floods in northeastern Afghanistan have reportedly killed at least 240 people, including 51 children, with many more injured. These figures are expected to increase as...
As Rafah needs rise, humanitarian response forced to ‘scrape the bottom of the barrel’
NEW YORK (May 10, 2024) – “Thank you, and greetings from Rafah in Gaza. I have been working on large-scale humanitarian emergencies for the best part of the last 30 years and I've never been involved...
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on military operations and border closures in Rafah, Gaza
NEW YORK (May 9, 2024) – “The humanitarian response of UNICEF and our partners — and thus the lives of all the children and their families in the Gaza Strip who depend on it — requires fuel. We need...
Almost 1 Million People in Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, and Somalia Affected as Unprecedented Heavy Rains Continue to Wreak Havoc in Eastern Africa
NEW YORK (May 9, 2024) – Flooding and landslides in Eastern Africa are affecting almost a million people in Burundi, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania. As unusually heavy rains have pounded the region...
When a nightmare becomes the reality
NEW YORK (May 7, 2024) – “Every warning. Every story of children killed and wounded. Every image of heartbreak and bloodshed. Every mind-boggling piece of data on the number of children and mothers...
There is ‘nowhere safe to go’ for the 600,000 children of Rafah, warns UNICEF
NEW YORK (May 6, 2024) – With the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip continuing to deteriorate, UNICEF is warning that a military besiegement and ground incursion in Rafah would pose...
UNHCR and UNICEF condemn the bombardment of displacement camps in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
NEW YORK (May 3, 2024) – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) strongly condemn the bombing today of three sites for internally displaced persons (IDP) in the...
An attack on El Fasher would endanger hundreds of thousands of children, warns UNICEF
NEW YORK (May 3, 2024) – “The increase of fighting in Sudan’s North Darfur state has taken a deadly toll on children in recent weeks. But the threat of an imminent military attack on El Fasher, a city...
Children in Lebanon pay Heavy Price Amid Intensifying Conflict in the South and Compounding National Crises
NEW YORK (April 30, 2024) – Ongoing hostilities in southern Lebanon are taking a devastating toll on the population, forcing approximately over than 90,000 people – including 30,000 children – from...
UNICEF Commends the Government of Tajikistan on the Repatriation of 47 Children and Women from Syria
NEW YORK (April 26, 2024) – “UNICEF welcomes the repatriation of 32 children and 15 women from Syria on 25 April. “UNICEF commends the Government of Tajikistan for fulfilling its commitments under the...