New UNICEF assessment finds children going hungry, missing health care and education, and experiencing widespread psychological distress

Hunger and malnutrition crises persist in Somalia as projected floods and funding shortfalls threaten vulnerable populations

More than 57,000 children displaced in past two weeks as children are killed, injured and reported missing

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Global Deputy Spokesperson, Ricardo Pires - to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

At least 224 documented education-related incidents affected more than 20,000 students in the first half of 2026

More than half of abuse occurred on mainstream social media platforms; less than 1 per cent of all experiences were reported to authorities, new report finds

More than 3,900 children killed or injured since the escalation of the war

UNICEF Sudan Country Director Sheldon Yett and Professor Khalid Mustafa Medani discuss the ongoing violence in the Sudanese civil war. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice Initiat...

KABUL, Afghanistan – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is sounding the alarm over a deepening child malnutrition crisis in Afghanistan, warning that funding shortfalls are forcing life-sav...

Teenagers conscripted by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces to battle the army in the country's war say they were trained by Colombian mercenaries.

Statement by UNICEF Representative in Sudan Sheldon Yett

Child casualties in Ukraine are surging once again, with new analysis from Save the Children finding that the number of child casualties in June was the highest since the third month of full-scale war...

New analysis highlights the need to protect young children’s diets, prioritise children under two, and strengthen multisectoral services to prevent malnutrition

First UNICEF aid flight arrives in Venezuela with medical supplies, water and sanitation items and tents

UNICEF spokesperson Joe English explains what his organization is doing to meet the needs of Venezuelans after this week's earthquakes.

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Geneva, 5 March 2026 – Harmful information is undermining life-saving humanitarian action at a time when disasters are affecting more people, more often, according to the World Disasters Report 2026, ...

Israel has closed all crossings into Gaza, threatening to plunge 2 million people into a new hunger crisis

IRC CEO David Miliband warns that 11 African countries on the 2026 Watchlist represent a third of the world's displaced people, as humanitarian aid has halved while needs have doubled since 2014.

The bodies of two brothers, aged two, their one-year-old sister and father were pulled from the wreckage of a house in north-eastern Ukraine.

GENEVA – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Barham Salih, today urged Member States to pursue a decisive shift in the global response to displacement, calling for a measurable reduction in long-term aid dependency and a renewed commitment to international protection, solutions, responsibility-sharing and peace efforts.Salih made the comments in his first briefing to Member States since assuming office at the start of the year, setting out an ambitious direction for UNHCR, including a comprehensive reform agenda to strengthen effectiveness.

Geneva/Tripoli, 9 February 2026 – Fifty-three migrants, including two babies, are dead or missing after a rubber boat carrying 55 people capsized off the coast of Libya, the International Organization...

Following the mass displacement of people from El Fasher town in late October 2025 and ongoing hostilities, levels of acute malnutrition have surpassed famine thresholds in two areas of North Darfur