Tag: Unicef
Millions at risk in East Africa – UN agencies
Millions of displaced families across East Africa will suffer hunger as food rations dwindle due to stretched humanitarian resources as the world grapples with...
Damascus bomb kills 14, then army shells fall on rebel area...
A blast on an army bus in Damascus on Wednesday killed 14 people, state media reported, the deadliest bombing in the Syrian capital in...
UNICEF concerned about child soldier reports from Mozambique
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) added its voice to that of Human Right Watch regarding “worrying reports” of child soldiers in Mozambique.
“Unverified video material...
One million Nigerian children to miss school due to mass kidnappings,...
At least one million Nigerian children could miss school this year as the new term begins amid a rise in mass school kidnappings and...
More than 100 000 children in Ethiopia’s Tigray could die of...
The United Nations children's agency said on Friday that more than 100 000 children in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray could suffer life-threatening malnutrition...
Climate change, conflict and COVID-19 increase Cabo Delgado misery
Civilians continue to flee armed conflict and insecurity in northern Mozambique, over two months after militants attacked coastal city Palma in Cabo Delgado according to UN agencies.
The world body’s...
Aid groups should face tougher action over sex abuse by staff:...
Aid organisations and humanitarian agencies should face tougher action including funding cuts if they do not tackle sexual abuse by staff, aid experts told...
Nigeria lifts UNICEF suspension hours after accusing staff of spying for...
The Nigerian military on Friday lifted a suspension of United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund activities in the northeast of the country, hours after...
Humanitarian convoy attacked in South Sudan
One person died when unidentified gunmen attacked a convoy of humanitarian trucks belonging to a contractor of UN children's agency UNICEF north...
Aid workers killed in Central African Republic
A UNICEF employee and five education workers were killed in an attack in the Central African Republic, the United Nations children's fund...
Feature: UAVs in UN service
In South Africa there is currently no space in the defence sector for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with only as yet unconfirmed...
Boko Haram Nigerian child bombings quadruple those in 2016
Boko Haram militants in north-east Nigeria have sent out four times as many child suicide bombers this year as they used the...
Central African Republic one of the worst countries to be a...
The Central African Republic (CAR) has spiralled into violence and remains one of the worst countries in the world to be a...
More than half a million children in Libya need help
United Nations children agency UNICEF warned on Wednesday that more than half a million children in Libya need help and called on...
Renewed fighting in CAR raises concern for humanitarian aid
Renewed fighting in the Central African Republic (CAR) is increasingly targeting children and there are concerns humanitarian needs could escalate to levels...
Three UNICEF contractors detained in South Sudan
The UN children's agency UNICEF said three South Sudanese working for its contractor were detained as aid workers are increasingly targeted in...
Malawi, UNICEF launch Africa’s first humanitarian drone testing corridor
Malawi and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) launched an air corridor on Thursday to test the effectiveness of drones in humanitarian...
Violence in central DR Congo leaves 400,000 children prey to malnutrition
Spiralling violence in central Democratic Republic of Congo has disrupted farming and shut down health centres, leaving hundreds of thousands of children...
More than a million children flee escalating violence in South Sudan
The escalating conflict in South Sudan had driven more than a million children out of the country, the United Nations said warning...
Famine fast becoming reality in Somalia and South Sudan
Millions of people face famine in Somalia and South Sudan and the situation is expected to worsen as the drought and violence...
UNICEF frees 876 children in Nigeria
The United Nations has negotiated the release of nearly 900 children detained by Nigeria's army and security forces after retaking land from...
Child soldiers freed in South Sudan but recruitment heats up –...
Armed groups in South Sudan released 145 children on Tuesday, the UN children's agency (UNICEF) said, calling on warring parties to stop...
UNICEF says 75,000 children could die in Nigeria hunger crisis
Famine-like conditions in the former stronghold of Boko Haram militants in north-east Nigeria could kill 75,000 children over the next year if...
UNICEF pledges continued aid effort in Nigeria after convey attack
United Nations children's agency UNICEF said it is continuing its aid work in northeastern Nigeria, a former stronghold of Islamist militant group...
African youth blame politicians for conflicts, crises: U.N. poll
Power-hungry politicians are the main driver of conflicts across Africa and leaders are not doing enough to stop the violence, according to...
Freeing child soldiers in Central African Republic: “They have been through...
Benoit Daoundo is a child protection officer who works for the United Nations children's agency (UNICEF) to help release children from armed...
World’s largest, fastest vaccine roll-out targets polio’s final strongholds
In a massive undertaking aimed at stamping out polio once and for all – dubbed ‘the switch' – a United Nations-backed eradication...
One in four children in conflict zones “risk losing their future”:...
Nearly one in four children growing up in conflict zones are missing out on education, with South Sudan, Niger, Sudan and Afghanistan...
Number of children displaced by Boko Haram hits 1.4 million –...
The number of children forced to flee Boko Haram's insurgency in Nigeria and neighbouring countries has reached 1.4 million, the U.N. children...
War stops 13 million going to school in Middle East, North...
Conflicts across the Middle East and North Africa are preventing more than 13 million children from attending school, leaving their hopes and...
Central African Republic militias agree to free child soldiers
Armed factions in the Central African Republic have agreed to free all child soldiers and other children who may be used as...
Gunmen abduct 89 boys in war-torn South Sudan: U.N
Gunmen in war-ravaged South Sudan have abducted at least 89 boys, some as young as 13, from their school in oil-rich Upper...
More child soldiers demobilised in South Sudan
A further 300 children have been released from an armed group in South Sudan, the second UN-backed demobilisation of child soldiers in...
UNICEF says 300,000 displaced by Malawi floods, double previous estimate
More than 300,000 people have been displaced by flooding in Malawi, almost twice as many as previously estimated, the United Nations Children's...
Tears, chants as rebel child soldiers are freed in South Sudan
The teenage rebel soldiers watched as their comrades handed over their assault rifles and stripped off their oversized khaki uniforms with the...
Islamic State school closures in Syria affect 670,000: U.N.
An estimated 670,000 children in Syria are being deprived of education after Islamic State forces ordered schools closed to change the curriculum,...
2014 a devastating year for children trapped by conflict
Never in recent memory have so many children been subjected to such unspeakable brutality, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said, as...
Syria among ‘most dangerous places on Earth’ for children
The number of children affected by the civil war in Syria has more than doubled over the past year, with hundreds of...
Isolation fuels radicalization in arid north Cameroon
Nafisa Isa lost her home when a dam broke and flooded her village. Now she and her children live in a camp,...
Child soldiers swell fighters’ ranks in Central African Republic
The number of child soldiers in Central African Republic has more than doubled to as many as 6,000 in recent months as...
UNICEF welcomes agreement against child trafficking in two African countries
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed a new agreement between the Republic of the Congo and Benin to protect children...
World’s annual child mortality rate falling — UN report
The annual number of children who die before they reach age five is shrinking, falling to 7.6 million global deaths in 2010...
UN ups aid appeal for Niger as hunger grows
Humanitarian groups led by U.N. agency OCHA called for more aid for the West African state of Niger, citing a growing risk...
UNICEF wants $24.8 million for Eritrean fund
The UN children's agency UNICEF is appealing for $24.8 million to expand its programmes in Eritrea, where aid agencies say drought is...
USS Samuel B. Roberts arrives in Gabon
USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) pulled into Port Gentil, Gabon, to conduct a series of military-to-military interactions, theatre security cooperation engagements,...
Somalia faces humanitarian crisis in 2010
War-torn and drought-ravaged Somalia is facing a humanitarian crisis with no funding so far raised or pledged for next year for food,...
