A new UNICEF report has found that the number of children displaced by violence in Haiti has nearly doubled to 680,000.
For six hours every day after school, Nahideh works in a cemetery, collecting water from a nearby shrine to sell to mourners visiting loved ones’ graves.
The head of the U.N. children's agency says the war in Sudan has created the world’s largest and most devastating humanitarian crisis, with over 30 million people needing aid this year – 16 million of them children.
The U.N. children’s agency says children in conflict-ravaged Sudan as young as a year old have been raped since the beginning of 2024 and that sexual violence is being used as a tactic of war.
The U.N. children’s fund is accusing armed men, likely on both sides of the conflict in eastern Congo, of raping scores of children over the past weeks as rebels expand their footprint and push government forces out.
The United Nations Children's Fund says at least 242 million children in 85 countries had their schooling interrupted last year because of heatwaves, cyclones, flooding and other extreme weather.
The United Nations says it’s ready to ramp up the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza after a ceasefire agreement and urged the removal of major security and political obstacles so it can reach all those in need.
International experts have portrayed a grim picture for war-torn Sudan by warning in a report that 755,000 people are facing famine in the coming months, amid relentless clashes between rival generals.
