General History of Africa: UNESCO completes pioneering historical oeuvre and launches new educational resources.
Stories & Blogs UNICEF (Press Release )UNESCO announces the completion of the last three volumes of the General History of Africa.
At least 11 children reportedly killed in attack on a mosque in Sudan’s North Darfur State.
Stories & Blogs UNICEF (Press Release )Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell
Children in Sudan ‘reduced to skin and bones’ as UNICEF calls for urgent action
Stories & Blogs UNICEF (Press Release )"We must rapidly scale up lifesaving services for children, and we need safe and sustained access to do so, wherever children are…” said Sheldon Yett, UNICEF Sudan Representative.
Statement by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. in Sudan, Sheldon Yett (12 August 2025)
Stories & Blogs OCHA (Statement )El Fasher and Abu Shouk camp: A call to stop attacks on civilians, allow safe passage and aid
As the world looks away, women suffer in silence
Stories & Blogs OCHA (News )Donors’ brutal funding cuts to humanitarian aid are having a devastating impact on programmes that specifically support women and girls at risk of gender-based violence.
Every five seconds, a child is displaced, injured, or killed in the Middle East and North Africa’s conflicts
Stories & Blogs UNICEF (Press Release )1 in 2 children in MENA live in a conflict-affected country; UNICEF calls for the protection of all children.
“We have no one else.” Families on the brink in Nigeria’s worst hunger crisis in five years.
Stories & Blogs OCHA (News )Without adequate assistance, at least 280,000 severely malnourished children are at a high risk of death during this year’s lean season.