Tens of thousands of families displaced by fighting in DR Congo’s South Kivu as UNICEF scales up humanitarian response
Stories & Blogs UNICEF (Press Release )Children face killings, recruitment by armed groups, and sexual violence as conflict cripples schools, health services, and access to clean water.
WMO confirms 2024 as warmest year on record at about 1.55°C above pre-industrial level
Stories & Blogs WMO (Report )The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has confirmed that 2024 is the warmest year on record, based on six international datasets.
For World Children’s Day, children across southern Africa came together to demand a better future
Stories & Blogs UNICEF (Story )Children from seven nations—Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe—gathered to share their dreams, concerns, and solutions, urging leaders to prioritise their voices
Generations unite in Nigeria’s HPV vaccine campaign.
Stories & Blogs UNICEF (Story )A community health mobilizer in Nigeria is combating vaccine misinformation and building trust, one family member at a time.
From Dry Abuja to the Waters of Maiduguri
Stories & Blogs UNICEF (Story )Providing emergency communications support in flood affected Maiduguri.
Over 370 million girls and women globally subjected to rape or sexual assault as children – UNICEF
Stories & Blogs UNICEF (Press Release )First-ever estimates on sexual violence in childhood reveal alarming prevalence, with devastating impact on children.
Sudan: the world’s largest hunger and displacement crisis | UNICEF
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War-weary Sudanese face new hardships as floods strike
Stories & Blogs UN News (News )Several thousand people, mostly internally displaced persons (IDPs), have been affected as heavy rains and floods inundated parts of Kassala province in eastern Sudan, inflicting further misery on communities already vulnerable due to ongoing conflict, UN