Press Releases

850,000 children displaced by violence in Democratic Republic of the Congo’s volatile Kasai region

Publication date: July 28, 2017

More than one million people have been forced from their homes by waves of violent conflict in the Greater Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – making the region one of the largest displacement crises in the world for children, UNICEF said today.

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, WFP Executive Director, David Beasley and WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, following their joint visit to Yemen

Publication date: July 26, 2017

“As the heads of three United Nations agencies – UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) – we have travelled together to Yemen to see for ourselves the scale of this humanitarian crisis and to step up our combined efforts to help the people of Yemen.

Abused, exploited and abandoned Children caught up in violence in Mosul and conflicts in the region need immediate care and protection

Publication date: July 22, 2017

Statement attributable to Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa

Children increasingly targeted in Central African Republic violence

Publication date: July 18, 2017

Growing reports of child rights violations amid renewed fighting: UNICEF

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angelique Kidjo meets Syrian and Lebanese youth in refugee settlements

Publication date: July 18, 2017

“Supporting the hopes of children and young people has never been more important”

Lilly Singh appointed UNICEF’s newest Goodwill Ambassador

Publication date: July 15, 2017

Actress, comedian, and author, Lilly Singh was appointed UNICEF’s newest Goodwill Ambassador at a special event today in New Delhi. Lilly, who is known by her digital alias Superwoman, was in India to meet children and young people being supported by UNICEF, the world’s leading children’s organization.

Mosul’s children, sick, alone, wounded and scarred, are in urgent need of assistance and protection

Publication date: July 13, 2017

Statement attributable to Hamida Ramadhani, UNICEF’s Deputy Representative in Iraq

Funding shortfalls threaten education for children living in conflict and disaster zones

Publication date: July 7, 2017

Funding shortfalls are threatening education for millions of children caught up in conflicts or disasters, UNICEF said today ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg.

Beyoncé partners with UNICEF to bring safe water to children in remote areas of Burundi

Publication date: June 30, 2017

Global entertainer and humanitarian Beyoncé has teamed up with UNICEF through her BeyGOOD philanthropic arm to announce the launch of BEYGOOD4BURUNDI, a multi-year partnership to provide safe water to the most vulnerable children in Burundi. The partnership will support programs to improve water, sanitation and basic hygiene practices in the hardest-to-reach areas of the landlocked East African nation.

Africa’s first humanitarian drone testing corridor launched in Malawi by Government and UNICEF

Publication date: June 29, 2017

The Government of Malawi and UNICEF today launched an air corridor to test potential humanitarian use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones. The corridor is the first in Africa and one of the first globally with a focus on humanitarian and development use.