Press Releases

UNICEF reaches 364,000 children daily in Goma with clean water and sanitation after escalation in DR Congo conflict

Publication date: March 4, 2025

UNICEF calls on all parties to ensure the protection and continuity of essential services

A child fills bucket with clean water in DR Congo

Children as young as one reported among survivors of rape during Sudan’s violent conflict - UNICEF

Publication date: March 4, 2025

UNICEF calls for urgent international efforts to protect and support children in Sudan

With stoppage of humanitarian aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip, UNICEF warns of severe consequences for children and families in desperate need

Publication date: March 3, 2025

Ceasefire “a critical lifeline” for children across Gaza

Cholera surges in Sudan’s White Nile State, more than 292,000 children at risk in Kosti

Publication date: February 27, 2025

UNICEF partners respond to curb the spread of cholera outbreak

NICEF Sudan’s Chief of Health, shares a light moment with Adan Mohammed, 6 months, before she receives the malaria vaccine. Adan is the very first child to be vaccinated against malaria in Sudan.

Reports of grave violations against children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo tripled in last month – UNICEF

Publication date: February 26, 2025

UNICEF is deeply concerned by the significant increase in reports of grave violations against children in parts of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The number of incidents has tripled since the latest escalation of violence which began on 24 January 2025.

Families who had been living in displaced persons camps around Goma seek shelter on their way to Shasha village in North Kivu province, DR Congo

Multiple disease outbreaks heighten public health emergencies for children across Eastern and Southern Africa – UNICEF

Publication date: February 24, 2025

17 out of 21 countries in the region are experiencing one or more disease outbreaks.

In a community outreach event, Ms. Mbambu Agnes, a Senior Health Educator from Kasese District, educates residents of Kamukumbi Mughongo Village.

One in five children in Ukraine has lost a relative or friend since the escalation of war three years ago

Publication date: February 21, 2025

UNICEF warns of the devastating toll of war for all children in Ukraine

Three-year-old Yehor, born in Mariupol, explores the outdoors in his new town

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the deaths of Ariel and Kfir Bibas

Publication date: February 21, 2025

All children, wherever they are, have the right to live in peace and safety with their families.

Mass polio vaccination campaign to continue in the Gaza Strip

Publication date: February 20, 2025

Joint news note from WHO and UNICEF

UNICEF Staff adminsters Polio vaccine to a child in Gaza

Children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo increasingly exposed to sexual violence, abduction and recruitment – UNICEF

Publication date: February 13, 2025

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell