This 47-metric-ton shipment of health, water and education supplies, along with a regional one that arrived from Panama on June 28, will support an estimated number of more than 100,000 children and families over a period of three months. More aid to follow in the coming days.
"As fighting intensifies in and around Al Obeid, an estimated 500,000 civilians are at risk. Children are at immediate and growing danger of being killed, injured, displaced, or exposed to other grave violations.
The Committee on the Rights of the Child and UNICEF express their deep concern regarding the plight of migrant children in South Africa and the challenges they face while moving across the African continent.
Since May 2026, drone strikes and other attacks have reportedly resulted in more than 35 child casualties in the state, including at least 18 children killed and more than 17 injured.
New analysis highlights the need to protect young children’s diets, prioritise children under two, and strengthen multisectoral services to prevent malnutrition.
"UNICEF is deeply concerned by the continued killing and injuring of children in Ukraine. June recorded the highest monthly child casualty figure since 2022, with 7 children killed and 116 injured."
