UNICEF providing aid for children caught up in Syria prison siege
The fighting forced nearly 45,000 people in the area to flee, mostly women and children, UNICEF said. Some have been displaced several times, having escaped...
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Griffiths to Security Council: ‘Your responsibility is not over’ to Syrian peopleĀ
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The humanitarian affairs chief said it was essential to scale up early recovery programmes ā aimed at addressing needs that arise during the humanitarian phase...
1.5 million children lack treatment for severe wasting in Eastern and Southern Africa
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Across the region, families are dealing with multiple crises, including rising levels of food insecurity, economic deterioration, disease outbreaks, unprecedented cycles of floods and droughts,...
Interview: As millions fall behind, how can we bridge the growing education gap?
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We are very concerned, as more and more data is emerging, of the disproportionate impact school closures have had, in terms of learning loss, on...
UN Yemen mission warns of ‘devastating’ loss of life without de-escalationĀ
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Conflict escalated this week, following an attack on coalition partner, the United Arab Emirates by Houthi forces, on Monday....
Child and woman injured following rocket attack in Iraq
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“A child being hurt is a child too many”, said the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Iraq on Friday, following a rocket attack against a school...
Omicron fuels record weekly COVID-19 cases, but deaths ‘stable’Ā
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Fuelled by Omicron, more than 15 million new cases of COVID-19 were reported around the world last week, by far the most cases reported in a single...
Four children killed on their way to school in northwest Syria
Four children – three boys and a girl – were killed on Monday morning while travelling to school in northwest Syria, along with a teacher,...
Taliban backs WHO polio vaccination campaign across Afghanistan next month
The decision by the Taliban leadership to support the resumption of house-to-house polio vaccination across Afghanistan has been welcomed by the World Health Organization (WHO)...
UN condemns ‘despicable’ suicide attack at mosque in southern Afghanistan
The United Nations has condemned the deadly suicide bombing during Friday prayers at the largest Shia mosque in the city of Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan, which killed at least...