NEW YORK/PORT SUDAN, 14 April 2026 – As the conflict in Sudan hits the three-year mark, children continue to pay the heaviest price. Between January and March this year, at least 160 children …
UNICEF
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Planet & Sustainability
“Huru” Means Freedom, and Freedom Means Water Access for All
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThis is part of a series that showcases how our partners are advancing shared priorities by contributing to global knowledge, generating jobs, empowering communities, and driving development forward where it …
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Health
Cambodia, Japan and WFP launch fortified rice initiative to improve nutrition of factory workers
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauPHNOM PENH, Cambodia – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in partnership with the Royal Government of Cambodia and with financial support from the Government of Japan, today launched …
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Global Affairs
UNICEF Chief calls for urgent global support as children in Somalia face worsening malnutrition
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauMOGADISHU/NEW YORK, 26 March 2026 – Nearly 2 million children across Somalia are at risk of acute malnutrition, reflecting a deteriorating situation as multiple crises continue to converge, warned UNICEF Executive Director …
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Global Affairs
Remarks by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell at the United Nations Security Council arria-formula meeting for Red Hand Day 2026: Safe education to prevent recruitment and use of children in armed conflict
by NNW Bureauby NNW Bureau“Thank you, Ambassador Alfaro de Alba, for convening today’s Arria-formula meeting, and to Greece, Austria, Japan, and Uruguay for co-hosting this important discussion. It is a privilege to join you …
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Global Affairs
Reaching a child in Darfur is ‘hard-won and fragile’, says UNICEF
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauBriefing journalists in Geneva on Friday, Eva Hinds, the UN child agency’s Chief of Communications, described a humanitarian response that is fragile, painstaking and essential, following her return from a …
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Health
Mozambique floods heighten disease, malnutrition risks – UN agencies
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThe head of aid coordination office, OCHA, in the country, Paola Emerson, told reporters in Geneva that more than half a million people have been impacted by the floods, triggered by …
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Global Affairs
‘Do not give up on children’: Displaced by violence, a Haitian girl finds hope at school
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauA teenage Haitian girl who was forced to flee her home in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, due to gang violence has urged adults not to “give up on children.” Thirteen-year-old Dieussika …
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A sixth child has died in Gaza this month as the enclave’s people continue to endure dire living conditions linked to freezing rains and the Israel-Hamas war, the UN Children’s …
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Humanitarian partners in the Gaza Strip are struggling to reach hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people as winter storms batter damaged homes and temporary shelters. Since the fragile October ceasefire …