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11 September 2023

Escalating violence threatens thousands of children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Nearly 200,000 people, half of whom are children, are now displaced across the country, with 130,000 in the capital alone.

On 30 August 2023 in Goa, Mali, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban visits a temporary learning space set up by UNICEF with BMZ support. These children are taking remedial classes to prepare for the start of the school year at the Bawa IDP site. Nearly 3,000 displaced people, more than half of whom are children, have fled violence, conflict and/or food insecurity and sought refuge in the camp.

01 September 2023

Nearly one million children in Mali at risk of acute malnutrition by the end of 2023 – UNICEF-WFP

Ongoing conflict and lack of humanitarian access are weakening already vulnerable communities

On August 21, 2023, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia Regina De Dominicis speaks with with preschool children during her visit to "Lisova Pisnya" - one of the kindergarten in Irpin Municipality, Ukraine, supported by UNICEF.

UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note on the impact of the Ukraine war on children’s education

This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia Regina De Dominicis – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, Regina De Dominicis, speaks with preschool children during her visit to "Lisova Pisnya" - one of the kindergarten in Irpin Municipality, supported by UNICEF. 21 August 2023

Widespread learning loss among Ukraine’s children, as students enter fourth year of disruption to education

Continued attacks on education inside Ukraine and low-level enrolment in host countries have left many of Ukraine’s 6.7 million 3–18-year-olds struggling to learn, warns UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia Regina De Dominicis

On 3 June 2023, displaced children in a gathering centre in Madani, Al Jazirah state in east-central Sudan which is now their new home after fleeing fighting.

More than two million children displaced by brutal conflict in Sudan as violence spreads to new areas

With more children displaced in past 52 days than in previous four years combined, UNICEF warns that, without peace, the future of Sudan’s children is at stake

After 4 months of war, humanitarian leaders urge action to end the tragedy in Sudan

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee

Un adulte tient la main d'un enfant

Kidnappings of children and women spiking at alarming rates in Haiti

Close to 300 cases have been reported so far this year, nearly the total number registered for all of 2022, and three times more than 2021

Ted Chaiban, Deputy Executive Director speaks with a mother during a field visit to Atbara, Sudan, 26 July 2023

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban’s remarks on the situation of children in Sudan, at the Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

As prepared for delivery

On 3 June 2023, displaced children in a gathering centre in Madani, Al Jazirah state in east-central Sudan which is now their new home after fleeing fighting.

Severe violations of children’s rights an ‘hourly occurrence’ in Sudan, warns UNICEF

UNICEF has received credible reports that at least 435 children killed and 2025 injured in past 100 days – an average of more than one an hour

Statement by Ms. Wafaa Saeed, UNICEF Representative in Somalia, on the reported deaths of 8 people, including 6 children, in a landmine explosion in Hirshabelle State, Somalia