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A boy pulls a suitcase past debris in a flash-flood damaged area in Derna, eastern Libya, on September 11, 2023.
Press release
14 September 2023
Nearly 300,000 children affected in Libya after Storm Daniel devastates entire communities - UNICEF
Beyond the immediate risks of death and injury, the severe floods in Libya put children at increased risk of waterborne diseases, displacement and loss of essential services
Libya. Men walk past debris of damaged and destroyed buildings following floods in Derna, eastern Libya.
Appeal
12 September 2023
Devastating floods in Libya
Massive storm brings destruction, leaves families reeling
Morocco. People walk past destroyed houses after an earthquake in the mountain village of Tafeghaghte, southwest of the city of Marrakesh
News note
11 September 2023
At least 100,000 children affected by Morocco earthquake
Situation report
11 September 2023
MENARO Syrian Crisis Situation Report, June 2023

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Morocco. A child stands in front of his village in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco that was badly damaged by a major earthquake.
Page
09 September 2023
Earthquake in Morocco
Tens of thousands of children and families affected
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.
Press release
24 August 2023
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
Situation report
18 August 2023
Afghanistan (Outflow) Humanitarian Situation Report, Mid-Year 2023

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Statement
15 August 2023
After 4 months of war, humanitarian leaders urge action to end the tragedy in Sudan
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee
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.
Press release
24 July 2023
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
A group of Gambian boys survey the ocean from the beach during an outing from a government hot spot–a reception center that doubles as a lodging station for unaccompanied minors in Pozzallo, Sicily, on May 17, 2016. They are frightened to swim, they said, after their harrowing boat journey from Libya.
Remarks
14 July 2023
Children drowning in the world’s inaction’ - UNICEF Geneva Palais briefing note on the increase in children taking the Central Mediterranean Sea migration route
This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Global Lead on Migration and Displacement Verena Knaus – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva