War and neglect fuel deadly measles epidemic in Sudan’s Darfur
Measles kills 70 in East Darfur’s Labado in a few weeks as healthcare collapse leaves families without medicines.
![Palestinians shove to receive food portions from a charity kitchen in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Aug. 27, 2025. The UN officially declared a famine in Gaza on August 22, blaming the "systematic obstruction" of aid by Israel during more than 22 months of war. The Rome-based Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative (IPC) said famine was affecting 500,000 people in Gaza governorate, which covers about a fifth of the Palestinian territory including Gaza City. [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-1756494449.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Internally displaced Palestinians, including children, hold pots as they gather to receive food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City, the Gaza Strip on August 4, 2025 [File: Mohammed Saber/EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/13242027-1754389709.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Scores of children raped by armed men in eastern DRC, UNICEF says
UN agency says children as young as 12 are also being enlisted or coerced to join the fighting by armed groups.
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First aid trucks enter Gaza on Day 1 of ceasefire deal
The first trucks carrying humanitarian aid have entered Gaza through the Rafah crossing as part of the ceasefire deal.
Published On 19 Jan 2025
Death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon surpasses 3,000: Health Ministry
Ministry says 589 women and at least 185 children have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon over past 13 months.
UNICEF says six million children in Southeast Asia affected by Typhoon Yagi
UN’s children’s agency says there’s an urgent need for access to clean water, sanitation as Red Cross mobilises relief.
Nine out of 10 children in Gaza lack food for growth: UNICEF
Report examines child food poverty worldwide, with a focus on ‘catastrophic impact’ of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza.
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UNICEF worker describes attack on Gaza aid convoy
UNICEF says one of its vehicles came under fire during an attempted aid delivery to northern Gaza.
Published On 11 Apr 2024
UNICEF says 700,000 children in Sudan face life-threatening malnutrition
As the war continues, the UN agency warns tens of thousands of children will ‘likely die’ without more aid.
UN estimates 17,000 Gaza children separated from families amid Israel’s war
More than one million children in the besieged Gaza Strip now require mental health support, UNICEF says.
![Palestinian children cook a meal among tents for displaced people while Israel's attacks on Gaza continue [Abed Zagout/Anadolu Agency]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AA-20240119-33477262-33477256-DAILY_LIFE_IN_GAZA_IN_THE_SHADOW_OF_WAR-1705653421.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
‘Barely a drop’: UN warns water shortages a deadly risk for Gaza children
Water and sanitation services are at the point of collapse with large-scale disease outbreaks looming, UNICEF warns.
![Displaced Palestinian children lack access to clean water says UNICEF, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas [Bassam Masoud/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023-12-08T145414Z_119060052_RC2XS4ANFXZ0_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-KHAN-YOUNIS-DISPLACED-1703065870-e1703070008641.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Is Israel’s Gaza war the deadliest conflict for children in modern times?
Many more children have been killed in Gaza every day compared with Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq, other conflict zones.
