Up to 45% of 10,000 sexual violence cases in DRC’s conflict zone in January and February involved minors, says UNICEF.
UN agency says children as young as 12 are also being enlisted or coerced to join the fighting by armed groups.
The first trucks carrying humanitarian aid have entered Gaza through the Rafah crossing as part of the ceasefire deal.
Ministry says 589 women and at least 185 children have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon over past 13 months.
UN’s children’s agency says there’s an urgent need for access to clean water, sanitation as Red Cross mobilises relief.
Report examines child food poverty worldwide, with a focus on ‘catastrophic impact’ of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza.
UNICEF says one of its vehicles came under fire during an attempted aid delivery to northern Gaza.
As the war continues, the UN agency warns tens of thousands of children will ‘likely die’ without more aid.
More than one million children in the besieged Gaza Strip now require mental health support, UNICEF says.
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Water and sanitation services are at the point of collapse with large-scale disease outbreaks looming, UNICEF warns.
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Many more children have been killed in Gaza every day compared with Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq, other conflict zones.
According to UNICEF, an average of 420 Palestinian children killed or injured every day in Gaza Strip since October 7.
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Nine children have been killed and more than 50 wounded since the conflict broke out on Saturday, UNICEF says.
There are 290 million child brides in the region, accounting for 45 percent of the global total, UNICEF says.
