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More than 6.5 million children in Syria are in need of aid, the highest ever recorded since the beginning of the civil war in the country, 11 years ago,...
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Sunday said it has distributed humanitarian assistance to nearly 66,000 displaced Yemenis in the past six months, Anadolu Agency reported. In a...
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The number of women in Lebanon dying from pregnancy-related complications has nearly tripled amid a crushing three-year economic crisis that has seen doctors and midwives leave the country
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Kuwait sent the first batch of lifesaving cancer drugs for more than 4,000 Syrian children, UNICEF reports. According to the report, the Kuwait Fund and UNICEF signed the US$2.77...
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned of an increasing drop-out of school for Lebanese children amid the country's deep economic crisis, Anadolu Agency reports. "Lebanon's crisis is increasingly...
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17 children have been killed in Yemen this month as a result of ongoing fighting in the war-torn country
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While Yemen witnessed military escalation, adding extra challenges to humanitarian crises in 2021, analysts predict that the war-torn country may face a political challenge in 2022, reports Anadolu Agency....
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UNICEF, on Friday, called for urgent action to address Somalia's critical water needs due to the worsening drought in the Horn of African country, Anadolu News Agency reports. Some...
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Finland announced a €7.65 million grant ($8.63 million), Tuesday, to UNICEF to strengthen educational services for children in Somalia, Anadolu News Agency reports. "Finland is extremely pleased to start...
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More than 10,000 children have been killed or injured in Yemen since the start of the ongoing conflict, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced yesterday. "10,000 children in...
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) yesterday warned of the "immediate danger" to the safety and wellbeing of at least 1,000 women and children detained in refugee detention centres...
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The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Sunday warned of health risks for most Iraqi children as they have no access to safe and drinkable water, reports Anadolu Agency. "Nearly...
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) revealed on Friday that three million Yemeni children are unable to enrol in education this year due to the ongoing conflict...
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Some 8.1 million children in Yemen need emergency educational assistance due to the conflict in the country, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said yesterday. UNICEF explained on Twitter...
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The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday that more than 6 million children in Yemen are at risk of missing out on education as armed conflict in the...
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concerns over the protection of rescued children in Libya, Xinhua news agency reports. On Saturday Abdulkadir Musse, special representative of the United Nations...
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UNICEF has warned of the "devastating impact" that a halt in cross-border humanitarian aid deliveries would have on more than 1.7 million Syrian children. Calling on the UN Security...
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has started counting the number of Moroccan Daesh wives and children who are located in Al-Hawl and Roj camps in Syria. According to Hespress,...
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Yemen's COVID-19 vaccination campaign began in government-held areas on Tuesday three weeks after the first shipment from the global COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme arrived in the war-torn country, Reuters reported. Yemen on...
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The coronavirus pandemic has led to the loss of 11 million full-time jobs in the MENA region, a new publication released by UNICEF says. According to UNICEF's Middle East and...
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At least 400,000 Yemeni children under five could die of starvation this year without urgent intervention amid soaring rates of severe malnutrition driven by war and the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reported...
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Yemen expects a first batch of 2.3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by March through the COVAX vaccine-sharing facility, and Saudi Arabia could separately finance shots for around 50 per...
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UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore announced on Thursday that Yemen is the most dangerous place on earth for children, stressing that: "Yemen is teetering on the edge of complete...
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The United Nations Children's Fund has said that around eight million children are now out of school in Yemen due to the war and Covid-19 pandemic. UNICEF gave the...
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Ahmed Mansour and his colleagues worked eight months without pay in a health centre in a Yemeni displacement camp out of concern for their patients. But this month they...
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Approximately half of children in Lebanon's capital, Beirut have started showing signs of trauma and extreme stress since a massive explosion rocked the city on 4 August, a report by UNICEF...
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May 28, 2020
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Sara Kalil
In the three months that countries around the world have imposed widescale lockdowns that paralysed their economies and decimated trade, we have seen the emergence of grassroots organisations which...
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UNICEF announced yesterday that it had provided medical supplies to 194 Primary Health Care centres across Lebanon, to help combat the spread of coronavirus. According to Lebanon's National News Agency...