View "My dream of a magic school faded... What I want is equality" ǀ View Living with a disability is challenging, and no more so than for 14-year-old Rijad Mehmeti. Living with cerebal palsy in Kosovo, he dreamed of a magic school where he could enjoy his education. Now, he dreams of equality for all children to enjoy their education, regardless of disability. 07/03/2019
World Can the world eradicate female genital mutilation? There are more than three million girls worldwide at risk for FGM annually, 180,000 in Europe. 06/02/2019
World World Children's Day: What is the global status of children? Children have their rights denied every single day. On World Children’s Day, The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) aims to build a world where every child has the right to basic human needs such as freedom, food, water, shelter and education. 20/11/2018
Greece Child migrant arrivals at Greek islands 'soar by one-third in 2018' On average, more than 850 children arrived on the Greek islands each month between January and August. 21/09/2018
Syria Turkey denies hitting Afrin hospital killing 16 people According to Syrian Kurdish forces, Turkish troops and allied rebels struck the main town 17/03/2018
no comment No Comment: 'No words to describe children's suffering' in Syria UNICEF said it had no words left for what's been happening in eastern Ghouta. The only way to understand is to see it. (The scenes are disturbing and upsetting.) 23/02/2018
world news The world is 'failing' newborn babies — UNICEF Infants from the best places to be born are up to 50 times more likely to die in the first month of life 19/02/2018
world news Unicef seeks to raise funds for Syrian children using cryptocurrency Unicef has started recruiting gamers to mine Ethereum — the second-most valuable cryptocurrency after Bitcoin — to raise money for Syrian children. 06/02/2018
world news No safe places left for children in global conflicts, warns Unicef The UN children's fund says attacks on children have reached a "shocking scale" 28/12/2017
Yemen Humanitarian aid reaches Yemen as crisis worsens The flights carrying medical supplies and aid workers are the first allowed in nearly three weeks, since a blockade imposed on the war-torn country sparked an international outcry. 25/11/2017
Bangladesh "One of the greatest refugee crises of modern times" UNICEF is calling for urgent help for refugee Rohingya children in southern Bangladesh 20/10/2017
Nigeria Girl and baby blown-up in ‘appalling increase’ of human bombs in Nigeria The number of children blown-up has quadrupled so far in 2017. 23/08/2017
Greece Refugee children in Greece tell UNICEF about their favourite things UNICEF shared a video on July 22 of refugee school children living in Athens, Greece, talking about their favourite things. The children tell the 25/07/2017
world news Alarm raised about cholera epidemic in Yemen Half of more than 124,000 new cases in the war-torn country are children 14/06/2017
world news UNICEF report reveals five-fold increase of unaccompanied child migrants A new UNICEF report reveals the number of refugee and migrant children travelling alone has reached a record high. 18/05/2017
Chad 'Alarming' rise in Boko Haram child suicide bombings In the first three months of this year, 27 children have blown themselves up for the Islamist militant group, three times more than in the same period a year ago. 12/04/2017
Yemen UNICEF warns that Yemen's children are paying the heaviest price for living life in a war zone The future has never been so bleak for the children of Yemen. 28/03/2017
world news UNICEF warns African female & child migrants at terrible risk UNICEF claims African women and child migrants are at increasing risk during passage to Europe and after arrival at the hands of smugglers, criminals or the authorities. 28/02/2017
Syria Watch: What have these child refugees 80 years apart got in common? They were born on different continents more than three quarters of a century apart but are united by one common thread – escaping war. 06/02/2017
no comment Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson Sitting on the floor of a community center courtyard with two dozen teens, global movie star, actor Liam Neeson listened attentively as young Syrian refugees – who may not have known of his fame – sha 11/11/2016
Syria France, US say Russia or Syria responsible for air strike on Idlib school Moscow has denied it was responsible for the attack in Idlib. 27/10/2016
USA Diplomatic deadlock at UN Security Council as resolutions on Syria fail Russia blocks a French-drafted resolution calling for an end to airstrikes on Aleppo, while its own text fails to gain enough support. 09/10/2016
brussels bureau More than 50 mln displaced children worldwide - UNICEF report Across the globe there are some 50 million displaced children, according to a new UNICEF report. 07/09/2016
Chad Lake Chad Basin: thousands of children 'in danger of severe acute malnutrition' UNICEF is describing it as a “major humanitarian crisis. 25/08/2016
Syria Syrians adopt Pokemon Go to highlight plight of children The war has endured for more than five years. 22/07/2016
