The Latest Breaking News from Unicef

Country has largest internally displaced population on record, with 7 million uprooted since fighting began in April 2023

Displaced children account for more than half of the 600,000 people who have been forced to flee their homes due to violence, according to UNICEF, particularly in the capital Port-au-Prince, much of which is controlled by gangs.

More than 300,000 children are displaced in Haiti since gangs forced out Prime Minister Ariel Henry and took over the capital Port-au-Prince earlier this year, UNICEF says. Many children, some of whom are forced to join gangs, are living in makeshift shelters and lack access to food, health care, clean…

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José Raúl Mulino told a journalist he wants to start daily repatriation flights for undocumented immigrants from Panama if the U.S. pays for them

Global study reveals dirty air is second only to malnutrition as cause of death among under-fives

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UNICEF official in Gaza raises alarm over children's safety amid ongoing conflict.

Science on specific benefits for children’s behaviour and thinking is catching up with established wellbeing claims