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Somalia: 1.4M children to suffer acute malnutrition this year – UN agency

Washington, May 3 (Just Earth News): Some 1.4 million children in Somalia are projected to be acutely malnourished this year, an increase of 50 per cent over last year, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today announced. more

'Alarming' rise in use of children in 'suicide' attacks by Boko Haram in Lake Chad region – UNICEF

New York, Apr 12(Just Earth News): The use of children, particularly girls, by the Boko Haram terrorist group in violent attacks in the Lake Chad region has seen an “alarming” surge in 2 ...

Nine in every ten children do not get adequate diet in Jharkhand , Bihar, NFHS data reveals

Ranchi & Patna, Apr 5 (IBNS): Nine out of every ten children within the age-group of 6 – 23 months in Bihar and Jharkhand do not get adequate diet, as the latest National Family Health Sur ...

Children in countries facing famine threatened by lack of water, sanitation - UN agency

New York, Mar 29 (Just Earth News): In African and Middle Eastern countries facing famine, unsafe water is as dangerous for severely malnourished children as lack of food, the United Nations ...

Children suffer grave atrocities in Sudan's conflict - UN reports

New York, Mar 28 (Just Earth News): Fewer children have been recruited to fight in parts of Sudan, but they are still killed and injured, and victims of sexual violence in the country, accor ...

Children paying the heaviest price as conflict in Yemen enters third year - UN

New York, Mar 27 (Just Earth News): As the escalation of the conflict in Yemen enters its third year this week, the top United Nations humanitarian official has called on the parties to the ...

Thousands of children out of school as classrooms shelled in eastern Ukraine – UNICEF

New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): With thousands of children forced out of school in eastern Ukraine due to last week's surge in fighting, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and it ...

Millions of ‘children on the move’ without protection is unacceptable – UN refugee agency chief

New York, Dec 9 (Just Earth News): Highlighting the challenges confronting the protection of millions of children, many of whom are separated from their families as they flee wars and persec ...

'No safe place left' for children in war-ravaged Aleppo, says senior UNICEF official

New York, Dec 8 (Just Earth News): Returning from a mission to Aleppo, a senior United Nations Children's Agency (UNICEF) official in Syria described “haunting images” of children killed ...

Only one out of six children under the age of two worldwide receives adequate nutrition – UNICEF

New York, Oct 14 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued a new report on Friday with the alarming statistic that five out of six children worldwide under ...