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The conflict in Ukraine has had a devastating impact on children’s mental health and ability to learn.

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News in Brief 23 February 2024

23 February 2024

Ukraine: Frontline children and mental trauma
UN human rights report details Sudan war abuses
Rights experts call for arms embargo on Israel

Palestinians remain on the move as the conflict in Gaza continues.

© UNICEF/Eyad El Baba

News in Brief 22 February 2024

22 February 2024

Shock and desperation throughout Gaza, Security Council hears
Horrific war in Ukraine will be felt ‘for generations’ warns rights chief
UNHCR welcomes AU Protocol to end scourge of statelessness

Patients are being evacuated from Nasser Hospital in Gaza amid ongoing hostilities.

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News in Brief 21 February 2024

21 February 2024

WHO chief says severe malnutrition is soaring in Gaza, Sudan
US companies dumping “forever chemicals” with impunity: UN experts
International Mother Language Day

Families displaced by ongoing bombardment are on the move in the south of the Gaza Strip.

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News in Brief 20 February 2024

20 February 2024

WFP pauses food delivery to north Gaza
Ukraine war and ongoing uncertainty among displaced people
$2.6 billion appeal for DR Congo

Al-Awda square (in the center of Rafah, south of Gaza), where Al-Bahr Street has turned into a crowded market. 1.5 million Palestinians now live in Rafah that used to be home for around 250,000 people.

UN News/Ziad Taleb

News in Brief 19 February 2024

19 February 2024

Rafah invasion would have “dire humanitarian consequences”
25 million battle hunger due to Sudan war
Human rights must “guide” transition to lasting peace in South Sudan

UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the Munich Security Conference in Germany.

United Nations/Stephanie Tremblay

News in Brief 16 February 2024

16 February 2024

Guterres calls for a ‘global order that works for everyone’
UN human rights office ‘appalled’ by Alexei Navalny’s death in prison
Lack of social protection puts 1.4 billion children at risk

A young cancer patient at the National Cancer Institute of Colombia.

PAHO/David Spitz

News in Brief 15 February 2024

15 February 2024

Gaza: Situation dire in Rafah UN agencies warn
UN weather agency declares warmest January ever
On International Childhood Cancer Day, WHO hails vital role of parents

Hala, a displaced mother and humanitarian worker, fled her home in Gaza to stay in Rafah.

© UNOCHA/Ziad Taleb

News in Brief 14 February 2024

14 February 2024

Gaza: Rafah invasion would be a disaster ‘beyond imagination’
UNICEF steps up fight against cholera in eastern and southern Africa
Condemnation for new attacks on public cases in Ukraine

Children displaced by conflict in Sudan are now living in Atbara.

© UNICEF/Abdulazeem Mohamed

News in Brief 13 February 2024

13 February 2024

Gazans ‘living in fear’ of Israeli assault on Rafah, warns top UN aid official
Senegal: UN rights office concern over suspended election
People of Sudan facing ‘life or death’ situation: WHO

Families forced to flee ongoing bombardment in Khan Younis to Rafah, where the population has already quadrupled.

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News in Brief 12 February 2024

12 February 2024

Gaza: Relief over rescued hostages as Tedros warns of ‘ocean of need’
Economic progress must be linked to a ‘human rights economy’, say experts
68,000 children affected by Nepal earthquake still need urgent assistance: UNICEF

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