80 million more children benefiting from school meals, WFP reports
The number of children receiving school meals through government-led programmes has gone up by 20 per cent since…
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Funding cuts could push 6 million more children out of school, warns UNICEF
Official Development Assistance (ODA) for education is projected to fall by $3.2 billion – a 24 per cent…
Sudan: A staggering 30 million are in need, as war grinds on
Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy for the humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, briefed journalists on her recent…
UN urges MPs to deliver on development promises for 600 million in landlocked nations
Speaking at Monday’s Parliamentary Forum of the Third UN Conference on LLDCs, senior UN leaders stressed that political…
1.3 million Sudanese return home, offering fragile hope for recovery
“The thousands of people seeking to return home are driven by hope, resilience and an enduring connection to…
Gang violence displaces a record 1.3 million Haitians
This represents a 24 per cent increase from December 2024 according to the UN agency, which also noted…
The world pledged to end child labour by 2025: So why are 138 million kids still working?
There are 10,000 children in Madagascar who, like Tenasoa, work in the largely unregulated mica industry. The silicate…
8 million teens in world’s wealthiest countries functionally illiterate: UNICEF
Comparing data from 2018 and 2022, UNICEF found that the pandemic worsened existing trends: children are underperforming in…
More than 50 million in West and Central Africa at risk of hunger
More than 36 million are struggling to meet their basic food needs, which is projected to rise to…