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Rise in temperature and weather shifts due to climate change have a gruesome effect on human life and health globally. It is less known, however, that children are disproportionally affected due to climate change. Around 2.2 billion children are at extremely high risk of being affected by climate change, according…

Baidoa, surrounded by Al-Shabab militants, is at the heart of Somalia's worst drought in 40 years. Aid groups warn of impending famine. "The needs are overwhelming," says a UNICEF specialist.

A move away from public ceremonies to ‘medicalised’ cutting is one of the greatest threats to eliminating the abusive practice, say campaigners

A resistance to making formula too easily available is patronising, shaming and dangerous, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

International aid groups are warning of a catastrophic food crisis, as Somalia faces what could be its worst drought in 40 years. Nearly 2 million children are suffering from malnutrition.

More than 11,000 children have been killed or wounded in the conflict in Yemen since 2015, the U.N. Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, a week after it launched a multi-billion global funding drive.

This picture is said to show millions in cash arriving in Kabul. It's one of several images published by the Taliban-controlled central bank of Afghanistan in recent weeks that has some experts concerned.

Government officials in Ecuador say child malnutrition is chronic among the country’s 18 million inhabitants

The actress made the trip with Unicef to support Ukranian children in need