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Underage marriage is illegal in South Sudan yet so commonplace it rarely attracts attention. But the case of Athiak Dau Riak, who her mother says is only 14, polarising her family and the country

Officials say new fighting has hit Sudan’s capital as the death toll jumps up from the country’s cholera outbreak

A 10-year-old girl living amid the Israeli onslaught on Gaza finds a love for cooking with ingredients from aid boxes.

UNICEF warns of dire impact on children in Lebanon post Israeli airstrikes, with many missing and facing dangers.

"Tens of thousands" of people in Lebanon have fled their homes since Monday amid Israeli air strikes on Hezbollah targets in the south of the country, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday. The UN children's agency UNICEF separately said further escalation in the conflict, which has so far killed…

Foreign minister announces new working group ‘for the protection of humanitarian personnel’ and renews calls for Australians to leave Lebanon

The Sotheby’s Milan charity auction in aid of UNICEF takes place tomorrow, including 15 designs from the "Design to Move; 40 Creations by 40 Designers for 40 Years of Technogym" exhibitionat Milan Design Week.

UN’s children’s agency says there’s an urgent need for access to clean water, sanitation as Red Cross mobilises relief.

Typhoon Yagi aftermath in Vietnam: 233 dead, 103 missing, UNICEF aiding with water access, international aid pledged.

In worst-hit Vietnam the fatalities rose to 197, with nine confirmed dead in northern Thailand -- where one district is suffering its worst floods in 80 years.

African countries produce less than 2 percent of the vaccines the continent needs, experts say.