A young girl from Mosul takes water from a tap stand at a UNICEF-supported Temporary Learning Space in Hassan Sham Displacement Camp, Ninewa Governorate. Photo: UNICEF (Representational image)

27 Million People Lack Safe Water in Countries Facing Famine

March 29, 2017March 31, 2017 RMN News Famine, UNICEF, Water

Water shortages, inadequate sanitation, poor hygiene practices and disease outbreaks are posing an additional threat to severely malnourished children in

Asia Pacific World

Nearly 600 Million Children to Have Limited Access to Water

March 22, 2017March 23, 2017 RMN News Children, UNICEF, Water

Some 600 million children – or 1 in 4 children worldwide – will be living in areas with extremely limited

On 23 August 2014 children queue to fill jerrycans and other containers with water, at a filling station in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip. Photo: UNICEF

Middle East and Africa World

European Union Funds Gaza’s Largest Seawater Desalination Plant

January 20, 2017January 21, 2017 RMN News Desalination, European Union, Gaza, Seawater, UNICEF

The European Union and UNICEF officially inaugurated Thursday the largest seawater desalination plant built in the Gaza Strip so far.

Middle East and Africa World

UNICEF Reports Winter Threat to Children in the Middle East

December 21, 2016December 22, 2016 RMN News Children, Middle East, UNICEF, Winter

Unseasonably cold temperatures and winter weather are sweeping across the Middle East, threatening millions of children affected by crisis in

Oil wells set alight by ISIL are visible from the newly retaken Iraqi town of al-Hud, outside Mosul, where IOM distributed 350 non-food item kits to recently displaced families. UN Photo: IOM / Jennifer Sparks (representational image)

Middle East and Africa World

UNICEF Provides Emergency Supplies for 15,000 Children in Mosul

November 16, 2016November 17, 2016 RMN News Children, Iraq, Islamic State, Mosul, UNICEF

UNICEF said Tuesday that a UNICEF-led multi-agency humanitarian convoy was on Sunday the first to enter the Iraqi city of

On 01 November children sit in the back of a truck loaded with their belongings on their way back home in Anbar Governorate, Iraq

Middle East and Africa World

Over 20,000 People Displaced in Mosul Fight: UNICEF

November 4, 2016November 5, 2016 RMN News Fight, Iraq, Mosul, UNICEF

Some 20,700 people have been displaced since the operation to retake Mosul started on 17 October, UNICEF said Thursday. It