Vaccination Campaign Covers 4.7 Million Children in Nigeria

January 29, 2017January 30, 2017 RMN News Children, Nigeria, UNICEF, Vaccination

In a major vaccination campaign concluding this week, 4.7 million children are being vaccinated in response to a measles outbreak

Migrant and asylum seeker camp on the Greek island of Lesvos covered in snow as icy temperatures and heavy snowstorms affect region. Photo: IOM 2017

Europe World

Refugee Children Facing Extreme Cold Weather in Europe

January 21, 2017January 22, 2017 RMN News Children, Cold, Europe, Refugee, UNICEF, Weather

With no sign of a let-up in the extreme cold weather and storms sweeping Central, Eastern and Southern Europe, refugee

Destruction shown in April 2016 at the World Heritage site of Palmyra in Syria. Photo: ©UNESCO

Middle East and Africa World

Violent Extremists Attack Cultural Heritage Sites in Syria

January 21, 2017January 22, 2017 RMN News Extremists, Heritage, Syria, UNESCO, Violent

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reported Friday that the cultural heritage sites are increasingly been attacked

Children and their parents gather around a fire to keep warm in the yard of a large warehouse in Jibreen, now used as a shelter for thousands of families who fled violence in eastern Aleppo. Photo: UNICEF / UN043357 / Al-Issa

Middle East and Africa World

Syria: 700,000 People Trapped in 15 Besieged Areas

January 17, 2017January 18, 2017 RMN News Aleppo, Syria, UNICEF, United Nations, WHO

While efforts to fully implement a ceasefire in Syria continue, top United Nations (UN) officials appealed Monday for safe access

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

A group of volunteers, led by a fourth-year former architecture student, links two basements with a tunnel and turns them into an underground playground in the Syrian Arab Republic. to provide children with a relatively safe place to play and have fun together.

Middle East and Africa World

535 Million Children Live in Conflict Areas: UNICEF

December 9, 2016December 9, 2016 RMN News Children, Conflict, UNICEF

An estimated 535 million children – nearly one in four – live in countries affected by conflict or disaster, often