Climate hazards disrupted school for 1 in 10 students in 2025: UNICEF
More than 171 million students affected globally with girls disproportionately impacted.

More than 171 million students affected globally with girls disproportionately impacted.






![Maternal uncle of Bissan, who was evacuated as a premature baby during the two-year Israeli offensive for treatment in Egypt, plays with her after she returned to Gaza as her Palestinian mother Sundus al-Kurd reaches her arms out, in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, March 31, 2026. [File: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/reuters_69e9bf3d-1776926525.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)


Measles kills 70 in East Darfur’s Labado in a few weeks as healthcare collapse leaves families without medicines.
UN said one of its staff members and two other people were killed, after M23 rebels said a ‘combat drone’ hit the city.

As Gaza’s displaced Palestinians suffer from winter storms, UNICEF explains the basic needs essential to save children.

Palestinians with a range of disabilities came together to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Newborn and Premature babies in Gaza are being forced to share oxygen masks, says UNICEF.
Epidemic being fuelled by availability of ultra-processed foods and aggressive market.

UNICEF says “famine is absolutely ravaging Gaza City.”
Israel has killed more than 18,000 children since the start of its genocidal war on Gaza.
Up to 45% of 10,000 sexual violence cases in DRC’s conflict zone in January and February involved minors, says UNICEF.
UN agency says children as young as 12 are also being enlisted or coerced to join the fighting by armed groups.