Latest United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) News & Updates

United Nations, May 16 (IANS) Nearly 19.5 million people in Sudan are facing crisis levels of acute food insecurity, a UN spokesperson said, citing the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).While 14 areas are at risk of famine across Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan, conditions are expected to deteriorate further during the lean season between June and September, Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for the UN secret…

Kabul, Jan 27 (IANS) The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) stated on Tuesday that over 90 per cent of 10-year-old children in Afghanistan cannot read a simple text. It warned that education system in Afghanistan is at a critical point, with children not even receiving basic learning, the local media reported. Citing UNICEF, Afghanistan’s leading news agency Khaama Press reported that more than 90 per cent of 10-year-olds cannot read a simple text, reflecting a crisis of schooling without l…