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Frustration and despair are overwhelming young Rohingya refugees in southeastern Bangladesh, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said. The Agency's new report calls for urgent investment in education and skills development opportunities in and around the vast camps where most of the refugees live. UNICEF

The current crisis in Mali has profoundly disrupted the lives of millions of children. In the first half of 2019, a sharp increase in violations against children was recorded, particularly in the killing and maiming of children. UNICEF

Two new drugs being tested on Ebola patients in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) show that more than 90 per cent of people can survive if treated within three days of showing symptoms, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today. UNTV CH

Presenting the Secretary-General’s report of children in armed conflict, Special Representative Virginia Gamba, told the Security Council that “unfortunately,” the report shows “an increase in killing and maiming and similar levels of sexual violence as previous years.” UNIFEED

A second case of Ebola that has been confirmed in Goma, a major city of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, “underscores the very real risk of a spike in disease transmission, perhaps beyond the country’s borders,” the United Nations officials warned in a cross-agency joint statement. UNIFEED

An unprecedented proportion of children are contracting the deadly Ebola virus in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), prompting UNICEF to appeal for USD 170 million in additional funding to combat the disease. UNTV CH

After three months of negotiations by the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), UNICEF, armed groups and national partners, thirty-two boys and young men were released from the ranks of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army In-Opposition loyal to Riek Machar at a ceremony in MirMir. UNMISS

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned tens of thousands of children in Al-Hol camp and several parts of Syria are in limbo amid dire humanitarian needs. The Agency called for improved humanitarian access and protection of children including re-integration into local communities and safe return to home countries. UNICEF

Ahead of a key meeting at the United Nations to decide whether to declare the ongoing Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) an international health emergency, UNICEF warned that the epidemic is proving deadlier among under-fives than ever before. UNTV CH

After decades of steady decline, the trend in world hunger – as measured by the prevalence of undernourishment – reverted in 2015, remaining virtually unchanged in the past three years at a level slightly below 11 percent, according to the new edition of the The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI). UNIFEED