Five years after Myanmar’s military seized power and imprisoned the country’s elected leaders, the United Nations (UN) says the crisis has only deepened, with escalating violence, mass displacement and a heavily controlled election that has entrenched military rule rather than restored civilian governance.

Reaching a single child in Sudan’s Darfur region can take days of negotiations, security clearances and risky travel across shifting frontlines, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday, as the country’s civil conflict deepens and humanitarian conditions deteriorate further.