(UNHCR) – Of the more than 70,000 refugees living in the Yida settlement in South Sudan, an estimated 1,750 arrived as unaccompanied minors. UNHCR seeks to protect all unaccompanied children by reuniting them with immediate or extended families or by placing them with foster families.
(NBC News) – Despite the rebel’s denial, the United Nations children’s agency warns that it has “clear evidence of the continuing recruitment and use of children by armed groups” in Central African Republic.
(OSRSG) – More than three million children in Syria suffer from the consequences of the ongoing conflict. “This emergency is a children’s crisis,” the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict alerted the Security Council this morning during an open briefing on the Syrian crisis.
(allAfrica) – In the face of intensifying violence in the Central African Republic, including on a playing field and at a church, more and more children are being killed and injured, says UNICEF.
(UN News Centre) – The United Nations Children’s Fund today said more than 2,000 boys and girls have been recruited by armed forces in the Central African Republic since the latest wave of violence in the country began in December.
(DW) – Foreign ministers from G8 nations meet in London divided by their views on Syria and North Korea. But the leaders were able to agree on the necessity to combat rape and sexual violence in conflict areas.
(Save the Children) – Children make up the majority of victims of sexual violence in many conflict and post-conflict zones, according to a new report released by Save the Children ahead of a crucial G8 meeting in London aimed at tackling the issue.
(PBS) – The two-year Syrian conflict has endangered nearly 2 million children, limiting their access to basic health care and education, according to a report recently released by Save the Children.
(UN News Centre) – Two million children in the Central African Republic are without basic social services and are exposed to violence following a power grab by the Séléka rebel coalition and subsequent insecurity and looting, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today said, warning that more children will be at risk if the country does not stabilize quickly.
(UNICEF) – The lives of 600,000 children in Central African Republic are being seriously affected by the ongoing conflict across the country, UNICEF warned today. The agency called on all parties to lay down their arms and to ensure the wellbeing of children.
