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(Human Rights Watch) – Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) security forces are arbitrarily detaining men and boys ages 15 and over who are fleeing Mosul and Hawija during the offensive [...]

(The Guardian) – Rescue workers at the site of a bombed-out school complex in northern Syria described scenes of anguish and fear as fresh details emerged of airstrikes that levelled much [...]

(BBC) – A group of around 150 armed rebels have abducted at least 30 children after they attacked two schools in South Sudan’s Amadi state, the state governor Joseph Ngere has told [...]

(SOS Children’s Villages International)  – More than 150 children who live at the SOS Children’s Village in Damascus are back at home nearly a month after they were evacuated as a [...]

(UN News Centre)  – In another impassioned plea to the United Nations Security Council urging action to stop the bloodshed in war-ravaged Syria, the top UN humanitarian official stressed [...]

(Human Rights Watch) – Homemade landmines have killed and injured hundreds of civilians, including dozens of children, in Manbij, a city in northern Syria. The antipersonnel mines, often [...]

(UN News Centre) – With nearly 400,000 children facing starvation in Nigeria, and citizens suffering with little to no protection, security, food or access to clean water, “Nigeria is [...]

(CNN) – Zainab’s eyes are hazel, and a sliver of olive skin peeks from the stretchy turquoise scarf wrapped tightly around her face. Over her shoulder is an insulated bag with the [...]

(BBC) – Some 145 child soldiers fighting for two rebel groups in South Sudan have been released, Unicef has announced. The children were recruited by the Cobra Faction and the SPLA In [...]

(Human Rights Watch) – “We can’t afford to keep fleeing,” said “Halima,” a 35-year-old mother of four who recently fled fighting in the contested town of Galkayo in central Somalia. “Those [...]