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(UN News Centre) – Following a month that saw civilians continuing to bear the brunt of the conflict in Yemen, a 72-hour halt to fighting set to take effect later today is welcome, but not [...]

(Human Rights Watch)  – The United Nations Security Council’s abject failure to address the horrific crimes against civilians in Syria means it is time for the General Assembly to act. For [...]

(Save the Children) – Thousands of desperate Iraqis are fleeing to a filthy and overcrowded Syrian refugee camp in an effort to escape the Mosul offensive, according to Save the Children’s [...]

(UN News Centre) – Even though overall conflict-related civilian casualty numbers in Afghanistan fell by one per cent in the first nine months of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015, [...]

(Amnesty International) – Two and a half years since 219 Chibok schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria, sparking a global outcry and the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, there has [...]

(Al Jazeera) – It can be hard to breathe in the Domiz refugee camp, 20km southeast of the city, with a mix of burning rubbish and raw sewage hanging heavy in the air at times. Even so, the [...]

(Save the Children) – One month since the breakdown of the Aleppo ceasefire over five hundred children have been reported to have been killed or seriously injured. Hospitals have documented [...]

(Al Jazeera) – Russia has announced plans for an eight-hour “humanitarian” ceasefire in Aleppo later this week, amid a warning from the European Union that the Syrian [...]

(AP) – Nigeria’s government is negotiating the release of another 83 of the Chibok schoolgirls taken in a mass abduction two-and-a-half years ago, but more than 100 others appear [...]

(UNICEF) – The emotional reunification with their families on Sunday of 21 of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram more than two years ago in Chibok, northeast Nigeria, highlights the need for [...]