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(OSRSG-CAAC) – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, welcomes the announcement by the Government of Colombia and the Fuerzas [...]

(Save the Children) – Kirsty McNeill, Director of Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns at Save the Children, said: “We welcome the Committee’s report which says the UK should suspend arms exports [...]

(UNICEF) – Across the globe, nearly 50 million children have been uprooted – 28 million of them driven from their homes by conflicts not of their making, and millions more migrating in the [...]

(The New York Times) – As rebel negotiators unveiled a new plan on Wednesday for a political transition in Syria, doctors in the city of Aleppo were still treating people in intensive care [...]

(Human Rights Watch) – Thérèse, a 14-year-old in the Central African Republic, probably doesn’t know that defense ministers from around the globe will meet in London on Thursday this week [...]

(AFP) – A four-year-old girl and her father were among three people killed Tuesday when a bomb hidden in a motorcycle’s fuel tank exploded outside a school in Thailand’s [...]

(OHCHR) – Following an all-too-brief respite in fighting resulting from February’s cessation of hostilities agreement, there has been a tragic increase in violence targeting Syrian [...]

(VoA) – Lara Salamatou wants to resume her education, but as Cameroon schools reopened Monday, the 16-year-old could only get lessons in frustration. She’d tried to enroll in the government [...]

(The Guardian) – When Burundi descended into violence and political turmoil last April, Jean-Pierre was one of many children tricked into becoming fighters. The 17-year-old ended up in an [...]

(UN News Centre) – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today met with Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince, who is also Second Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, [...]