(VOX) – The ongoing civil war in Yemen has unleashed another horror: a massive outbreak of cholera, with more than 200,000 suspected cases and 5,000 more being added per day. More than 1,300 victims have already died, a quarter of them children. “In just two months, cholera has spread to almost every [part] of this war-torn […]
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(AFP) – A cholera outbreak in war-ravaged Yemen could infect more than 300,000 people by the end of August, up from nearly 193,000 cases today, the United Nations said Friday. “Probably at the end of August we will reach 300,000” cases, UN children’s agency spokeswoman Meritxell Relano told reporters in Geneva during a conference call. Link
(HRW) – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson should return Burma and Iraq to the US list of governments using child soldiers, Human Rights Watch said today. Reuters reported that Tillerson overruled State Department officials and senior US diplomats in ordering the two countries to be removed from the list, which will be announced on June […]
(VOA News) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is expected to take Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, and Iraq off a list of countries that use or recruit child soldiers, in an announcement set for Tuesday, according to media reports. The Reuters news agency reported last week that by delisting those countries, Tillerson is overruling recommendations […]
(VOANews) – The continuing conflict in Iraq has brought destruction to many areas of the country. It also has had an extreme cost for families and children, as well. The United Nations Children’s Fund, or UNICEF, says fighting has displaced more than 1.5 million children in the last three years. Link
(UN News Centre) – Calling for immediate humanitarian action amid rising malnutrition, thirst and disease, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned today that millions of lives are at risk in four countries stretching from Africa to the Middle East. The welcome announcement of an end to famine conditions in South Sudan earlier this week should […]
(WION) – On 23 June, the Myanmar army released 67 child soldiers from its ranks. A ‘child soldier’ can be broadly defined as “any person under 18 years of age who is part of any kind of regular or irregular armed force or armed group in any capacity – including, but not limited to, combatants, cooks, […]
(OSRSG-CAAC) – The Tatmadaw today released 67 children and young people from its rank. Since the signature of a Joint Action Plan (JAP) between the UN Country Task Force on Monitoring and Reporting (CTFMR) on Grave Violations against Children and the Tatmadaw in 2012, 849 children and young people have been released by the army. […]
(UN News Centre) – The past three years of intensifying conflict in Iraq have left the country’s children trapped in a grinding cycle of violence and poverty, an assessment out today by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned, calling on the warring parties to immediately end hostilities. “Across Iraq, children continue to witness sheer horror and unimaginable […]
(HRW) – The UAE supports Yemeni forces that have arbitrarily detained, forcibly disappeared, tortured, and abused dozens of people during security operations, Human Rights Watch said today. The UAE finances, arms, and trains these forces, which ostensibly are going after Yemeni branches of Al-Qaeda or the Islamic State (also known as ISIS). The UAE also runs at least two informal […]
