(Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack) – Armenia became the 60th country to endorse the international Safe Schools Declaration on March 22, 2017, the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) said today. “We warmly congratulate Armenia for making this commitment to ensure that students and schools are better protected around the world, even during times […]
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(Newsweek) – It was just before dark, and Charles was pulling weeds with his father in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state when roughly a dozen armed rebels appeared, demanding he join their ranks. Charles was terrified. His father tried to intervene, but he was outnumbered. That night, Charles, whose name has been changed to protect […]
(NRC) – Famine was declared in South Sudan in February. Over 100,000 people have been affected so far. A million more are on the brink of mass starvation. We speak to four families about how they are surviving. Jalab sits in her modest home and prepares a meal for her nine children. It’s made from […]
(ReliefWeb) – SOS Children’s Villages launched an emergency programme in 2014 to help children and families affected by the conflict in eastern Ukraine. It is one of the few organisations working on both sides of the contact line. SOS Children’s Villages plays a unique role in helping children and families, says Andriy Chuprikov, National Director of […]
(The National) – A call to intensify humanitarian projects to alleviate the suffering of the 15 million children in conflict zones was made by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid’s humanitarian adviser on Tuesday. With women and children 14 times more likely to lose their lives in a crisis than men, Ibrahim Bumelha said the UAE was keen […]
(International Business Times) – Two disturbing new videos have emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that appear to show members of the armed forces targeting unarmed civilians, including children, in the restive Kasaï region. Kasaï, in the heart of the DRC, has been plagued by violence between the Congolese security forces and a local […]
(Human Rights Watch) – Countries around the world are taking measures to protect students, teachers, and schools from the harmful consequences that can result from the use of schools for military purposes during times of armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 101-page report, “Protecting Schools from Military Use: Law, Policy, […]
(The New York Times) – Seven Congolese Army officers have been arrested and charged with war crimes after a video surfaced last month that appeared to show uniformed soldiers opening fire on a group of civilians in a massacre that left at least 13 people dead, the military’s auditor general said on Saturday. The video depicts […]
(UNICEF) – Located in Sahel region of Burkina Faso, Soum is the largest of four provinces in the region. The province has been affected by rapidly deteriorating security since the end of 2016, due to successive terrorist threats perpetrated by non-state armed actors. The most affected communes are bordering the northern Mali and are in the […]
