(NBC) -Joseph Kony’s army of child soldiers robbed central Africa of a generation, and the self-proclaimed Christian prophet has been accused of murder, rape, kidnapping and torture by the International Criminal Court. NBC News reports that the United States considers Kony a “specially designated global terrorist,” and it’s the Green Berets’ mission to “apprehend or […]
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(Reuters) – Hospitals and clinics in Afghanistan have increasingly been targeted by armed groups over the past two years, weakening an already degraded health system, a children’s rights group said in a report issued on Monday. Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict said attacks had further restricted or even blocked medical care in a country where […]
(IRIN) – An Afghan father recently described how his 15-year-old son lost both feet after stepping on a mine. He couldn’t get proper care in Kunduz City – the only trauma centre there had been destroyed – so he took a taxi more than 200 miles to Kabul. By the time his son received treatment, it […]
(Security Council Report) – On Sunday, following its meetings in Niamey, Niger, the Council delegation flew to Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, Nigeria. Among the highlights during their half-day in Maiduguri were a visit to an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp, and a meeting with the state governor, Kassim Shettima. Members’ first destination was […]
(Yahoo News) – At West Emergency Hospital in Erbil, five small children lie in beds, along with their mother, all wrapped in bandages, with chemical burns from a mortar attack that hit their house. The family is from a neighborhood called Giraj al-Shimal, in eastern Mosul. They are among the 15 people who had been brought […]
(Al Arabiya) – Saudi Arabia’s delegation to the United Nations held a press conference on Thursday that was attended by delegation from the Arab coalition. The press conference discussed the coalition’s efforts in Yemen and the seven truces violation broken by the Houthi militia. General Misfer al-Ghanim, director of planning and operations management in the […]
(AFP) – Colombia’s FARC rebels have begun removing child soldiers from their ranks as part of a landmark peace deal, the Red Cross said Friday. The leftist guerrillas’ use of underage fighters was one of the thorniest issues in four years of peace talks with the government, which yielded an accord last November to end half a […]
(Sudan Tribune) – The rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/North (SPLM-N) Friday said it has agreed with the United Nations on a comprehensive plan to implement the child protection agreement signed between the two sides. South Kordofan and the neighbouring Blue Nile states, also known as the Two Areas, have been the scene of violent conflict between […]
(AFP) – Four South Sudanese soldiers were arrested for their role in the gang rape of a dozen women and girls in a village in February, the government spokesman said on Friday. The violence took place in the village of Kubi, some 40 km south of the capital Juba, where the army sought possible suspects in […]
(AP) – Jihadists on motorbikes killed two people including a school official early Friday in a village in Burkina Faso’s north and then went to other villages demanding that schools close, a provincial official said. The attack in Kourfayl terrified teachers who gathered in the nearby provincial capital for safety, said High Commissioner of Soum province […]
