(Norwegian Refugee Council) – Drought has affected two out of three provinces in Afghanistan, with displaced families in the North and West regions particularly at risk. “We are concerned that the poorest cohort of Afghan society, particularly those already displaced by conflict, will be worst affected. Displaced people affected by the drought are prevented from […]
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(UNICEF) – Nearly half of children aged between 7 and 17 years old – 3.7 million – in Afghanistan are missing out on school, according to the Out of School Children: Afghanistan Country Study released today. The ongoing conflict and worsening security situation across the country – combined with deeply engrained poverty and discrimination against girls […]
(Theirworld) – A generation of children are being “sacrificed” because the humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic means they are not going to school. Many children are starving and one in five babies don’t survive beyond their first birthday in a country where funding cutbacks have seen aid reduced. “It breaks my heart every […]
(Reuters) – South Sudan’s army massacred civilians, burned children alive and gang-raped women after a supposed ceasefire with rebels in December, according to reports by monitors appointed by the country’s East African neighbors on a five-year-old civil war. South Sudan, which won independence from Sudan in 2011, has denied targeting civilians and called the reports, compiled […]
(Agence France Presse) – Myanmar has not done enough to fulfil its promise to end the use of child soldiers and underage recruitment may even be on the rise, a top UN official said Tuesday (May 29). The military and a number of rebel groups have for years drafted underage soldiers to battle in several civil […]
(Human Rights Watch) – Three years ago today, representatives from countries from around the globe came together in Oslo to declare their support for the protection of students, teachers, schools, and universities during times of war. Three years later, an incredible 75 countries have joined the Safe Schools Declaration. Support for the declaration has come from the highest […]
(Human Rights Watch) – The kidnappers of a school principal in Cameroon’s Southwest province should immediately release her unharmed, Human Rights Watch said today. The abductions of two principals took place on May 25, 2018, during heightened violence and abuses in Cameroon’s Anglophone regions, just days before national school exams began. Link
(OSRSG-CAAC) – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, visited Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw from 27 to 29 May 2018. During her visit, she met with State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; the Deputy Commander in Chief of Defense Services, Vice Senior General Soe Win; […]
(Al Jazeera) – As paramedic Mazen Jabreel Hasna set out towards the field east of Gaza City with his medical team for the Friday demonstration, he had a sinking feeling it would be another bloody day for the unarmed Palestinian demonstrators. Hasna and his team were in a heightened state of alert, taking into consideration the […]
(ICRC) – According to a new global surveillance system, 105 attacks on health-care facilities, personnel or resources were reported in the first three months of 2018. With many countries just beginning to submit their data, this number is expected to rise. The online tool, launched by the World Health Organization (WHO) last December, records acts or […]
