(TIME) – Since conflict erupted in the Central African Republic in late 2012 after the Séléka armed groups seized power from President François Bozizé, between 3,000 and 6,000 people have been killed, almost 700,000 people displaced and countless villages destroyed. The country has been locked in violence ever since, as the mainly Muslim armed groups (formerly known as […]
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(War Child) – When children who’ve joined armed groups, or ‘child soldiers’, are discussed, it’s assumed they’re recruited by force. While that does happen, the action of joining voluntarily is overlooked. War Child UK’s new report, ‘Tug of War: Children in Armed Groups in DRC’, shows that in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) the clear majority of them are joining ‘voluntarily’. Link
(Associated Press) – The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday that for the first time recognizes the link between conflict and hunger and strongly condemns the use of starvation as a method of warfare. The resolution calls on all parties to conflict to comply with international humanitarian law that bans attacks on civilians […]
(Amnesty International) – Thousands of women and girls who survived the brutal rule of the Boko Haram armed group have since been further abused by the Nigerian security forces who claim to be rescuing them, said Amnesty International in a new report released today. “They betrayed us” reveals how the Nigerian military and Civilian Joint […]
(Amnesty International) – A Rohingya armed group brandishing guns and swords is responsible for at least one, and potentially a second, massacre of up to 99 Hindu women, men, and children as well as additional unlawful killings and abductions of Hindu villagers in August 2017, Amnesty International revealed today after carrying out a detailed investigation inside […]
(Safeguarding Health in Conflict) – In its fifth annual report released today, the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition warns that attacks on health care in conflict zones around the world are continuing with impunity and may in fact be increasing. The report entitled “Violence on the Front Lines: Attacks on Health Care in 2017” documents more […]
(UNHCR) – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is alarmed at new displacement in the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where 7,000 Central African Republic refugees have arrived in under a week into a situation of little help and desperate need. The refugees, most of them women and children, are concentrated in the remote village of […]
(UNICEF) – More than 200 children were released by armed groups in South Sudan on Thursday. It was the third such ceremony to take place since the beginning of the year and brings the total number of children released in 2018 to 806. Additional releases are expected in the coming months that could result in more […]
(UNICEF) – UNICEF and partners have delivered two truck-loads of urgently needed medical supplies to the Gaza Strip – enough to meet the needs of an estimated 70,000 people. The drugs and medical equipment include antibiotics, saline solution and syringes for the treatment of injuries. Since 30 March, over 1,000 children were injured in violence in […]
(UNICEF) – “From the Central African Republic to South Sudan, and from Syria to Afghanistan, attacks on children in conflict have continued unabated during the first four months of the year. “With little remorse and even less accountability, parties to conflict continue to blatantly disregard one of the most basic rules in war: the protection of […]
