(Child Soldiers International) – Global efforts to end the use of child soldiers are still being gravely under-resourced by the international community. On the International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers (12 February 2018), Child Soldiers International is calling for UN member states and governments to put the issue of child recruitment back on the […]
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(OSRSG-CAAC) – The international commitment to end the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict has led to the release and reintegration of more than 5,000 children in 2017, according to the latest numbers compiled by the United Nations; but tens of thousands more remain. Once released, these children still have to face the complex and […]
(NRC) – Here are seven reasons why we should increase our humanitarian efforts and rethink policies aimed at returning refugees back to Afghanistan, where the situation has gone from bad to worse. The situation in Afghanistan has gone from bad to worse, according to a recent report by the NRC. Link
(IRIN) – From Syria and the Democratic Republic of Congo to Myanmar and Nigeria, countless children remain trapped in armed conflict. The UN Secretary General’s 2017 Report on Children and Armed Conflict names 56 non-state armed groups and seven state armed forces in 14 countries that recruit children. Link
(BBC) – Falmata is getting a full beauty treatment – a thick paste of henna, with its delicate pointed swirls, adorns her feet. While it dries, a woman is battling with her hair. Comb in hand she’s stretching and straightening Falmata’s tight curls. “We were allowed to choose any style for the hair and the henna,” […]
(WHO) – South Sudan declared the end of its longest and largest cholera outbreak on Wednesday (February 07), with no new cases of cholera reported in over seven weeks. The fight against cholera in South Sudan has involved a range of partners working together to enhance surveillance, deploy rapid response teams to investigate and respond to […]
(Theirworld) – That’s the average number of life-threatening attacks on education each school day around the world, says a new campaign aimed at British schoolchildren. For most children in the United Kingdom, school is a place of safety and learning. But for millions of children in other parts of the world, school can be a place […]
(UNMISS) – More than 300 child soldiers have today been officially released by armed groups in Yambio to begin reintegrating into their communities and learning new skills to support themselves, according to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. “Children should not be carrying guns and killing each other. They should be playing, learning, having fun […]
(Al Jazeera) – The humanitarian crisis caused by Yemen’s civil war is growing more desperate every day. The UN says 47,000 people have been displaced in the past month alone. Link
(CARE) – More than 14,000 refugees, the large majority women and children, have fled the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Uganda since December 18th 2017, following increased conflict, according to figures from Government of Uganda and UNHCR, said agency CARE International. Most refugees arrive through the Bunagana border point in Kisoro district, South Western Uganda […]
