(Child Soldiers International) – Millions of children around the world will head back to school this week, but there are many others who will not and thousands who will be soldiers not students this September. The prospect of getting ready for a new school year – preparing pencil cases, books and backpacks – will be a […]
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(The Independent) – The creator of one of Yemen’s leading humanitarian organisations, Red Crescent, has died after being denied access to medical treatment abroad. Abdullah Alkhamesi, 76, died after a failed heart operation in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a on Thursday. Link
(Foreign Policy) – Brig. Gen. Moses Lokujo stood in the ruins of Loopo, a strategic hilltop village in South Sudan’s lush southern Equatoria region. Less than two miles to the east, telephone poles poked over a green ridge, marking the outskirts of Kajo Keji, the seat of the county of the same name, where rebels under […]
(Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network) – It’s a heartbreaking story: A mother finds on Facebook a photo of a boy holding an assault rifle and resembling her son who was kidnapped by house help when he was three years old, and who remains missing. The photo, posted by the Maute group in Marawi City, suggested […]
(NewsDeeply) – After six years of conflict and extended exposure to trauma, Syria is in the throes of a mental health crisis, according to Chicago-based physician Dr. Zaher Sahloul, a Syrian-American trauma specialist and former president of the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS). Thousands of civilians live in besieged areas, like the Eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus, without access […]
(The Guardian) – Human rights groups have urged the UN to establish an independent inquiry into abuses during the Yemen conflict, which has spiralled into the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The UN human rights council has verified the deaths of more than 5,000 civilians since the outbreak of war in March 2015, although the actual number is likely […]
(OSRSG-CAAC) – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, released today her annual report to the General Assembly. The 16-page document outlines immediate priorities as well as a longer-term vision for improving the protection of children affected by armed conflict, with a reflection on the achievements of the children and […]
(Deutsche Welle) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged Myanmar and Bangladesh to allow humanitarian access to people impacted by recent clashes in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. “Many of those fleeing are women and children, some of whom are wounded,” Guterres’ spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said in a statement on Monday. Link
(The Washington Post) – A Taliban suicide bomber struck at a bank not far from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, killing five people Tuesday as government employees lined up to withdraw salaries ahead of a religious holiday. Meanwhile, there were conflicting reports on deaths from an airstrike that sought to target a Taliban command post outside […]
(UNICEF) – More than 180 million people do not have access to basic drinking water in countries affected by conflict, violence and instability* around the world, UNICEF warned today, as World Water Week gets under way. “Children’s access to safe water and sanitation, especially in conflicts and emergencies, is a right, not a privilege” said Sanjay Wijesekera, UNICEF’s […]
