(UNMISS) – Living without enough food, access to clean water, education, or a roof over their heads is normal for many children living in remote communities across South Sudan. This is simply their reality after growing up in the midst of a conflict that has raged across the country since civil war broke out in […]
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(AP) – It’s been almost two years since Deng Machar’s three young children were abducted from his home and likely sold for cattle. Sitting in South Sudan’s opposition-held town of Akobo, the 35-year-old pointed to the dirt beneath his feet. “They were playing right there,” Machar said. “It would be easier if they were dead […]
(UNICEF) – UNICEF appealed today for $3.6 billion to provide lifesaving humanitarian assistance to 48 million children living through conflict, natural disasters and other emergencies in 51 countries in 2018. Around the world, violent conflict is driving humanitarian needs to critical levels, with children especially vulnerable. Conflicts that have endured for years – such as those […]
(Voice of America) – The United States, Britain and Norway say they are concerned about the continued recruitment of tens of thousands of child soldiers by parties on both sides of the conflict in South Sudan. Experts warn these youngsters face grave physical dangers and miss key parts of childhood, like school and family. A civil […]
(AP) – Sixteen people have been killed, including three children, since South Sudan’s cease-fire started less than a month ago, say monitors. Both government and opposition forces have committed multiple violations since the cease-fire began on Dec. 24, according to four separate investigations released Tuesday by the Cease-fire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring Mechanism, an independent […]
(UNMISS) – The United Nations and donors from a number of diplomatic missions working in South Sudan are exploring ways to curb the growing number of child rights violations in the face of the ongoing fighting. Launched on 11 January, the team calling itself the Group of Friends of Children and Armed Conflict, CAAC, is headed […]
(Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In western Uganda’s Kyangwali refugee settlement, Tamari Mutesi teaches tailoring to young women who do not go to school. The initiative she works with aims to combat violence against young single mothers and other refugee girls, including those mistreated by their husbands, by helping them gain economic independence. Link
(The Guardian) – “Food,” says John Lasona, “tortures my mind.” Hunched over, bare-chested, the 48-year-old father in Lainya town runs his fingers over his hollowed frame. “The hunger is killing me.” Link
(ICRC) – Emmanuel (4), Monika (6) and Victor (12) were abducted from their village in South Sudan on the 28 August 2016. “The children were taken around 7pm. That is when we normally sit around the fire place at night. After some time, we heard a neighbour crying ‘My children, my children…’ then out of nowhere […]
(NPR) – In South Sudan, millions of people have been on the run, fleeing violence since civil war broke out in December 2013. The U.N. is calling it the world’s largest refugee crisis. Health workers are on the run, too. How do they tend to the needs of civilians in perpetual flight? Doctors Without Borders is […]
