Tags: Children and Armed Conflict
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Attack in Afrin, Syria, kills three children and causes significant damage to school
Statement by Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa
At least seven children killed in yet another attack on civilians in northwest Syria
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore
UNICEF provided life-saving support to children in almost 300 emergencies in 2018
Number of countries enduring violent conflicts is at a 30-year high with devastating impact on world’s most vulnerable children
Afghanistan sees three-fold increase in attacks on schools in one year – UNICEF
As global leaders convene today in Mallorca, Spain, at the third International Conference on Safe Schools, UNICEF calls for an end to the fighting and protection of education
Protect the rights of children of foreign fighters stranded in Syria and Iraq
The thousands of children of foreign fighters languishing in camps, detention centers or orphanages in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere are among the world’s most vulnerable children. They live in appalling conditions amid constant threats to their health, safety and well-being.
Attacks on schools quadruple in conflict-hit eastern Ukraine
Since the start of eastern Ukraine’s five-year conflict, more than 750 educational facilities on both sides have been damaged or destroyed due to hostilities
6,000 children reunited with families after years of separation in South Sudan
Save the Children, UNICEF and partners have successfully reunited 6,000 children with their families after years of separation due to conflict. This is a milestone for the Family Tracing and Reunification (FTR) programme in South Sudan since the first reunification of 420 children in 2014.
12 children killed in past two weeks in northwest Syria
At least 12 children have been killed in northwestern Syria since April 20 as violence in the demilitarized zone continues to escalate.
More than 3,500 children have been recruited and used by non-state armed groups in north-east Nigeria since 2013
More than 3,500 children, most of whom were aged 13 to 17, were recruited by non-state armed groups between 2013 and 2017 and have been used in the ongoing armed conflict in north-east Nigeria – UNICEF said today ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Chibok abduction.
Blast in Sana’a kills 14 children in school and injures 16, most under the age of nine
More than 400 children killed and seriously injured since beginning of 2019
