March 07
Congo-Kinshasa: Children As Young As Nine Face Mass Sexual Violence and Mutilation in the DRC
Content Warning: This press release includes graphic details of sexual violence and may be particularly distressing to some. Read more »
October 10, 2023
Africa: One Third More Girls Set to Face Double Blow of Climate Change and Child Marriage By 2050 - Study
The number of girls at extreme risk of facing the double blow of climate change and child marriage is set to increase 33% to nearly 40 million by 2050, new estimates from Save the… Read more »
April 24, 2023
Sudan: Save the Children Vows to Get Life-Saving Supplies to Children in Sudan
Save the Children committed on Monday to staying in Sudan to help children and their families and vowed to resume some suspended programmes as soon as possible to get life-saving… Read more »
April 17, 2023
Sudan: Armed Groups Loot Medical Supplies and Aid From Save the Children
The violence has also forced Save the Children to temporarily suspend most of its operations across Sudan, the child rights organisation said, putting food, clean water, and other… Read more »
February 17, 2023
Madagascar: More Than One Million Children At Risk As Record-Breaking Category 5 Storm Makes Landfall
Cyclone Freddy is expected to make landfall on Monday as a Category 5 cyclone, with wind gusts of up to 165 mph and could affect as many as two million people living in the storm… Read more »
November 20, 2022
Africa: COP27 - A Small but Critical Step in Bringing Children's Rights to the Table and an Important Win On Loss and Damage #AfricaClimateHope
Leaders at COP27 have taken a small but critical step in securing justice for children most affected by the climate crisis, by formally recognising children as agents of change and… Read more »
October 26, 2022
Africa: Report - One in Three Children Globally Face Double Threat of High Climate Risk and Crushing Poverty #AfricaClimateCrisis
An estimated 774 million children across the world - or one third of the world's child population - are living with the dual impacts of poverty and high climate risk, according to… Read more »