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Africa: More Than 12,000 Children Killed or Maimed in 2018 Conflicts - UN Report
VOA, 30 July 2019
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday he was "appalled" that more than 12,000 children were killed or maimed last year in some 20 countries at war or in a state of… Read more »
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Africa: New UN Report Shows Record Number of Children Killed and Maimed in Conflict
UN, 30 July 2019
In the 20 conflict situations monitored in the 2018 edition of the Annual Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, released Tuesday, more than 12,000… Read more »
'Somalia The Worst One' - UN Report on Children in Conflict Zones
A new UN report has found that 2018 was the worst year on record for children caught up in armed conflict; the year saw the highest numbers killed or maimed since the United Nations began monitoring the violations. The report says that children continue to be used in combat, particularly in Somalia, Nigeria and Syria, and that some 7,000 have been drawn into frontline fighting roles around the world during 2018. They also continue to be abducted, to be used in hostilities or for sexual violence: more than half of the 2,500 reported cases were in Somalia.
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30 July 2019
Secretary-General Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict
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The year 2018 was marked by the highest levels of children killed or maimed in armed conflict since the United Nations started monitoring and ... see more »
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