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31 Oct 2024

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World more dangerous than ever for children with crimes in conflict at highest level in 2023

  • Save the Children report reveals the number of grave violations committed against children in conflict reached highest level ever in 2023, with over 31,000 documented cases

  • An average of 31 children a day killed or maimed

  • Biggest increases in crimes against children recorded in the occupied Palestinian territory and Sudan 

  • 473 million children – or 19% of the world’s child population – lived under the weight of war in 2023

  • The cost of conflict skyrocketed to US $19.1 trillion last year, while investments in peace and conflict prevention remained low –with a $4 trillion gap needed to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

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30 Oct 2024

Over 2.8 million children under five forced from their home across Sudan

New figures reveal over half of the 11 million displaced – or 5.8 million - are children under 18, and over one quarter – or 2.8 million - are children aged under five. 

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29 Oct 2024

LEBANON: At least two children killed every day in five weeks of war

The humanitarian situation in Lebanon continues to rapidly deteriorate; the latest Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed at least 60 people, including two children. Over 100 children – an average of 2 children a day – have been killed since the war started on 23 September, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health.

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28 Oct 2024

PHILIPPINES: Education disrupted for more than 90% of school children in wake of Storm Trami

The storm, which prompted widespread evacuations and affected 805,000 families, has disrupted learning for more than 19 million students.

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Schools closed in Gaza and Israel as eight Palestinian children are killed

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Movement on international justice a “glimmer of hope” for Rohingya children

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Three Palestinian children killed and one Israeli child injured following escalations in Gaza and Southern Israel

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