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10 Oct 2024
GAZA: AT LEAST 3,100 CHILDREN AGED UNDER FIVE KILLED WITH OTHERS AT RISK AS FAMINE LOOMS
The occupied Palestinian territory is now ranked as the deadliest place in the world for children: about 30% of the 11,300 identified children killed in Gaza were younger than five and Gaza currently has the highest rates of child malnutrition globally.
9 Oct 2024
Education disrupted for sixth year for 1.5 million children in Lebanon, with half of public schools used as shelters
This is the sixth year of significant disruptions to education for children in Lebanon, who have been hit by multiple complex crises for decades without being able to fully recover.
9 Oct 2024
STAFF ACCOUNTS: Siege and bombardment of Sudan’s El Fasher pushes children, adults to the limits of survival
Eight aid workers describe their experiences of the brutality of the constant bombardment in El Fasher.
4 Oct 2024
Death rates from cholera outbreaks surge in Sudan and Nigeria as flooding, conflict hinder treatment
Death rates from major cholera outbreaks in Sudan and Nigeria have surged to up to three times the global average putting thousands of children at risk as cases continue to rise as conflict and flooding hamper access to treatment, said Save the Children.
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Khartoum: Doctors warn of disease catastrophe due to mounting dead bodies
Thousands of corpses are reported to be decomposing on the streets of Khartoum with morgues at breaking point
Worsening food crisis in Nigeria as farmers face wave of attacks and kidnappings by armed groups
A relentless wave of attacks against farmers in Nigeria by armed groups is threatening to worsen the hunger crisis.
Niger: NGOs warn further instability and sanctions could exacerbate humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable including women and children
Joint Statement on Humanitarian situation in Niger by humanitarian organisations
Colombia ceasefire agreement needs to stop recruitment of child soldiers – Save the Children
Allows for the recruitment of girls and boys over the age of 15 which must be addressed following a truce between the Colombian government and ELN
Lebanon: At least 12,000 children displaced in Ein el-Hilweh camp as violence enters its fifth day
20,000 people including an estimated 12,000 children have been forced from their homes during 5 days of violence in Lebanon's largest refugee camp
STATEMENT: DEADLY CLASHES IN PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP IN LEBANON CLOSE SCHOOLS, PUT CHILDREN AT RISK
Clashes in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh in the south of Lebanon have closed schools and are putting children at direct risk
Over 11 million children born during world’s hottest month on record: Save the Children
More than 11 million children born into the hottest month on record
Leaders must take urgent action to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C: Save the Children
Leaders need to limit warming temperatures to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels