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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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Hundreds of thousands in northwest Syria caught in humanitarian catastrophe, aid agencies warn

As hostilities continue to escalate in northwest Syria, eight aid agencies are today making an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire

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Fears grow for Palestinian children enduring new wave of instability following Middle East ‘Peace Proposal’

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Save the Children: The reopening of Sanaa airport for medical flights ‘a lifeline’ for thousands of children

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Northwest Syria: Thousands of displaced children forced to flee their homes again as violence escalates in Idlib and Aleppo

Northwest Syria: Thousands of displaced children forced to flee their homes again as violence escalates in Idlib and Aleppo

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9 million children could die in a decade unless world acts on pneumonia, leading agencies warn

9 million children could die in a decade unless world acts on pneumonia, leading agencies warn