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Children at risk and terrified as conflict escalates in Lebanon

At least 21 children are among an estimated 270 people killed, and more than 1,000 injured in Israeli strikes on southern and eastern Lebanon.

FIVE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN KILLED OR INJURED ON AVERAGE EVERY DAY IN THE WEST BANK SINCE OCTOBER

The number of children killed or injured by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank has more than doubled since last October.

ISRAEL’S SIEGE NOW BLOCKS 83% OF FOOD AID REACHING GAZA, NEW DATA REVEALS

15 aid organisations demand international pressure for an immediate ceasefire, arms embargo, and end to Israel’s systematic aid obstruction.

Children in wartorn Sudan likely to go for days or weeks without food or medicine as key bridge washed away in heavy rains

Children in wartorn Sudan are likely to go for days or weeks without food or medicine as key bridge washed away in heavy rains.

Children still trapped in their homes as worst floods in 30 years devastate Northeast Nigeria

Heavy rains in Borno state, Northeast Nigeria have led to the worst flooding in 30 years, affecting at least 239,000 people.

31 organisations call on all UN Member States to take urgent steps to protect people deprived of their liberty across the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel

31 organisations call on all UN Member States to take urgent steps to protect people deprived of their liberty across the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel.

West Africa floods: almost one million people forced from homes

Recent heavy rains and floods across West Africa have forced nearly 950,000 people [1], many of them children, from their homes across Mali, Nigeria and Niger.

Covid Inquiry hears UK poverty levels on eve of pandemic meant children in struggling families hit hardest

Leading children's rights organisations tell the Covid Inquiry how UK inequality levels on eve of pandemic meant children in struggling families were hit the hardest.