Informes

By Krista van den Berg Children living in the Dalori camp in north-east Nigeria have seen violence and tragedy, but a day of fun activities gave them the opportunity to just be children. MAIDUGURI, north-east Nigeria, 30 December,…

SC/12662 At its sixtieth meeting, on 2 December 2016, the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, in connection with the examination of the third report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in…

The cycle of violence and unrest that Burundi has been experiencing since April 2015 has become protracted. An estimated 110,000 people are displaced and 325,000 have fled to neighbouring countries.1 Communities are experiencing the erosion of…

Highlights: · November saw a deterioration of the security context in the Far North, as the dry season brought an increase in improvised explosive devices (IED) and attacks along the main axes, rendering many areas hard to…

by FLAVIEN MULUMBA BEST OF 2016 – Child labour in DRC is a significant problem but a lot of progress has been made! Here are some key figures concerning child labour in DRC. Child protection It is every child’s…

par FLAVIEN MULUMBA BEST OF 2016 – Le travail des enfants fait référence à tout travail ou activité qui les prive de leur enfance. En effet, ce sont des activités qui portent préjudice à la santé physique…

Highlights On 21-23 November, heavy fighting between Ex-Seleka factions in Bria left at least 86 civilians dead and some 11,000 people displaced. As of the end of November, a reported 420,000 people are still internally displaced (IDPs) in…

Interview with Dee Brillenburg-Wurth, the head of child protection at MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Can you describe your work? I’m in charge of a team of about 30 child protection officers who monitor and…

Highlights: Nearly 5.1 million people face acute food insecurity in north east Nigeria. If humanitarian assistance is not provided, an estimated 400,000 children will suffer from severe acute malnutrition over the next 12 months across the states…

The Islamic Republic of The Gambia recently launched the National Child Protection Strategy 2016-2020, developed with technical and financial support from UNICEF. The Strategy, along with its costed Plan of Action, is the result of a…