Nigerian military says it has rescued 25 more children and women from Boko Haram as part of its ongoing campaign to attack and destroy the armed group’s camps in the northeast. Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman said many Boko Haram fighters were killed in a gun battle on Wednesday morning.[…]
At least 115 children have been killed and 172 injured in Yemen since Saudi-led coalition air strikes began in March, according to the UN’s agency for the welfare of children. A spokesman from UNICEF said on Friday at least 64 children who had died between March 26 and April 20[…]
Psychologists face an uphill battle in trying to de-radicalize young children who have fallen victim to the influences of the Islamic State (ISIS), according to a leading doctor within the profession. The question of why teenagers have been drawn to the group’s ideologies has confounded most, especially in light of[…]
The results of a survey conducted amongst secondary school learners in Gauteng have brought about renewed concerns over the safety of children accessing the internet. Conducted by the Youth Research Unit at the Bureau of Market Research at UNISA, the study uncovered that many children are being groomed for sexual[…]
Four children were given medical treatment after they nearly drowned in three separate incidents at Camps Bay beach on New Year’s day, the NSRI said. Just before 11am, a four-year-old girl was rescued by a member of the public after she nearly drowned in the tidal pool, National Sea Rescue[…]
At least 10 children have been killed after two schools were hit in a series of air strikes carried out by the Syrian government in Damascus and villages in the Idlib province, sources say. Military jets dropped barrel bombs on a school in the town of Safohan in Idlib province[…]
A mother of four children was swept down the Berg River in Paarl, Cape Town after she managed to rescue her children from the strong waters on Sunday, said paramedics. Her children were playing in the river when they suddenly experienced difficulty, said ER24 spokesman Werner Vermaak. “The aunt explained[…]
Millions of children suffered under extreme violence, destruction and forced displacement in 2014, the UN Children’s Fund said in a statement Monday. “Never in recent history were so many children exposed to such unspeakable brutality,” UNICEF director Anthony Lake said, referencing children who had been kidnapped, tortured, raped or sold[…]
A South African mother loved her three disabled children dearly and exhausted herself financially and emotionally to ensure their well-being before eventually killing them, a senior judge said in a UK court on Tuesday. Justice Sweeney sentenced 43-year-old Tania Clarence to a hospital order on this basis on Tuesday, finding[…]
In a bit to help ease the emotional trauma on Gaza’s youth, the Al-Quds Foundation has announced the launch of a new project entitled the Balls for Gaza programme. The project will seek to provide much needed trauma counseling to the children of Palestine, using the medium of sport and[…]
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