As at 27 October 2015, statistics from the International Organization for Migration and the Djiboutian government put the number of people of mixed nationalities who have arrived in Djibouti from Yemen since 26 March at 29,487. These include 15,761 Yemeni nationals, as well 11,822 transiting third c...

More than 6,000 children thought to be enslaved * Some children less than 12 years old * Armed groups sign disarmament deal at weekend (Adds quote from child soldier, details) By Emmanuel Braun BAMBARI, Central African Republic, May 14 (Reuters) - Armed groups in Central African Republic...

DAKAR, Senegal, 28 September 2015 – Children were deliberately targeted in the latest flare of violence in Central African Republic that killed three dozen people and wounded more than a hundred in the capital Bangui last Saturday. Preliminary reports from local organisations indicate that three ...

Aid organizations and the Ethiopian government have started a large-scale vaccination program for Somali refugee children in Ethiopian camps hoping to counteract outbreaks of disease among the malnourished population. The United Nations said it was alarmed Saturday after suspected cases of measle...

In Kenya, this coming Monday marks the start of the new school term and at Dadaab, the largest refugee complex in the world, some 40,000 refugee children are preparing to go to school - many for the first time. The influx of 154,000 new refugees from Somalia this year, more than half of whom are chi...

To improve education prospects for children with intellectual disabilities, Myanmar Special Education Association (MSES) will train nearly 1000 teachers about special needs’ children. The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, the University of Wolverhampton (UK) and the charity We...

As the number of refugees in Zambia’s Kenani transit centre exceeds 5,000 individuals, unaccompanied and separated children make up an alarming 60 per cent

A survey by the United Nation Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has indicated that no fewer than 32, 000 children were at risk of losing their lives as a result of inadequate nutrition in Jigawa State. This was disclosed by a UNICEF nutrition specialist, Philomena Irene, in a paper presented at a ...

By Najwa Mekki RAMTHA, Jordan, 23 December 2011 – As I pull out my camera, Salwa looks at me and blurts out, “No, no pictures, please. Otherwise the police will slaughter us.” She is 5 years old. Salwa is one of thousands of Syrians who have come to Jordan over the past few months, fleeing unres...

Al-Mafraq, Aug. 6 (Petra) - Jordan's Ministry of Education, with support from UNICEF, launched a new back-to-school campaign late on Tuesday, targeting all Syrian children registered in the Kingdom, between the ages of 6 and 18. Robert Jenkins, UNICEF representative in Jordan, thanked the Ministr...