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Save the Children lauds Colombian citizenship for thousands of Venezuelan children
Save the Children welcomes the decision by the Colombian government to end the statelessness of some 24,000 children of Venezuelan parents, by granting them citizenship. The measure is an important step towards ensuring children who were born in Colombia after August 18th 2015 will have the same rights as Colombian children.
Ebola death toll among children rises above 500, Save the Children warns
The deadly Ebola virus has taken the lives of more than 500 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Save the Children said today, with the number of deaths accelerating over the past 6 months. In total, around 737 children have been infected with the disease since Ebola surfaced in the DRC.
SAVE THE CHILDREN STATEMENT FOLLOWING ROADSIDE EXPLOSION IN FARAH PROVINCE ON WEDNESDAY WHICH KILLED DOZENS OF WOMEN & CHILDREN
Onno van Manen, Country Director of Save the Children, said:
Save the Children: Sudanese schoolchildren are not a target
Save the Children is deeply saddened by the fatal shootings that led to the deaths of at least five schoolchildren in El Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan, and the injuries of many more. The children were protesting the beginning of the school year amid the political uncertainty in Sudan.
Save the Children on UN report on children in armed conflict: “States with powerful friends can get away with destroying children’s lives”
With at least 1,689 Yemeni children killed or maimed in 2018, children are still bearing the brunt of the conflict in Yemen, Save the Children warned today. Some 729 of the child casualties were a result of attacks by the Saudi and Emirati-led coalition, in addition to 15 attacks on schools and hospitals, according to the annual UN-report on Children and Armed Conflict.
More children killed in Idlib in last four weeks than all of 2018
The number of children killed in Idlib in the last four weeks has exceeded the total for 2018, Save the Children and its partner organization Hurras Network have found, as the latest escalation of fighting claimed the lives of eight children on Monday.
Stories from children in Arsal, Lebanon:
“We are not able to play anymore. We sleep out here, in the open…we sleep on bricks, stack bricks and sleep. What can we do?”
Save the Children welcomes highest alert on Ebola outbreak
Save the Children welcomes the decision by the WHO to declare the Ebola outbreak that has been raging in DRC for nearly a year a public health emergency of international concern. This is the time to prevent the virus from spreading any further and for that, the international community must urgently scale up its response and support to the affected countries, Save the Children warns.
