Armed conflict

SOUTH SUDAN: Gunmen kidnap at least 89 boys from village near Malakal
23/Feb/2015 News
UNICEF estimates that at least 12,000 children have been taken or recruited in South Sudan’s civil war for use as soldiers last year.       
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NIGERIA: Seven-year-old girl kills herself and five others in suicide bombing
23/Feb/2015 News
Terrorist group Boko Haram has been suspected to be behind the third incident this year in which children have been used to carry out attacks in Nigeria.
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SOUDAN DU SUD : Au moins 89 adolescents enlevés
23/Feb/2015 News
Un groupe armé non identifié a kidnappé des dizaines de jeunes, dont certains âgés d'à peine 13 ans, dans la ville de Wau Shilluk, dans le nord du pays, a annoncé l’Unicef.
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IRAN: Illegal execution of juvenile offender
20/Feb/2015 News
Despite the international appeals to halt the execution, Saman Naseem was hanged on Thursday. He was arrested in 2011 at the age of 17 years.
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SOUTH SUDAN: Government forces recruiting child soldiers
17/Feb/2015 News
Both parties to South Sudan’s conflict are actively recruiting and using child soldiers, some boys as young as 13 years old. 
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SUDAN: Girls among victims of mass rape by the Sudanese army
12/Feb/2015 News
More than 221 women and girls were raped in Tabit over 36 hours in October last year, a new report reveals. Since the attacks, the Sudanese government has blocked UN investigators from entering the town to try to prevent victims and witnesses from sharing information about the crimes.
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REPORT: African children subject to 'alarming' levels of violence
12/Feb/2015 Publication
This report by the African Child Policy Forum shows that children across Africa face unacceptably high levels of physical, sexual and emotional violence at home, at school and in the streets.
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إيران: أوقفوا إعدام الصبي المذنب
11/Feb/2015 News
كان عمرنسيم 17 عاما لدى اعتقاله في 2011. وكانت المحكمة العليا ألغت في البداية حكما بالإعدام صادر من محكمة أدنى في أغسطس/آب 2012، مشيرة إلى أنه كان تحت 18 عاما وقت اعتقاله ولكنها عادت وأكدت في نهاية المطاف حكم الإعدام.
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IRAN: Halt execution of child offender
10/Feb/2015 News
The imminent execution of Saman Nasim, who was arrested in 2011 at the age of 17 for armed activities, has been scheduled for 19 February 2015. Despite a ban on the execution of child offenders in international law, Iran has executed 31 child offenders since 2010.  
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UN REPORT: Attacks against girls’ education occurring with 'increasing regularity'
10/Feb/2015 Publication
Girls advocating for gender equality in education have been increasingly the target of violence such as killings and abductions over the last five years, research evidence from over 70 countries shows.
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