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Decade of rising attacks on kids in conflicts

Conflict-fueled attacks on children that authorities could verify tripled worldwide in the past decade to an average of 45 per day, UNICEF said.

By Arete News - December 30, 2019

A child protection officer from the U.N.'s Pakistani Female Engagement Team comforts children displaced by conflict at Mikenge, Congo (AN/MONUSCO)

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