ISTANBUL (AA) – Mothers in Gaza are struggling to survive amid relentless Israeli attacks. As many as 10,000 women have been killed in the Gaza Strip where Israel has indiscriminately dropped bombs since Oct. 7, 2023. Israeli forces have targeted civilian areas, including schools, hospitals, mosques, and churches, where civilians seek re...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) warned on Saturday of the psychological effects of Israel’s war on the children in Gaza. “Children in Gaza are suffering devastating levels of stress,” said the agency in a statement on X. “UNRWA team is working with children and adolescents to mitigate the impact of [&he...
Beirut, Lebanon — AFP The United Nations children’s agency has warned that Israel’s attacks in Lebanon are taking a heavy mental and physical toll on children. “We are deeply alarmed by the situation of children and families who have been forced from their homes,” Edouard Beigbeder, the Lebanon representative for ...
USAID Administrator Samantha Power on Wednesday acknowledged in congressional testimony the dire situation of famine in Gaza, confirming earlier assessments. She said malnutrition rates, previously minimal, have skyrocketed to one in three children in northern Gaza. Power emphasized the gravity of the humanitarian crisis, noting that nearly ...
A recent court ruling is mandating that Customs and Border Protection take responsibility for migrant children in makeshift camps along the U.S.-Mexico border. District Judge Dolly Gee’s decision requires CBP to maintain records on minors held in custody and to ensure compliance with standards. A May 10 deadline is set for filing a repor...
The United Nations children’s fund says at least 45 million children are facing severe food insecurity worsened by climate change in several eastern and southern African countries. UNICEF director for eastern and southern Africa Eva Kadilli said millions of people are living through multiple and often overlapping crises. These have been inte...
Kabul, Afghanistan – – AFP Schools in Afghanistan opened for the new academic year on Wednesday, with girls still remaining out of secondary-level classes for a third year in a row. Taliban authorities barred girls from secondary school in March 2022, after surging back to power in 2021 following the end of decades long US [&hellip...
Schools across the U.S. are finding ways to support Muslim students who are observing the Ramadan fast. Public schools in Dearborn, Michigan, are offering other activities during lunch time. In St. Paul, Minnesota, the East African Elementary Magnet School does something similar for its Muslim students who are mostly of Somali background, offe...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Afghanistan is one of several countries around the world in the grip of a food crisis, where a mix of politics, economics and nature’s ravages is taking a heavy toll on vast sections of a vulnerable population. In a country emerging from decades of war and turmoil, women and children are among […]
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Tears in his eyes, Mohammed al-Sabbagh shouts into a mobile phone, imploring his niece on the other end to “be strong” as she languishes under rubble in Gaza. The call was made near the start of a three-day ordeal for the girl, 15-year-old Hala Hazem Hamada, who was finally rescued [&helli...
