More than 300,000 Rohingya refugee children 'outcast and desperate', Unicef says Read moreSome children, abducted by extremist groups, are abused again by security forces when they are released. Some 27 million children in conflict zones have been forced out of school. Such brutality cannot be the new normal.”Much of the fighting affecting children occurred in long-running conflicts in Africa. The agency also called on states with influence over non-state parties to conflict to use their influence to protect children. Pope Francis, in his traditional Christmas message, drew attention to the plight of children in war zones.

Source: The Guardian December 28, 2017 00:11 UTC