Decades of progress are at a risk of being reversed across the Middle East and North Africa,” said Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF regional director. Conflict continues to rob millions of girls and boys of their childhood - Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director“Children in the Middle East and North Africa region have undergone unprecedented levels of violence and witnessed horrors that no one should witness. While in Syria an estimated 2 million children live in hard-to reach or besieged areas with limited access to humanitarian relief. Last week, Save the Children said one million children in Gaza are living in “dire conditions”. The conflicts across Middle East and North Africa have also inflicted deep social wounds, Cappelaere added.

Source: The North Africa Journal September 11, 2017 11:26 UTC