They probably would not have died if they hadn’t been living in areas affected by conflict, Save the Children says. The numbers of indirect child deaths are published in a Save the Children report, Stop the War on Children, launched ahead of today’s opening of the Munich Security Conference. 30 million upNew research commissioned by Save the Children, found that 420 million children were living in conflict-affected areas in 2017 (18% of all children worldwide)—up 30 million from the previous year. The research is conducted by the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), which has been conducting research on peace for over half a century. The Stop the War on Children report includes a breakdown of UN data on verified grave violations against children.

Source: News Business Ethiopia February 15, 2019 13:41 UTC