Unicef: The extent of attacks on children in conflict areas is shocking

In a new report, Unicef said there was open disregard for international laws designed to protect the most vulnerable.

University Director Manuel Fontaine said children were being targeted in their homes, schools and grounds. He said such brutality “cannot be a new normal”.

In the Central African Republic, children were killed, raped, kidnapped, and recruited by armed groups into a dramatic increase in violence, reports “BBC”, report Periscope.

Islamic militants Boko Haram forced at least 135 children in northern Nigeria and Cameroon to act as suicide bombers almost five times as many as in 2016.

Muslim children Ringya in Myanmar suffered the shocking and widespread <x0 violence “, while they were removed from their homes in the state of Rakhine.

In South Sudan, more than 19,000 children were recruited by the armed forces.

The war in Yemen has left at least 5,000 children dead or injured according to official figures, with the actual number expected to be much higher.

To the east of Ukraine, 220,000 children live under the constant threat of landmines and other unbroken war equipment.

The report says that in some countries children have been kidnapped by extremist groups, where they have suffered further abuse. Millions of children suffer from malnutrition, disease, and trauma.

“Unicef calls on all sides of the conflict to stick to their obligations under international law to immediately end violations against children and build civil infrastructure, including schools and hospitals”, the report adds./Periscopi/