Families in South Sudan's Jonglei state are turning to unconventional food sources like leaves and water lilies as conflict and food scarcity escalate, pushing regions toward potential famine concerns, Save the Children cautioned on Tuesday. Jonglei remains a violence-stricken area, with clashes between government forces allied with President Salva Kiir and militias supporting his long-time adversary Riek Machar. The United Nations and other organizations report extensive corruption, with billions siphoned away by…

The Dire Toll: One in Five Children Living in War Zones In 2024, an unsettling reality enveloped the world: one in five children, roughly 520 million, lived amid active warfare. This figure represents a stark increase of 47 million from the previous year, marking the highest count since formal tracking began in 2005. The 2024 Save the Children report, published Tuesday, paints a grim picture of the ebbing tides of conflict sweeping across the globe. Global Surge in Conflict The report’s data, sourced from PRIO and the…

Children as young as 11 were beheaded in Mozambique's northern province of Cabo Delgado, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Tuesday as the humanitarian crisis escalated, with nearly 670,000 people displaced by the extremist uprising. Save the Children said it had spoken to displaced families describing "scary scenes" of murder, including mothers whose young sons were killed. In one case, the woman hid helplessly with her three other children when her 12-year-old was murdered nearby. "That…