47 children killed, maimed in Yemen in two months: UNICEF
47 children killed in Yemen
Forty-sevenchildrenwere "killedormaimed" inYemen's civil war in January and February following a surge in violence, the United Nationschildren's fund said on Saturday.
Childrenare the "first and most to suffer",UNICEFsaid, adding that a total of at least over 10,000 minors have beenkilledor injured in a war that has raged since 2015.
"Just over the firsttwomonthsof this year,47childrenwere reportedlykilledormaimedin several locations acrossYemen," Philippe Duamelle,UNICEFrepresentative toYemen, said in a statement.
"Since the conflict escalated inYemennearly seven years ago, the UN verified that more than 10,200childrenhave beenkilledor injured. The actual number is likely much higher."
In the Ukraine war, at least 71childrenhave beenkilledand more than 100 wounded intwoweeks since Russia's invasion on February 24, a Ukrainian parliament official said Thursday.
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Hundreds of thousands of people have died as a direct or indirect consequence ofYemen's war between Iran-backed Huthi rebels and a government forces backed by a Saudi-led military coalition.
In November, the UN Development Programme said 377,000 lives would have been lost through fighting, hunger, unclean water and disease by the end of 2021.
"Violence, misery and grief have been commonplace inYemenwith severe consequences on millions ofchildrenand families," Duamelle said.
"It is high time that a sustainable political solution is reached for people and theirchildrento finally live in the peace they so well deserve."
The conflict has caused a collapse in basic services such as healthcare and education, with millions of people displaced and 80 percent of the population dependent on aid.
More than 2,500 schools are unusable, according toUNICEF, as they have been destroyed, converted for military purposes, or used to shelter the displaced.
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A report released by the UN Security Council in January said nearly 2,000childrenrecruited by the rebels had died on the battlefield between January 2020 and May 2021.