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One in five children lived in a conflict zone in 2024

2025-11-04 11:15:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

One in five children lived in a conflict zone in 2024

An estimated 520 million children worldwide lived in conflict zones in 2024, 47 million more than the previous year, or the highest number recorded since 2005, according to a report by the international child protection organization, Save the Children.

The organization said this means that one in five children worldwide will be living in an active conflict by 2024.

According to the report, 41,763 major violations against children were identified last year alone, which represents a 30 percent increase from 2023, and also a record figure.

More than half of the incidents occurred in four regions: the occupied Palestinian territories, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria and Somalia.

Overall, 61 conflicts have been recorded across different countries, the highest number since 1946.

Florian Westphal, chief executive of Save the Children's Germany branch, has called for urgent political action.

At a time of increasing military buildup in the world, the protection of children must be at the center of security policies, he said, adding that it is scandalous that governments are spending more on weapons than on protecting children in conflict zones.

The findings in the report are the result of data collected by the Oslo-based Peace Research Institute, as well as United Nations reports./ REL

 





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