Over 11,000 Children Displaced as Fighting Cuts off Mahaas in Somalia

More than 22,000 people, including over 11,000 children, have been displaced in Mahaas in central Somalia due to intense fighting.

More than 22,000 people, including over 11,000 children, have been displaced in Mahaas in central Somalia due to intense fighting.

Food stocks have plummeted to alarming new lows in Kadugli in Sudan's Kordofan region, with recent attacks on markets and villages this month killing hundreds and siege-conditions reaching a tipping point, said Save the Children.

On April 11, 2025, over 100 people, including more than 20 children, were reported killed.

Children and families in Myanmar need urgent humanitarian support after the strongest earthquake in a century [1] struck the country, causing widespread damage and casualties with many people still unaccounted for, Save the Children said.

The earthquake was felt in many parts of the country, including major cities like Yangon, Mandalay and towns in Magway, Sagaing, and Shan, with tremors causing destruction in Thailand and felt elsewhere in the region.

Thailand became the 68th country to ban the use of corporal punishment this week, but it will still take 60 years to meet a global target to eliminate all forms of violence against children.

More than 7,100 children in emergency child protection programs run by Save the Children will lose access to services shielding them from family violence, child marriage or other trauma due to aid cuts if new funding is not found.

A powerful earthquake has devastated communities across Myanmar. Save the Children is responding with lifesaving support for children and families in crisis. Learn how to help and donate.

Aid workers from several organizations caught up in a five-month siege of El Fasher in southwestern Sudan said the lack of services and escalating violence was making life harder by the day, calling for immediate action to protect those at risk. The aid workers describe their experiences of the brutality of the constant bombardment and dwindling access to food, clean water, medicine or healthcare after nearly 18 months of conflict in Sudan


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The conflict in Sudan has seen a major increase in intensity in recent weeks, with violence hitting a seven-month high in the country, with children on the frontline, said Save the Children. Violent incidents include airstrikes, artillery shelling, use of explosives and remote violence in multiple regions.