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Mon Feb 22 2021
The frequency and ease with which bandits stage attacks in north-west and north-central Nigeria have devastatingly become excruciating.
In spite of several air raids and special operations by the military and the police, banditry and kidnapping have remained intractable threats to lives and property in parts of the country.
The failure by government to effectively deal with the surge of insecurity has helped to sustain abduction for ransom; making boarding schools soft targets for criminal elements.
Last week Wednesday, a total of 42 people, including 27 students, three teachers and their family members were abducted by armed bandits from Government Science College (GSC), Kagara, Niger State.
More Schoolchildren Abducted in Nigeria
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More Schoolchildren Abducted in Nigeria - Nigeria
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Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on China
80th pre-session
Attacks on women’s rights activists including in the context of the #MeToo movement (Articles 1, 2, 3, and 7)
Two years after the #MeToo movement took off in China, Chinese women’s rights activists face a political environment in which the Chinese Communist Party’s control over the internet, media, and independent activism is tighter than the previous 30 years.[1] Since the Chinese government prohibits collective actions, the country’s #MeToo movement has not been able to manifest in mass street protests. But individuals who have suffered abuse have taken their cases to court, demonstrating extraordinary determination and resilience.
Public Statement by Chair of Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict (5 February 2921)
Format
SC/14431
The Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, in connection with the examination of the third report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Mali (S/2020/1105), agreed to convey the following messages through a public statement by the Chair of the Working Group:
To all parties to armed conflict in Mali
Strongly condemning all violations and abuses committed against children by all parties to the conflict in Mali, and urging all parties concerned to immediately end and prevent all violations and abuses involving the recruitment and use of children, killing and maiming, rape and other forms of sexual violence, abduction, attacks on schools and hospitals and denial of humanitarian access and to comply with their obligations under international law;