Archive for December 11th, 2025

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11/12/2025

Age Restrictions Alone Won’t Keep Children Safe Online

Human Wrongs Watch

Statement by UNICEF as countries move to introduce social media bans for children.

Three boys participating in Information technology lesson.
 
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NEW YORK, 10 December 2025 (UNICEF)* – “Across the globe, governments are debating how young is “too young” to use social media, with some introducing age-related restrictions across platforms.

“These restrictions reflect genuine concern: children are facing bullying, exploitation, and exposure to harmful content online with negative impacts on their mental health and well-being. The status quo is failing children and overwhelming families.

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11/12/2025

Eastern DR Congo Fighting Kills Scores, Cuts Food Aid and Drives Mass Displacement

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By Vibhu Mishra

(UN News)* — Intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed more than 70 civilian lives, displaced over 200,000 people and cut thousands off from food assistance, prompting UN warnings of a rapidly expanding humanitarian emergency spilling across borders.

Displaced people in eastern DR Congo. (file photo)
© MONUSCO/Aubin Mukoni | Displaced people in eastern DR Congo. (file photo)

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11/12/2025

World News in Brief: Gaza Winter Storm; $7 Billion UNICEF Appeal, Support for Emergency Response Fund

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(UN News)* — As another winter storm hits the Gaza Strip, low temperatures and rains are putting the lives of newborns and other vulnerable groups at risk, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said on Wednesday []. 

A displaced family stand outside their makeshift tent in Gaza City.
© UNICEF/Mohammed Nateel | A displaced family stand outside their makeshift tent in Gaza City.
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Following two years of war, most of Gaza’s roughly two million residents are living in makeshift shelters.
 
Humanitarians are working to deliver assistance to communities in flood-prone areas, including by scaling up distribution of winter clothes for children from 5,000 kits a day to 8,000.

 

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11/12/2025

Nights Under the Stars Tell Gaza’s Story of Survival

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By the International Organization for Migration*

Gaza City, 8 December 2025 – One month into the latest ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, a fragile calm has brought long-awaited relief for families who have endured unimaginable suffering and repeated displacement.

For the third time in over two years, after previously collapsed ceasefires, there is a small space for hope – a renewed opportunity for survival, safety, and dignity for nearly 2 million Palestinians.

Thousands of families remain without a roof over their heads. For months on end, many have lain awake beneath the open sky.

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