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South Sudan acceded to the international Convention on Cluster Munitions on August 3, 2023, the 112th country to do so, Human Rights Watch said, Augest 7.

The ongoing violence in Haiti continues to threaten the well-being of children and women. The latest reports received by UNICEF reveal an alarming spike in kidnappings, with nearly 300 cases confirmed in the first six months of 2023, almost matching the total number documented for the entire previous year, and close to three times more than in 2021.

A Ukrainian woman was killed in Russian attacks on the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, local officials said.

Kherson Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on his Telegram messaging app account that the shelling had started around midnight and lasted for several hours.

The Love of the World Cultural Goodwill Group participated in the World Conference of Mayors in New Orleans, conducting a youth conscience education program with cultural performances of dance, music, and martial arts.

On August 3, the first day of the World Conference of Mayors, an international press conference was held with a full house of guests, filled with an atmosphere of love and peace, inspiring people to cooperate and work together.

Saturday intelligence update on Ukraine from the Britain’s Ministry of Defense says strike on 113-meter-long Russian landing ship, the Olenegorsky Gornyak, was the largest naval vessel damaged since sinking of the Moskva in April of last year.

West African defense chiefs have drawn up a plan for a possible military intervention in Niger if that country’s military coup is not reversed by a Sunday deadline and President Mohamed Bazoum is not released and reinstated.

U.S. President Joe Biden called Thursday for the immediate release of Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted last week in a military coup.

The U.S. Defense Department said Wednesday the Pentagon's top official for Asia has discussed U.S.-China defense relations and regional security issues with a Chinese foreign ministry official.

As the brutal conflict in Sudan hits 100 days, UNICEF has received reports of a staggering 2,500 severe violations of children’s rights —an average of at least one an hour. As these are just the numbers reported to UNICEF sources, the true figure is likely to be far higher, and a grim reminder of the day-to-day impact of the crisis on the most vulnerable, in a country where almost 14 million children need humanitarian support.