Some child-right organisations under the aegis of African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) and Save the Children International, have called on African leaders to take measures to protect children in armed conflict situations.
Dr Assefa Bequele, the Executive Director of ACPF, made the appeal in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.
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Bequele made the call at the ongoing inaugural Pan-African Conference on Children and Armed Conflict in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
He said that children and youth from Ethiopia, Mali, South Sudan, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo had converged to demand African decision makers enact changes in their countries to ensure children’s safety in times of conflict.
Bequele said that the conference had been organised to discuss how international and regional mechanisms could better protect children…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
