UN: Guns fueling rape of children, women in war zones
Voice of America
In the image taken from video, Niemat Ahmadi, founder and president of the Darfur Women Action Group, is shown after her testimony to the United Nations Security Council on April 23, 2024.
Actor and U.N. Goodwill Ambassador Danai Gurira told diplomats Tuesday that finding a child to sexually abuse in a conflict zone can cost less than one dollar. She urged policymakers to curb the illicit flow of weapons as one way to prevent these crimes.
A woman reacts as members of the Kenya Defense Forces search for the bodies of missing people after flash floods wiped out several homes following heavy rains in Kamuchiri village of Mai Mahiu, Kenya, on May 1, 2024. Schoolchildren are stranded on a damaged River Zingiziwa bridge in Dar Esalaam, Tanzania, on April 25, 2024. Flooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed at least 150 people as of May 4, 2024, and affected hundreds of thousands more.
Palestinian medics evacuate wounded children during an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip by ambulance to a hospital in Rafah early May 4, 2024. Grooms celebrate during a mass wedding ceremony in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.