The monitors' activities have been suspended because of the fighting.
"Most of the people just stayed inside their homes because of the fighting.
In October, 2003, because of the fighting around his home town, Mustafa's school was closed.
Kim Phuc's school will reopen next week, after having been closed because of the fighting.
Many of them are undergoing long separations because of the fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Save the Children began the evacuation of its staff in the province of North Kivu because of the fighting.
In October, the flow of goods through Hodeidah fell by a half; only 17 ships docked because of the fighting.
Police officers ran out of ammunition, and in some cases bodies could not be recovered because of the fighting.
China is the biggest investor in South Sudan's oil fields, where production has slowed because of the fighting.
The real losers, as ever, have been more than two million ordinary people, who have been forced to flee their homes because of the fighting.
