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As fighting in Libya escalates, so does number of children ‘at imminent risk of injury or death’

In and around Tripoli, an increasing number of children are “at imminent risk of injury or death” two senior United Nations officials warned on Thursday, citing a surge of aggression in crisis-torn Libya.

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Migrant children walk outside a detention centre located in Tripoli, Libya.

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6,000 children reunited with families after years of separation in South Sudan

Save the Children, UNICEF and partners have successfully reunited 6,000 children with their families after years of separation due to conflict. This is a milestone for the Family Tracing and Reunification (FTR) programme in South Sudan since the first reunification of 420 children in 2014.

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Turn toxic e-waste into a source of ‘decent work’, UN labour agency urges

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A disabled man operates a mobile phone repair business in Sri Lanka.

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Nicaragua crisis: One year in, more than 60,000 have fled, seeking refuge

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Asylum-seekers from Nicaragua wait to file their applications at the immigration office in the capital of Costa Rica, San Jose (August 2018).

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Plan for troop pullback ‘now accepted’ by rival forces around key Yemen port, but fighting intensifying elsewhere, Security Council warned

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Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Yemen).

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Recording artist Dua Lipa visits Lebanon with UNICEF to meet refugee children and young people

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UNICEF supporter and singer/songwriter Dua Lipa visits children at the Najedh Association, a local NGO, in the Bourj el Barajneh Palestinian camp in Beirut, Lebanon, April 14, 2019. UNICEF has been working with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education to improve access to formal education for both Lebanese and non-Lebanese children.

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Sudan Protesters Rally to Thwart Attempt to Break Up Sit-in

Sudanese protest organizers rallied their supporters to gather Monday outside of army headquarters in Khartoum, the capital, because the organizers said, there was an attempt to break up the days-long sit-in demonstration there.

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White House Looking at Sending Undocumented Migrants to Sanctuary Cities

The White House on Sunday, echoing President Donald Trump, said sending undocumented migrants to sanctuary U.S. cities that have protected them from deportation remains a possibility even though government agencies have said it would be impractical and there is no money allocated to do it.

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Omar Reports Rise in Death Threats After Trump Tweet

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar says she has experienced an increase in death threats in the days since President Donald Trump posted a video critical of her comments about the September 11, 2001 terror attacks.

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One month on from Cyclone Idai, 1.6 million children still reeling from its impact – UNICEF

Children need urgent access to health, nutrition and water services to prevent malnutrition and disease outbreaks

At least 1.6 million children need urgent assistance – in healthcare, nutrition, protection, education, water and sanitation – one month after Cyclone Idai devastated parts of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, UNICEF said on April 14, 2019. Any prolonged interruption in access to essential services could lead to disease outbreaks and spikes in malnutrition, to which children are especially vulnerable.