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Nearly one in five suicide bombers used by Boko Haram is now a child – UN

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Refugees and returnees who have fled Boko Haram violence in Borno State, Nigeria, sheltering in Niger's Guesseré village on the border.

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Unique education fund to be launched next week at UN World Humanitarian Summit

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A young boy writes in his maths book in the Tomping Protection of Civilians site, on the base of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in Juba, the capital.

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UNICEF welcomes FARC’s announcement to release all children in its ranks

FARC, Government of Colombia deal is historic, children’s agency says

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A young woman who had spent her teenage years with the armed group in Colombia met with UNICEF in an undisclosed location on 4 March 2016.

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100 babies born every day in areas worst hit by Ecuador quake – UNICEF

One month after quake, better conditions but persistent needs

Up to 100 babies on average are born every day in Esmeraldas and Manabí, the provinces worst hit by the Ecuador earthquake, UNICEF said on May 16, 2016.

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Korea needs to boost productivity, increase employment and stoke economic activity as part of efforts to reverse current trends toward slower growth and low inflation, according to a new report from the OECD.

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A family in Cap Haïtien, Haiti, loads supplies onto a boat during the flooding in 2014.

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Ban and African Union Commission welcome partial re-run of elections in Comoros

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union.

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Key Libyan and international partners unite to adopt an action plan for Libya’s heritage

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BandarinArchaeological Site of Leptis Magna (Libya)

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Armed clashes drive growing displacement in western Colombia

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Displaced Embera indigenous people in Baudó, Chocó region, April 2009 file photo.

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Most young Europeans feel marginalised by the crisis, says Eurobarometer poll

More than half of young Europeans aged 16-30 feel marginalised in their own country due to the economic crisis, but few want to move abroad because of it, finds the latest Eurobarometer poll, commissioned by the European Parliament and published on Friday. Nevertheless, for almost all respondents it is important to learn about the EU and how its institutions work.

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September 11, 2001: The Time for Justice Is Now

In his May 5, 2016 Thursday night Fireside Chat, Lyndon LaRouche placed repeated emphasis on the events of September 11, 2001, which he had observed as they unfolded on that day of infamy.