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More than 3,500 children have been recruited and used by non-state armed groups in northeast Nigeria since 2013

Marking five years since Chibok abduction, UNICEF urges protection of children’s rights

More than 3,500 children, most of whom were aged 13 to 17, were recruited by non-state armed groups between 2013 and 2017 and have been used in the ongoing armed conflict in northeast Nigeria – UNICEF said ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Chibok abduction on April 12, 2019.

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Cholera surges, children in urgent need one month after Cyclone Idai slammed southern Africa – UNICEF

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Six-year-old girl in Beira receives her education pack as part of UNICEF's ramped-up response to children and families in Mozambique affected by Cylcone Idai, April 2019.

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Impact of high debt levels on least developed countries ‘cannot be overstated’, says UN

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A woman walks through a flooded market in Port au Prince, Haiti, after Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on the Caribbean island in 2012.

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Sudan's Omar Al-Bashir Ousted by Military

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has been ousted by the military after months of demonstrations against his autocratic 30-year rule.

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US Unveils Charges Against WikiLeaks Founder

The U.S. Justice Department has charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a computer hacking conspiracy, accusing him of helping former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning break into classified computers.

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Amid Libya clashes, UNHCR relocates detained refugees to safety

In light of current insecurity in Libya’s capital, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, relocated more than 150 refugees from the Ain Zara detention centre in south Tripoli to UNHCR’s Gathering and Departure Facility in a nearby safe zone, on April 9.

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Trump Set to Host Moon for North Korea Talks

U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting South Korean President Moon Jae-in for talks Thursday at the White House focused on the goal of both nations to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.

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More than four in 10 women, live in fear of refusing partner’s sexual demands, new UN global study finds

More than four in 10 women in 51 countries surveyed, feel they have no choice but to agree to their partner’s sexual demands, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, said on Wednesday, noting that they are also unable to make basic decisions about getting pregnant and accessing health care for themselves.

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Blast in Sana’a kills another 14 children in school and injures 16, most under the age of nine

Statement from Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa

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Libyan national conference postponed, nearly 500,000 children at ‘direct risk’ from fighting around Tripoli

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As renewed fighting broke out in Tripoli, Libya, in early-September, UNHCR’s local office provided assistance to refugees and asylum-seekers who escaped from detention centres as rockets exploded around the capital. 8 September 2018.