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Security Council must ‘come together’ to address the plight of children trapped in armed conflict, says UN envoy

An injured girl is being treated at Althawra Hospital in Hudaydah, Yeman. She was injured along with her brothers and her uncle, while the family was trying to relocate farther from the fighting that same day in Aljah area, Bait Alfaqih district. (2018).
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Security Council gravely concerned by Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, demands immediate end to violence hampering response

On 20 June 2018, a member of the WHO Ebola ring vaccination team vaccinates a man in Bosolo village, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Mozambique President, Opposition Leader Sign Peace Agreement
The president of Mozambique and the head of opposition group Renamo signed a peace deal on Thursday, formally ending years of conflict between the two factions.
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Trump Considering Blockade of Venezuela
President Donald Trump says he is considering a blockade or quarantine of Venezuela, where President Nicolas Maduro continues to hold power.
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Ten years on, crisis in Nigeria ‘far from over’; UN and humanitarian partners urge support for millions still affected

Children peer through a reed fence at a site for the displaced in Kasesa neighbourhood of Damaturu, Nigeria.
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A dangerously hot climate, simmering political tensions: ‘This is not the summer of our youth,’ UN chief warns
Global warming and rising political tensions are dangerous and avoidable, Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters on Thursday, previewing the UN’s upcoming Climate Action Summit, and spotlighting geopolitical hotspots.
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Why family-friendly policies are critical to increasing breastfeeding rates worldwide
From supporting healthy brain development in babies and young children, protecting infants against infection, decreasing the risk of obesity and disease, reducing healthcare costs, and protecting nursing mothers against ovarian cancer and breast cancer, the benefits of breastfeeding for children and mothers are wide spread. Yet, policies that support breastfeeding – such as paid parental leave and breastfeeding breaks – are not yet available to most mothers worldwide.
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Roadside Bomb Blast Kills Dozens in Afghanistan
Security officials in western Afghanistan say at least 34 people were killed and around 17 others injured after a passenger bus was hit by a roadside bomb on a highway between the cities of Herat and Kandahar.
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Germany Refuses to Join US Naval Mission in Strait of Hormuz
Germany has rejected the U.S. call to join an international mission to protect maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
The United States had asked Germany to join France and Britain in a mission to secure shipping through the strait, the narrow maritime passage through which international tankers transport at least a fifth of the world's crude oil supply.
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Hundreds of protestors rallied in the central Sudanese city of Obeid Tuesday after security forces shot and killed six demonstrators, including five students, on Monday.
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