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

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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...

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

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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