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Ahead of humanitarian pause, Yemen sees ‘deadliest’ week of fighting – UN

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Children play as a donkey cart passes destroyed buildings in the Al-Ora's neighbourhood of Zinjibar,...

Put migrant children’s rights on EU agenda, urges UNICEF

On the eve of the adoption of the EU Migration Agenda, UNICEF is calling for the rights and wellbeing of migrant children to be at the heart of Europe’s immigration policy and for the European Union to be guided by the values it cherishes.

EU needs to earmark money to withstand Russia, say Foreign Affairs MEPs

As a return to "business as usual" with Russia is now out of the question, the EU should earmark specific funding to counter its propaganda and infiltration of EU politics and support independence movements there, say Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs in...

More than 50,000 flee Burundi to escape spiralling violence

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An elderly woman waits among a crowd of other Burundian refugees for assistance in Rwanda's Mahama Refugee Camp.

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