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South Sudan: Ban ‘strongly condemns’ attack on UN mission base in Jonglei state

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A makeshift primary school for students at the UNMISS displaced persons camp in Bor, Jonglei state...

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Nigeria's President Calls Special Meeting to Address Violence

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has summoned his National Security Council to a Thursday meeting in Abuja, after suspected militants carried out a string of deadly attacks and abducted more than 100 school girls.

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UNICEF statement on school attack in Damascus, Syria

The latest reported mortar attack on a school inside the old city of Damascus on Tuesday during school hours is a stark and horrific reminder of the violence that children across Syria are enduring on a daily basis. The attack is reported to have...

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UN calls for immediate release of abducted school girls in north-eastern Nigeria

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Since June 2013, attacks in northeastern Nigeria have resulted in school closures affecting...

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