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One month on from Cyclone Idai, 1.6 million children still reeling from its impact – UNICEF

At least 1.6 million children need urgent assistance – in healthcare, nutrition, protection, education, water and sanitation – one month after Cyclone Idai devastated parts of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, UNICEF said on April 14, 2019. Any...

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

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...

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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...

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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...

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