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Bangladesh Needs $7.8 Billion in Additional Investment for Safer Roads

Bangladesh needs to invest an estimated extra $7.8 billion over the next decade to halve its road crash fatalities, says a new World Bank report.

2.9 million people, including 1.6 million children, affected by one or more humanitarian crises in Niger, in 2020

Nearly 3 million people in Niger, more than half of whom are children, need humanitarian assistance amidst the risks posed by insecurity, malnutrition, recurrent disease epidemics, cyclical floods, droughts and displacement. UNICEF called for...

Over half a million children in northwest Syria forced to flee amid continued violence and harsh weather

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On 13 February 2020, boys stand together at an informal settlement in the Syrian Arab Republic near...

UN Rights Chief: Syrian Civilians 'Have Nowhere to Go'

U.N. rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Tuesday civilians are at "higher risk than ever" in Syria as forces backing the government carry out an offensive to take back territory in the northwestern part of the country.

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