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UNICEF on standby to support governments of Samoa, Tonga and Fiji as Cyclone Gita intensifies

As Tropical Cyclone Gita, the strongest storm to ever hit Tonga, intensifies and heads towards Fiji, UNICEF offers its support to the affected Pacific island countries of Samoa, Tonga and Fiji.

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More than 5,000 child soldiers released in 2017, but tens of thousands still being used in conflict – UN

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A young child looks on as older boys play football next to a camp for internally displaced persons (...

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In Iraq, years of violence and conflict leave 4 million children in need

Violence may have subsided in Iraq, but it has upended the lives of millions across the country, leaving one in four children in poverty and pushing families to extreme measures to survive.

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Syria: Life 'living nightmare' for children in East Ghouta, UNICEF chief warns

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Children fetch water in the town of Douma in the East Ghouta area of Rural Damascus, Syria.

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