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At current rates of reduction, it will take over 100 years to end child marriage in West and Central Africa

Dada, 15, holds her 18-month-old daughter Husseina where she lives in a host community in Maiduguri, Borno State...

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Tillerson Promotes Closer Iraq-Saudi Ties

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday promoted improving ties between Saudi Arabia and Iraq as a way to counter Iran's growing military assertiveness in the region.

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13 Killed in Nigeria Suicide Bombing

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New World Bank-UNHCR joint data center to improve global statistics on forced displacement

The World Bank Group (WBG) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) are joining forces to establish a joint data center on forced displacement to greatly improve statistics on refugees, other displaced people and host communities.

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