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First person: Surviving abuse to help Eswatini’s neglected children
“In this community, many children don’t go to school or pre-school, because they don’t have food. Many others can’t afford the school fees. I can’t afford to send my own…
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First person: Surviving abuse to help Eswatini’s neglected children
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Midwives scramble to ensure safe deliveries amid violence in Sudan
“Health facilities and hospitals should be safe havens in times of crisis,” the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) said on Saturday, condemning an attack on a hospital in Khartoum. Laila Baker,…
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DR Congo: Desperate situation facing millions displaced by armed violence
The country has 6.2 million internally displaced people, while more than 1.3 million have become refugees. UNHCR said that Goma, the capital of eastern DRC’s North Kivu province, hosts over 560,000…
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Effects of divorce on children from 6 to 11 years
Divorce represents a pivotal and often traumatic change in the child's world and - from their perspective - a loss of family. When told about divorce, many children feel sad,…
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Escaping Sudan: Home alone, with warplanes overhead
“I spent the night in fear, unable to go out of my house, as people were being killed everywhere,” she said, worrying about how she would protect her five-year-old son…
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WFP pauses food distribution in Ethiopia following ‘significant diversion’ of aid
“WFP takes this issue extremely seriously and will not tolerate any interference in its distribution of critical food aid to the most vulnerable women, men and children”, the agency said…
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UN in Ukraine ‘appalled and saddened’ at deadly airstrikes and attacks
According to news reports, Russian airstrikes targeted the capital Kyiv for the third time in four days, following on from what Russian authorities said was an assassination attempt by drone…
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A ‘Ndrangheta killer who hid for 17 years as a pizza chef in France has been captured
An article in a small newspaper from Saint-Etienne led to the discovery of Edgardo Greco A convicted murderer believed to belong to one of Italy's most powerful mafia organizations has…
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Sudan: ‘Secure and immediate access’ needed for lifesaving aid, urges Guterres
António Guterres was speaking to journalists in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, where he will be chairing a meeting of chief executives from across the whole UN system. Since violence erupted…
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Around 258 million need emergency food aid: UN-backed report
Roughly 258 million in 58 countries faced acute hunger at crisis levels or worse, and people in seven countries faced potential starvation, according to the latest Global Report on Food…