Children
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Asia Pacific
At least four children killed during escalation of conflict in Myanmar
At least four children have been killed and multiple others have been maimed during an escalation of conflict over the…
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Asia Pacific
Eight Afghan students die in explosion outside school
The use of explosives that lie dormant, particularly in populated areas, is “a persistent and growing threat to children and…
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Asia Pacific
Myanmar: Attack leaves 35 dead, including 4 children
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) condemned on Tuesday the reported killing of at least 35 people, including four children and two…
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Asia Pacific
Interview: On brink of humanitarian crisis, there’s ‘no childhood’ in Afghanistan
For over 70 years, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has had a presence across Afghanistan – even as the Taliban secured power…
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Asia Pacific
Yemen: Four children killed or maimed a day, as war grinds on
At least 8 children have reportedly been killed or injured in escalating violence in Yemen in the past five days. …
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Americas
UNICEF sounds alarm over abductions of women and children in Haiti
The number of children and women abducted in Haiti until the end of August, has already surpassed last year’s total, the UN…
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Middle East
Four children killed on their way to school in northwest Syria
Four children – three boys and a girl – were killed on Monday morning while travelling to school in northwest…
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Middle East
Taliban backs WHO polio vaccination campaign across Afghanistan next month
The decision by the Taliban leadership to support the resumption of house-to-house polio vaccination across Afghanistan has been welcomed by…
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Asia Pacific
Half of Afghanistan’s under-5s expected to suffer acute malnutrition
An estimated 3.2 million Afghan children under five, are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition by the end of the year, UN agencies…
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Asia Pacific
Yemen: Endless suffering of children continues due to war, aid crisis
The Yemen conflict killed or maimed 2,600 children as hostilities intensified in 2019 and 2020; that’s according to a new report of…
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