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The conflict in Ukraine has deeply affected the lives of 580,000 children living in non-government controlled areas and close to the front line in the east of the country, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) ...
The worst drought to hit Ethiopia in 50 years is about to become a crisis according to the charity Save the Children. It is warning that emergency food aid for 10 million Ethiopians will run ...
The most senior United Nations officials are urging the world to eliminate female genital mutilation (FGM) by 2030, calling it a “violent practice” that scars girls for life, endangering their health, depriving them of their ...
A UN panel examining the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has ruled that he should be allowed to walk free and compensated for his “deprivation of liberty.” The five independent rights experts, who make ...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday launched an appeal for 2.8 billion dollars in 2016 to help 43 million children caught in humanitarian crises around the world. For the first time, most of ...
How long the men of war are there? Researchers have found in Kenya a set of skeletons bearing traces of fatal injury, suggesting a « mass murder » 10,000 years ago when prehistoric man was not yet ...
Open since October 16, the « Hotspot » of Moria in Lesvos is the largest registration center for refugees in Greece. This center allows migrants to receive a paper with their name, their origin and their fingerprints. ...
For the millions of Syrians displaced by conflict, 2015 was a year of unprecedented misery. For those Syrian refugees exiled in Turkey there is only one wish on their New Year list. Mune Mohammed fled ...
Today’s news is overwhelmed with questions on multiculturalism, diversity and peace. In this edition we take a look at how education can play a very important role in building intercultural tolerance and respect. Australia is ...
Due to severe shortages of fuel, food, medicines and vaccines, more than three million children under the age of 5 are at risk of death or disease during the harsh winter months in Nepal, the ...
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