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COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Drop of Maternal Health Care in Africa, Raising Fears of Increased Mortality
While almost every country has experienced disruption to its health services since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, several countries…
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Survey: Sixty Percent of Nigeria’s Children Experience Violence
(Reuters) – Six out of 10 Nigerian children experience some form of violence and a quarter of girls suffer sexual…
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One-Third of World’s People Still Have No Proper Toilets
KATY DAIGLE, Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Toilets are taken for granted in the industrialized West, but still are…
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Report: Economic Growth Failing to Help World’s Poorest Kids
KATY DAIGLE, Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Global resolve to rescue impoverished children from lives of squalor, disease and…
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UNICEF Urges World to Focus on Most Disadvantaged Children
EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. children’s agency is warning that unless the world focuses…
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Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘Increases’ Suicide Attacks
(BBC) – The UN children’s agency says there has been an “alarming” increase in the number of suicide attacks in…
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Boko Haram Refugees Risk Lives to Cross Lake to Chad Camps
KRISTA LARSON, Associated Press BAGA SOLA, Chad (AP) — Kellou Abakar knew she was in trouble as the contractions started…
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UN: South Sudan Militia Frees First Group of Child Soldiers
(BBC) – More releases will occur in the coming weeks, said the agency, which helped negotiate the children’s freedom. The…
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3,000 Child Soldiers to be Freed in War-Torn South Sudan
CHARLTON DOKI, Associated Press RODNEY MUHUMUZA, Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — About 3,000 child soldiers will be gradually…
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UNICEF Report: Africa’s Population Could Hit 4 Billion By 2100
(NPR) – “The future of humanity is increasingly African.” That’s the prediction in a new UNICEF report, which estimates that…
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