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14-year-old model reignites underage catwalk controversy

Pre-makeup and hair, 14-year-old Sofia Mechetner looks her age as she prepares to hit the catwalk to show off Dior’s 2016 spring-summer collection in

09/10/2015

Syria

Syria: child malnutrition now "serious" - UNICEF

UNICEF says the level of acute malnutrition among displaced children in the Syrian cities of Aleppo, Hama and Deir-ez-Zor is now “serious”. The

16/09/2015

World News

Number of women and child refugees in FYR Macedonia 'triples' - UNICEF

UNICEF says there has been a sharp rise in the number of women and children passing through the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, among the

01/09/2015

World News

Children in England 'near bottom of class' in well-being survey

Children in England have come out relatively badly in a major international study of young people’s attitudes to their own lives. In several

19/08/2015

Nigeria

Nigeria: girl, 9, writes book on terrorism after meeting displaced children

Splendour Joe Abisoye is no ordinary nine year old. A trip to a camp for displaced civilians in her country’s north made such an impression on the

18/08/2015

Germany

German teen Anneli-Marie found dead after kidnappers demanded €1m ransom

The body of a kidnapped 17-year-old girl, held for a 1.2-million-euro ransom, has been found in eastern Germany. The girl, identified only

18/08/2015

Yemen

Civilians caught up in Yemen conflict

The conflict in Yemen is having a devastating impact on civilians. That was the message the UN hoped to highlight as aid chief Stephen O’Brien

11/08/2015

France

Parents leave girl, 3, at French motorway services

10/08/2015

USA

Boy, 11, charged with shooting three-year-old

06/08/2015

Liberia

Liberia launches child registration drive post Ebola crisis

The Liberian government is on a drive to register more than 70,000 children born at the height of the Ebola epidemic. 70,000 Liberian births

04/08/2015

United Kingdom

Handling of a child sex abuse complaint against a former British prime minister to be investigated.

Britain’s policing watchdog on Monday announced that it will investigate a claim that detectives failed to follow up a complaint of child sex abuse

04/08/2015

United Kingdom

UK police investigated over alleged child sex abuse cover-up involving former Prime Minister

Police in the United Kingdom are being investigated over claims they tried to cover up allegations of child sex abuse against former Prime MInister

03/08/2015

United Kingdom

David Cameron moves to protect children from online porn

31/07/2015

My Europe Series

Is Europe doing enough for missing children?

Twenty years after the Marc Dutroux child abductions and murders, are police and civic groups working closely enough, across EU countries, to keep children safe?

30/07/2015

United Kingdom

Police hoping quilt will hold clues to identity of child's remains

29/07/2015

United Kingdom

Supermarket bans sugary drinks "to help cut childhood obesity"

28/07/2015

Sudan

South Sudan families are reunited after being torn part by civil war

Since civil war broke out in South Sudan in 2013, thousands of families across the country have been separated. Children found themselves displaced

28/07/2015

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Brazil star Neymar helps disabled kids play football for the first time

08/07/2015

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Gaza's children still suffering from conflict

07/07/2015

France

Two French soldiers suspended over alleged child abuse in Africa

01/07/2015