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Yemen's cholera crisis

Yemen battles 'world's worst' cholera outbreak

World News

Alarm raised about cholera epidemic in Yemen

Half of more than 124,000 new cases in the war-torn country are children

World News

UNICEF report reveals five-fold increase of unaccompanied child migrants

A new UNICEF report reveals the number of refugee and migrant children travelling alone has reached a record high.

Chad

'Alarming' rise in Boko Haram child suicide bombings

In the first three months of this year, 27 children have blown themselves up for the Islamist militant group, three times more than in the same period a year ago.

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Yemen

UNICEF warns that Yemen's children are paying the heaviest price for living life in a war zone

The future has never been so bleak for the children of Yemen.

World News

UNICEF warns African female & child migrants at terrible risk

UNICEF claims African women and child migrants are at increasing risk during passage to Europe and after arrival at the hands of smugglers, criminals or the authorities.

Syria

Watch: What have these child refugees 80 years apart got in common?

They were born on different continents more than three quarters of a century apart but are united by one common thread – escaping war.

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Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson

Sitting on the floor of a community center courtyard with two dozen teens, global movie star, actor Liam Neeson listened attentively as young Syrian refugees – who may not have known of his fame – sha

Syria

France, US say Russia or Syria responsible for air strike on Idlib school

Moscow has denied it was responsible for the attack in Idlib.

USA

Diplomatic deadlock at UN Security Council as resolutions on Syria fail

Russia blocks a French-drafted resolution calling for an end to airstrikes on Aleppo, while its own text fails to gain enough support.

Europe News

More than 50 mln displaced children worldwide - UNICEF report

Across the globe there are some 50 million displaced children, according to a new UNICEF report.

Chad

Lake Chad Basin: thousands of children 'in danger of severe acute malnutrition'

UNICEF is describing it as a “major humanitarian crisis.

Syria

Syrians adopt Pokemon Go to highlight plight of children

The war has endured for more than five years.

Yemen

Yemen: UNICEF raises alarm about child malnutrition in 'the forgotten war'

In Yemen, more than a million children under five face the risk of acute malnutrition and acute respiratory tract infections according to

Turkey

EU opens school for Syrian refugee children in Turkey

Now in its fifth year, the conflict in Syria has become the worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War, aid agencies report. According to

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

Nepal

UNICEF's Kathmandu emergency stocks spread thin

Rafaële Tavernier, euronews: “Jean-Jacques Simon, head of UNICEF communication in South Asia, now in Kathmandu, we’re hearing about almost one

Sudan

First of more than 2,000 child soldiers freed in South Sudan

A militia in South Sudan releases the first of many child soldiers as part of peace deal

Iraq

Bonus: Interview with Jeffrey Bates, Chief of Communications for UNICEF Iraq

Iraq

The days drag for Syrian children in Erbil refugee camp

Many Syrian and Iraqi children have lived their whole lives in crisis, surrounded by war. Without schools to go to, how can these youngsters can go o