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Global response to poverty and environmental goals ‘not ambitious enough’

The global response to realizing poverty and environmental goals agreed by world…

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‘Brutal weather’ continues as Rohingya refugee children endure devastating rainfall in Bangladesh

Heavy flooding and landslides in the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar…

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DR Congo: UN food agency triples aid in strife-hit Ituri province

Food aid is being tripled for troubled Ituri province in the Democratic…

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Nigeria: ‘Children used’ as suicide bombers in Borno attack

Children were used as suicide bombers in a triple attack in Nigeria…

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Singapore abolishes school exam rankings, says learning is not competition

Whether a child finishes first or last will no longer be indicated in primary…

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“To integrate Africa, bring down the walls”

African leaders on Wednesday underscored the urgent need to fast-track the continent’s…

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Uganda bans giving to child beggars in bid to stop exploitation

Ugandan officials have passed a law making it an offence to offer…

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Nearly half of all child deaths in Africa stem from hunger, study shows

One in three African children are stunted and hunger accounts for almost…

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How Nigeria and its president are being held to ransom

The pomp and ceremony of Muhammadu Buhari's inauguration will not mask the…

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Pope Francis makes it mandatory for clergy to report sex abuse

Pope Francis has made it mandatory for Roman Catholic clergy to report…

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