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Sudan's year of war: one in two children in the line of fire

During one year of war in Sudan more than 10 million children have been in an active warzone

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Duarte Agostinho ECHR case: disappointing outcome for the six young applicants’ access to justice

Duarte Agostinho ECHR case: disappointing outcome for the six young applicants’ access to justice but children should not lose hope following Court’s

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Escalating regional and internal conflicts are threatening the lives of people in Syria - NGOs

Joint statement with SIRF on "An increasing number of attacks in Syria threatening to further deteriorate the already dire humanitarian situation"

Children arrive by boat to a floating school in Cambodia

Half of out-of-school children live in countries most vulnerable to climate change, with Philippines latest to shut schools due to extreme weather

Around one in two out-of-school children and adolescents live in countries at the forefront of the climate crisis, Save the Children analysis finds.

Destruction visuals in Khan Younis, Gaza

Over 2% of Gaza’s child population killed or injured in six months of war

Nearly 26,000 children – or just over two percent of Gaza’s child population – have been killed or injured in Gaza in six months of a war which has decimated the health system and severed access to education

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“We go to sleep hungry”: Children surviving on boiled waterlily roots and wild fruits as drought devastates 50% of Zambia’s food crops

Save the Children press release on failed crops in Zambia due to drought

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Time is running out for international action to protect civilians and prevent atrocity crimes in Rafah, as UN Security Council resolution is ignored

Time is running out for action to protect civilians and prevent atrocity crimes in Rafah

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PHILIPPINES: Heatwave forces hundreds of schools to shut with classes moved online to beat the heat

Extreme heat in the Philippines has forced hundreds of schools to shut as its government warns temperatures could soar further this week.

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