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Save the Children calls for urgent investigation after at least 70 civilians, including children, killed in Burkina Faso massacre

Save the Children is calling for an urgent investigation in Burkina Faso into the massacre of at least 70 civilians, mostly children and elderly p

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BORN INTO WAR: About 15,000 babies expected to be born into crisis in Gaza by end of 2023

About 15,000 babies are expected to be born in Gaza between 7 October and the end of 2023

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FUEL HAS RUN OUT, STALLING HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN GAZA, WARN AID AGENCIES

Aid agencies operating in Gaza issued an urgent warning on Monday that fuel reserves critical for aid operations have run out.

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People sheltering in Gaza schools, hospitals must be protected, says Save the Children, after four hospitals hit in a day

Attacks on hospitals and schools in Gaza where the UN says nearly one million civilians are sheltering must stop, Save the Children said on Friday fol

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‘There will be no song or dance. I lost many of my friends.’ Children spend Festival of Lights in darkness after Nepal earthquake

Save the Children press release about children in Nepal missing festival due to earthquake

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Kenya: Hundreds of lives saved as an innovative bead necklace helps diagnose pneumonia among children

An innovative bead necklace is revolutionising the detection of pneumonia for children living in remote areas of Kenya.

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MEXICO: Families without food and children out of school two weeks after Hurricane Otis

Thousands of families in southwest Mexico are without food and water two weeks after a massive hurricane took the country by surprise

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Children’s mental health in Gaza pushed beyond breaking point after nearly a month of siege and bombardment

A month of relentless bombardment of densely populated civilian areas has exacerbated the already-critical mental health crisis for Gaza’s children

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