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Reduction to 0.3% of gross national income in order to fund defence spending has been decried as a ‘move to appease Trump’

As fighting continues in South Kivu between M23 rebels and Congolese forces in the eastern regions bordering Rwanda, uncertainty surrounding the future of the Democratic Republic of Congo grows. This week, we discuss how the African Union can assist with a International Crisis Group expert and address humanitarian risks with…

Sarah had survived famine, multiple wars and years of displacement in Sudan's Zamzam camp and never considered fleeing, until a paramilitary attack turned the site into a "killing field".

UN agency says children as young as 12 are also being enlisted or coerced to join the fighting by armed groups.

An aid agency is receiving ‘horrific reports’ of violence against children

The Boeing 787-9 was flying from Amsterdam to San Jose in Costa Rica

Delay comes amid little progress over negotiations and Israeli official calls the move a violation of ceasefire deal

Breastfeeding is so important for child health that the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef recommend that babies should be breastfed within an hour of birth, be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life, and then continue breastfeeding in combination with other foods for two years or more.

When the World Health Organization's top donor the United States announced its withdrawal, one employee launched an online fundraiser to plug the gap -- and her efforts have already raised more than $100,000.

‘Everything was so sexy and seductive....up to where he was eating a bowl of cereal,’ one commenter on Instagram wrote

Khaby Lame, the Senegalese-Italian influencer who ranks as world’s most popular TikTok personality, has been named as a goodwill ambassador by the U.N.'s children’s agency