A $45 Treatment Can Save a Starving Child. US Aid Cuts Have Frozen the Supply

The dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has disrupted the global supply chain that provides a therapeutic food, leaving thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying.

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The Trauma of Childhood in Gaza: No School, Few Toys, Little Hope

Over the past two years, tens of thousands of children in the territory have been killed, wounded or orphaned. Childhood as they once knew it has ceased to exist.

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Sudan Hit by Its ‘Worst Cholera Outbreak’ in Years, Medical Charity Says

International charities warned that, left unchecked, the disease’s spread might exacerbate similar outbreaks across the African region for weeks or months to come.

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UNICEF Employees Held Hostage For 3 Weeks in Haiti

Haitian gangs are increasingly abducting people and holding them for ransom to raise funds for other criminal activity, experts say.

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U.N. Orders Agencies to Find Budget Cuts, Including via Staff Moves From N.Y.

The instructions from the office of Secretary General António Guterres were reviewed by The New York Times and came after President Trump ordered a review of U.S. funding to the agency.

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Vatican Releases First Photo of Pope Francis Since He Was Hospitalized

The release of the photo a month into his treatment came after dozens of young people gathered under the pontiff’s windows to offer wishes for a quick recovery.

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Children Try to Cheer Pope Francis During His Hospital Stay

Dozens of young people gathered under the pontiff’s windows at the Gemelli hospital to offer wishes for a quick recovery.

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Hundreds of Children Are Among the Rape Victims of Sudan’s War, U.N. Says

A report issued by UNICEF investigators described horrific abuses, affecting children as young as 1 year old, in the civil war in Sudan.

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Migrants Deported to Panama Jungle Camp Face Uncertain Future

More than 100 asylum seekers from around the world sent to Panama from the United States have no sense how long they will be held or where they might eventually be sent.

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Sexual Violence Against Children Soars in Congo, U.N. Group Says

UNICEF accused “armed men” of raping scores of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been ravaged by conflict recently.

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