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DR Congo conflict forces halt at world's 3rd biggest tin mine
Advancing anti-government fighters in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo forced the temporary closure of the world's third ...
Entire families killed in Syria sectarian violence, UN says
Armed groups killed entire families, including women and children, during an outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria last ...
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One-year-olds among those raped during Sudan civil war, UN says
Armed men are raping and sexually assaulting children as young as one during Sudan's civil war, says the UN children's agency ...
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Infants and young children are being raped as a weapon of war in Sudan, UNICEF says
Armed forces in Sudan’s ongoing civil war ... according to a new report from UNICEF, the United Nations’ (UN) children’s agency. The UNICEF report, released Tuesday, said that at least ...
UN draft report on children in conflict zones raises eyebrows with framing of Israelis
The U.N.'s annual report on children in conflict zones, which is set to be published in June, is already getting attention for its framing of Israeli victims and for omitting Hamas crimes.
Whole families dead in recent Syria violence, says UN
The UN human rights office has verified the killing of 111 civilians in the coastal region, but says the actual figure is far ...
Syrian Forces Deployed in Majority-Druse Town After Clash
An uneasy calm prevailed in the town on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday, two days after a gunfight between local men and ...
Sudan files case to UN court alleging UAE is breaching genocide convention by funding rebels
Sudan has filed a case at the top United Nations court accusing the United Arab Emirates of breaching the genocide convention ...
Entire families killed during Syria's violence, UN says
Entire families including women and children were killed in Syria's coastal region as part of a series of sectarian killings ...