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17 Oct 2024

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Save the Children announces finalists of the Global Media Awards 2024

Save the Children is proud to announce the finalists for its inaugural Global Media Awards 2024, representing outlets from around the world whose innovative & impactful reporting has raised awareness about the challenges & achievements of children whose unique rights were first recognised exactly 100 years ago.

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17 Oct 2024

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West and Central Africa: About 10 million children forced out of schools by worst flooding in recent years

The unprecedented heavy rains across Nigeria, Mali, Niger and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have created a worsening education crisis. 

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Nowhere safe in Gaza as attacks in the north and hospital ablaze in the south put the lives of children and families at risk

Up to 400,000 Palestinians are trapped across northern Gaza, and a deadly fire is spreading through Gaza's Al-Aqsa hospital sheltering thousands  in the so-called “humanitarian zone” following an Israeli airstrike. 

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14 Oct 2024

SUDAN: OVER 2 MILLION BABIES BORN INTO 18 MONTHS OF DEVASTATING CONFLICT

It is estimated that about 4,000 babies are born on average every day in Sudan, which has entered its 18th month of conflict. 

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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.

Nine children killed by a single landmine in Afghanistan

Nine children killed by a single landmine in Afghanistan

Nine children killed by a single landmine in Afghanistan The children - five boys and four girls, all aged between 5 and 10 - found the decades old mi

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“It’s not fair to die of hunger” - The lives of malnourished children in Gaza endangered by obliteration and obstruction of medical care

Malnourished children in Gaza are not getting the food and medical care they need to survive.

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DRC: Violence in North Kivu forces over 500 schools to close, with teachers kidnapped and students terrified

Violence in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has forced over 500 schools to close in the past year.

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Queen Rania Meets with Save the Children CEO for Update on Children in Gaza

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah met on Wednesday with the CEO of Save the Children International Inger Ashing

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Crisis at border of South Sudan and Sudan escalating as about 1,000 people arrive daily even after nearly one year of war

bout 1,000 people a day are fleeing into South Sudan from Sudan after nearly one year of war, arriving in scorching heat and with children in dire nee

The cold weather conditions brought on by Dzud – a natural phenomenon when drought is followed by a harsh winter, kills crops and freezes livestock to death.

Mongolia's extreme winter: 5.2 million livestock dead as children miss out on school

Mongolia’s extreme winter conditions, or Dzud, shows no sign of abating and Mongolia has lost 5.2 million livestock.