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5 children die of suffocation in Niger

From Our Correspondent The Police have confirmed the death of five children, who were suffocated in a car on Monday in Minna, Niger State. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, said the Police received report of the incident by 6.30 p.m. on Sunday. Abiodun said the children, aged between five and 13 years, got trapped […]

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Foreign News

9,000 women killed in Gaza since early October – UN Women

By Abdulfatah Babatunde As the war on Gaza approaches its five-month mark, Gazan women continue to suffer its devastating impact, the ‘UN Women’ has said in a statement e-mailed to TheNewsZenith at the weekend. “While this war spares no one, UN Women data shows that it kills and injures women in unprecedented ways. “As UN […]

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Explosion kills 2 children, injures 20 injured in Cameroon

At least two school children died and 20 others sustained injuries in an explosion, on Sunday, in restive Northern Cameroon, according to witnesses and local police. The blast occurred in Nkambe, a town in the region, as schoolchildren were participating in activities to mark National Youth Day. The country has been celebrating National Youth Day […]

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700,000 Sudanese children at risk of worst malnutrition – UNICEF

UNICEF said, on Friday that 700,000 children in Sudan were likely to suffer from the worst form of malnutrition this year, with tens of thousands who could die. A 10-month war in Sudan between its armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has devastated the country’s infrastructure. This has prompted warnings of famine and […]

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Palestine: 39 babies risk death as Al-Shifa hospital halts operation

The Palestinian Health Ministry, on Saturday, said 39 children in the care ward of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza are currently facing imminent death threat due to severe shortage of oxygen. The ministry said in a distressing statement that this critical situation unfolded alongside Israeli forces’ barrage of air and artillery attacks on the hospital. The […]

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Foreign News Health

Gaza kids with cancer cross into Egypt for treatment

Turkey’s Parliament announces boycotting products of companies support Israel Egyptian Authorities say they have allowed a dozen Palestinian children in Gaza, who have cancer, to cross the Rafah border, on Tuesday, for treatment in the country.   According to the ministry, medics have transferred the 12 children to specialised cancer hospitals. Authorities, however, did not […]

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Security

Police in Ogun arrest 2 minors for alleged arson

From Our Correspondent The Ogun State Command of the Nigerian Police has arrested two minors for allegedly setting their school on fire in the Isheri-Olofin area of Ifo Local Government. The spokesperson of the Command, Superintendent of Police, Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement, on Monday, in Abeokuta. Odutola explained that the minors, aged […]

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Charity reunites 7,000 children with families in S/Sudan

Global charity ‘Save the Children’ and its partners said, on Wednesday, they have reunited 7,000 children with their families since 2017. Thus, enabling them to rebuild their lives after being separated by conflict. The charity said in a statement that it has been using an open-source software platform “Child Protection Information Management System Plus” (CPIMS+) […]

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Foreign News General

Day after Thai attack, traumatised relatives cling to slain childrens’ toys

Crying and clutching toys, traumatised relatives gathered at a child daycare centre in Thailand where a former policeman had slain 34 people, primarily children. Government buildings flew flags at half-mast on Friday to mourn victims, in which 23 of them were children of the carnage in Uthai Sawan, a town 500 kilometres (310 miles) northeast […]

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