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fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

They began taking my friends from school': the children being recruited by Colombia's armed groups

In spring last year, Ana's* friends began to disappear. Members of an armed group had begun recruiting children in her village in Colombia's north-west region of Norte de Santander, promising them food, money, mobile phones and motorcycles. They began taking all of the young people, the boys and the girls, my friends from school. I was so scared, I had to shut myself away, says Ana, then 14.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Around four million people displaced across Africa's Sahel, UN warns

Around four million people are displaced across the Sahel, with women and children comprising 80% as violence, insecurity and climate impacts drive rising displacement.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

Tensions high as new violence spirals in Syria's Suwayda despite ceasefire

Armed groups in Suwayda violated a truce, attacking security forces and villages, resulting in casualties.
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