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6-year-old Child, Mother Die In Sydney House Fire

Kingsley Chukwu2 months ago03 mins

A mother and her six-year-old child died in a house fire in Sydney’s south-west on Wednesday morning, authorities in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) said. Emergency services were called to the single storey house in Heckenberg at 12:40 a.m. on Wednesday (1330 GMT Tuesday), NSW Police said in a statement. Fire and…

Child Recruitment By Armed Groups In Haiti Surges By 70% — UNICEF

Kingsley Chukwu5 months ago5 months ago04 mins

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that the number of children recruited into armed groups in Haiti has increased by 70 per cent over the past year. The unprecedented spike also reveals the alarming deterioration of child protection amid escalating violence in the Caribbean nation. According to the latest estimates, children now comprise up…