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US Government Funds Mental Health Crisis Teams to Stand In for Police
The effort to reinvent policing after the death of George Floyd in police custody is getting an assist through a federal-state health insurance progra
UNICEF Points to Continuing Crisis for Children in Tigray Region
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UNICEF Points to Continuing Crisis for Children in Tigray Region
Problem comes amid continual fighting in the region following outbreak of war
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US Calls on African Union to Exert Pressure Over Worsening Crisis in Tigray
Thousands have died and hundreds of thousands have been forced from homes
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UN Report Points to Continuing War Crimes in Syria
Investigators accuse warring parties of violations against civilians that they say could constitute crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide
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Rights Group Calls For Independent Investigation of Shelling in Ethiopia's Tigray Region
New report claims federal forces broke laws of war with attacks on Humera, Shire, and Mekelle
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UNICEF Calls for End to Massacre of Children and Families in Niger
At least 50 people, including 17 children under the age of 16 were killed in a weekend attack on villages in the Tillebri region
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US Urges End to Violence in Ethiopia's Tigray Region
The call comes as aid group notes hospitals in the restive region are running low on supplies
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Thousands Flee Violence in Ethiopia's Tigray as Prime Minister Appoints New Leader for Region
The leaders in the northern Tigray region are accused of treason and terrorism
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Thousands Flee to Sudan After Clashes in Ethiopia's Tigray Region
Clashes in the Tigray region over the past week between Ethiopian government forces and Tigray regional forces prompt at least 7,000 refugees to flee
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Millions of Children in Pakistan Return to School Post-virus Crisis
The largest return to school in the world comes as daily infections and deaths from the outbreak in the country of 220 million have steadily declined
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UNICEF Appeals to Syria's Warring Parties to Protect Children from Carnage in Idlib
On New Year's Day, UNICEF reports five children, aged between 6 and 13, were killed when their primary school in Idlib province was hit by rocket fire
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