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Germany

German teen Anneli-Marie found dead after kidnappers demanded €1m ransom

The body of a kidnapped 17-year-old girl, held for a 1.2-million-euro ransom, has been found in eastern Germany. The girl, identified only

18/08/2015

Yemen

Civilians caught up in Yemen conflict

The conflict in Yemen is having a devastating impact on civilians. That was the message the UN hoped to highlight as aid chief Stephen O’Brien

11/08/2015

France

Parents leave girl, 3, at French motorway services

10/08/2015

USA

Boy, 11, charged with shooting three-year-old

06/08/2015

Liberia

Liberia launches child registration drive post Ebola crisis

The Liberian government is on a drive to register more than 70,000 children born at the height of the Ebola epidemic. 70,000 Liberian births

04/08/2015

United Kingdom

Handling of a child sex abuse complaint against a former British prime minister to be investigated.

Britain’s policing watchdog on Monday announced that it will investigate a claim that detectives failed to follow up a complaint of child sex abuse

04/08/2015

United Kingdom

UK police investigated over alleged child sex abuse cover-up involving former Prime Minister

Police in the United Kingdom are being investigated over claims they tried to cover up allegations of child sex abuse against former Prime MInister

03/08/2015

United Kingdom

David Cameron moves to protect children from online porn

31/07/2015

My Europe Series

Is Europe doing enough for missing children?

Twenty years after the Marc Dutroux child abductions and murders, are police and civic groups working closely enough, across EU countries, to keep children safe?

30/07/2015

United Kingdom

Police hoping quilt will hold clues to identity of child's remains

29/07/2015

United Kingdom

Supermarket bans sugary drinks "to help cut childhood obesity"

28/07/2015

Sudan

South Sudan families are reunited after being torn part by civil war

Since civil war broke out in South Sudan in 2013, thousands of families across the country have been separated. Children found themselves displaced

28/07/2015

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Brazil star Neymar helps disabled kids play football for the first time

08/07/2015

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Gaza's children still suffering from conflict

07/07/2015

France

Two French soldiers suspended over alleged child abuse in Africa

01/07/2015

Italy

Children’s drawings offer insights into the terror of Syria’s war

19/06/2015

Hungary

Hungarian charities step in to feed needy children

Charities are sounding the alarm about child poverty in Hungary. More than four out of ten children aged seven and younger last year lived below the

15/06/2015

World News

Children in jobs means even worse future, says ILO

Almost 170 million children are condemned to work full-time jobs today, with no schooling and poor future prospects. The International Labour

12/06/2015

Pakistan

Save the Children Fund expelled from Pakistan

The doors to the Save the Children Fund offices have been locked in Pakistan and the charity’s work stopped. Police took the action in Islamabad

12/06/2015

World News

One child reported missing in Europe every two minutes

Events are being held around the world to raise awareness of young people who have disappeared. International Missing Children’s Day (25 May 2015)

25/05/2015