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Debris litters a street following an Israeli airstrike that targeted the Maamoura neighbourhood in Beirut's southern suburbs on March 4, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

Over four children killed or injured on average a day during the ‘so- called’ ceasefire in Lebanon

Since the temporary ceasefire 22 children have been killed in Lebanon, and 89 injured in less than a month. 

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Bangladesh: Families urged to vaccinate children as number of suspected measles deaths exceeds 400

The measles outbreak is affecting all eight divisions in Bangladesh, prompting an emergency vaccination campaign across the country.  In the last month, nearly 18 million children have been reached with at least one dose of the vaccine, according to government data

Child migrants account for four in every 100 deaths in the Mediterranean a decade after Lampedusa tragedy

Leaders must deliver on new EU anti-poverty policy which puts children at heart of social priorities

While the Anti-Poverty Strategy provides EU member states with framework on poverty reduction, concrete measures on how to reduce child poverty are covered in the Communication on the Strengthening of the Child Guarantee – giving a two-pronged boost to poverty reduction initiatives today.

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Gaza: Two in three children at risk of infection due to plague of rats and pests

Save the Children staff have spoken with families who are too afraid to sleep at night, worried their children will be bitten by rats.

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Youth-driven project launches in Zimbabwe to bolster climate resilience and create green jobs

Nearly 80,000 young people and children to benefit from a raft of green initiatives in Zimbabwe, as part of a new project launched -  focusing on creating green job opportunities by training young people in sustainable agriculture, renewable energy and waste management. 

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Children disappearing from migration data face increased danger on Balkans Route - Save the Children

Official migration data may be significantly undercounting the number of people travelling on the Balkans route, putting thousands of children at greater risk of abuse and exploitation without systems to protect them, according to a new Save the Children report.

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Lebanon: Over 380,000 children predicted to face crisis‑levels of hunger

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) project that a quarter of the population of Lebanon - 1.24 million people – with 366,000 additional people, including 113,000 more children, will face crisis‑level food insecurity or worse in coming months.

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Report: 15 years since devastating famine, Somalia faces new disaster - drought without aid

In a new report, When Aid Disappears, Childhood Disappears Too, Save the Children reveals how the collapse of international aid funding to Somalia in 2025 may soon lead to catastrophic outcomes for children not seen since the 2011 famine, which killed over 257,000 people.