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One million Afghan children suffering 'life-threatening' malnutrition, UNICEF says
One million Afghan children are suffering from life-threatening malnutrition, the UN children's agency UNICEF warned on Tuesday. The agency said 3.7 million children in Afghanistan suffer from wasting, meaning they are acutely malnourished.
Soaring fuel prices, attributed to the US-Israel war on Iran, are severely disrupting education for children in vulnerable communities, particularly on Cambodia's Tonle Sap lake.
Six in 10 Nigerian children experience some form of abuse – UNICEF
UNICEF has raised concerns over the state of child protection in Nigeria, revealing that six in 10 children experience some form of abuse. The agency also disclosed that two in five young women in Nigeria were married before the age of 18.