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The militant group recruited at least 2,000 Nigerian children last year and used them as child soldiers, the UN Children's Fund has said. Read more »
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South African legal writer Carmel Rickard has misgivings about high profile adoptions of African children by international celebrities, so delved into court judgements to ... Read more »
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