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El Niño puts 347 million children at risk of drought or floods
UNICEF warns that one of the strongest El Niños on record could bring unusually wet or dry months to children in nearly 100 countries…
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After Nepal’s flood, 22,000 children need safe water
A week after the flood, UNICEF warned that thousands of children in Nepal had no safe water, toilets or way to stay clean.
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Two conflicts, one killer: unsafe water in Sudan and Gaza
Cholera spread to new parts of Sudan, while in Gaza more than a million children faced uncertain access to water every day.
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Floods in Accra bring a cholera warning
After heavy rain flooded Ghana’s capital, health officials warned that rubbish in the water could spread cholera.
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World Water Day 2026: where water flows, equality grows
This year’s World Water Day is about women and girls, the people who most often carry the water and least often decide how it…
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After the floods, cholera spreads across southern Africa
January’s floods damaged toilets, wells and clinics. A month later, cholera was rising from Mozambique to Namibia.
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A month on, Aceh’s flood survivors are still searching for clean water
The floodwater has gone, but in Indonesia’s Aceh province, hundreds of thousands of people still can’t go home.
