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The burning of the Moria refugee camp in Lesbos has exposed the EU’s short-sighted, inhumane, and ineffective approach to asylum.

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Journalist Patrícia Campos Mello has faced some of the worst disinformation campaigns in Brazil. Now she’s raising awareness to fight back.

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Jo Becker is the children’s rights advocacy director at Human Rights Watch, and chairperson of the Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict.

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Newly released child soldiers stand with rifles during their release ceremony in Yambio, South Sudan, on February 7, 2018.

The U.N. Secretary-General Is Letting Powerful Countries Get Away With Killing Kids

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The U.N. Secretary-General Is Letting Powerful Countries Get Away With Killing Kids

Political Violence Could Derail Ethiopia’s Democratic Transition

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