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Conflict violence against children soared in 2020: UN
Violence against children in war-torn countries soared in 2020, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to an annual United Nations report released on Monday. Child abductions increased 90 percent while rape and sexual abuse of children rose 70 percent compared to the previous year, said the report, signed by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. "The overall number of grave violations remained alarmingly high at 26,425," the report said. Human rights groups criticised Guterres for not including Israel and the Saudi Arabia-led military coalition in Yemen on its list of violators. Virginia Gamba, the UN's special representative for children and armed confli

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