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UN: Almost 1.4m Children are at Risk of Starvation Across Four countries

The deputy director of the UN children's agency, Justin Forsyth, said political failure and conflict were to blame for the crises.

Six years since the last famine was declared, the United Nation's children's agency says almost 1.4 million children are at risk of starvation across four countries.

Iraq now where government forces backed by jets and helicopters battled their way to Mosul airport on Monday. They're preparing to take on the so-called Islamic State group's stronghold in the city's West bank.

Eighty per cent of the forest elephants in Gabon - more than 25,000 animals - were killed for their ivory in Minkebe National Park, between 2004 and 2014.

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Tue 21 Feb 201708:06GMT

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  • Tue 21 Feb 201708:06GMT