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Japan donates US$1.8 million as hunger remain high in South Sudan
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a US$1.8 million (JP¥ 200,000,000) contribution from Japan to help bolster food and nutrition security in South Sudan, where millions of people do not know where their next meal is coming from.
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Central African Republic: EU releases €26.5 million to respond to the regional humanitarian crisis
The funding comes as some 2.5 million, half the country's population, are in need of assistance, with the crisis triggering an influx of refugees into neighbouring countries.
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A Europe that delivers: EU citizens expect more EU level action in future
Since 2016 the European Parliament has been measuring citizens’ perceptions and expectations of action taken by the EU in 15 core policy areas. The latest survey, carried out in April this year, finds that whilst an ever greater share of respondents are satisfied with action taken by the EU to address concerns about security, jobs and the environment, calls for more EU action in nearly all policy areas are no less significant. This flies in the face of the EU’s critics who accuse it of irrelevance or over-regulation.
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Putin: Syrian Downing of Russian Jet Was 'Tragic, Accidental'
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called the downing of a Russian military plane by Syria "a chain of tragic, accidental circumstances," tamping down what could have turned into a tense situation with Israel.
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German Spymaster Ousted Over Anti-Migrant Violence
The head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency has been transferred from his job just weeks after he made remarks that appeared to downplay anti-migrant violence.
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South Africa's Top Court Legalizes Personal, Private Use of Cannabis
South Africa's top court has legalized the use of cannabis for private, personal use.
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UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria condemns killing of abducted aid worker in North-East
The Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, condemns the killing of the aid worker and midwife Saifura Hussaini Ahmed Khorsa in north-east Nigeria. Ms. Hussaini, 25 years old, was abducted on 1 March 2018 in Rann town, Borno State, where she was working with the International Committee of the Red Cross, following a deadly attack by a Non-State Armed Group in which three aid workers were killed. Two other female aid workers were also kidnapped during that incident.
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UNHCR Calls on South Sudan parties to deliver a lasting peace
Newly arrived refugees from South Sudan travel to the Numanzi Transit Centre in the Adjumani district of northern Uganda.
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A child under 15 dies every five seconds around the world – UN report
An estimated 6.3 million children under 15 years of age died in 2017, or 1 every 5 seconds, mostly of preventable causes, according to new mortality estimates released by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Population Division and the World Bank Group.
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‘Wind of hope’ blowing through Horn of Africa says UN chief, as Ethiopia and Eritrea sign historic peace accord
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres (l), meets Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia on the occasion of the signing of a peace accord between Eritrea and Ethiopia in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 16 September 2018.
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