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A woman and her child in Takasaba, Niger.

A girl receives a dose of vitamin A at a basic health centre in Khan Pur Baga Sher Village in Pakistan's Punjab Province.

Libyan officials say an attack on the country's electoral commission in the capital Tripoli has killed at least 12 people.

At least one of the attackers blew himself up inside while other militants stormed the building.

A judge in Myanmar has rejected a request to throw out the testimony of a witness who said two Reuters reporters on trial for allegedly possessing state secrets were framed by police.

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, has condemned the twin suicide attacks on 1 May in the town of Mubi, Adamawa State, north-east Nigeria, that have left dozens of people dead and scores injured in one of the deadliest attacks the town has witnessed.

UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, is grateful to Indonesian and Malaysian authorities for rescuing and disembarking three boats carrying a total of 140 Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar by sea in April. The refugees are safe and in generally good condition.

The Humanitarian Coordinator in the Central African Republic, Najat Rochdi, condemns in the strongest terms possible the new wave of violence that was witnessed in Bangui on May 1.

Secretary-General António Guterres has made fighting sexual exploitation and abuse a key priority.

Rohingya children from Myanmar play on a bamboo bridge crossing a shallow body of water at high tide in Shamlapur refugee camp, Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh on 19 April 2018.

The Qatar Fund For Development (QFFD) has made a contribution of US$3 million to the United Nations World Food Programme to provide assistance for displaced people in Iraq. The funding will support more than 22,000 Iraqis living in camps.