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UN allocates $9 million to help thousands of people displaced in north-east Nigeria

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The United Nations-managed Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF) supports, amomg others, women livelihoods projects like this one, in Mafa, Borno state.

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In Yemen, children’s education devastated after three years of escalating conflict

Nearly 2 million children now out of school

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A student stands in the ruins of one of his former classrooms, which was destroyed in June 2015, at the Aal Okab school in Saada, Saada Governorate, Yemen, Monday 24 April 2017.

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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham visits Indonesia to meet children tackling violence and bullying in the classroom

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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham travelled to Indonesia to see how 7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund is helping UNICEF to target bullying and peer violence that can keep children, especially girls, away from school.

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Trump to End Deportation Protection for Liberians in the US

The Trump administration is ending a program that allows citizens of Liberia living in the United States to avoid deportation.

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UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner calls for improved access to pensions for the internally displaced and other rights

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UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Operations Mr. George Okoth-Obbo visits Maiorsk checkpoint.

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Retired Supreme Court Justice Stevens: Repeal the Second Amendment

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens is calling for the Second Amendment to be repealed, citing the protests in response to the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, as an impetus for the change.

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European Qualifications Passport for Refugees: integration through education and employment

Joint press release from UNHCR and the Council of Europe

European Qualifications Passport for Refugees: integration through education and employment

Strasbourg/Athens, 27.03.2018 - Since the beginning of what is often referred to as the refugee crisis in Europe, the recognition of refugees’ qualifications has become one of the main tools to integrate them into European societies.

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EU must help safeguard media independence

EU member states should “create and maintain, in law and in practice, a safe and secure environment for journalists”, Civil Liberties MEPs said on Tuesday.

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US Slams Pakistani Firms with Sanctions for Nuclear Trade

The United States is imposing sanctions on seven Pakistani companies for alleged links to the nuclear trade.

The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIC) placed 23 companies —15 from Sudan and one from Singapore, in addition to the seven from Pakistan — on its Entity List.

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UNHCR and partners seek US$504 million for Congolese refugees

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Congolese refugee Christine, 52, and her grandson Aluda, 9, sleep in the former market in Cacanda reception centre, northern Angola.