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Security 'number one concern' of displaced Iraqis seeking to return home – UN study

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An Iraqi woman and her son, internally displaced from Mosul, stand beside a water truck on the road leading past the Garmava transit camp.

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More than $350 million pledged for refugees in Uganda; 'A good start, we cannot stop,' says UN chief

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A ‘Solidarity Summit’ for refugees hosted by Uganda has raised some $358 million in pledges, the United Nations announced on Jun 23.

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WFP Welcomes Contribution From USA To Support Pakistanis In Need

The most vulnerable people in Pakistan will continue to receive assistance from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) thanks to a contribution of US$25 million from the United States government. The donation was announced by the “Food for Peace” Office of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and will allow WFP to carry on with programmes providing food, cash and education for families in the poorest parts of Pakistan, as well as working to improve the nutrition of women and children throughout the country.

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Saudi Dates Offer Nutritional Boost To Three West African Nations

The United Nations World Food Programme welcomes the contribution, from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, of 250 metric tonnes of dates, worth US$ 650,000, which will give a nutritional boost to more than 130,000 hungry and vulnerable people in Chad, Mauritania and Burkina Faso this Ramadan season.

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5.6 million children at risk of waterborne diseases as rainy season hits communities affected by Lake Chad crisis

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On 13 June 2017, children play in a flooded street caused by recent rains in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state in north-east Nigeria.

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Sri Lanka’s Food Production Hit By Extreme Drought Followed By Floods

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Breakthrough As WFP Food Convoy Reaches Besieged Syrian Town

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For almost one year, WFP has only been able to bring food to families in Qamishli via airlifts.

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Crisis ‘far from over’ as malnutrition, thirst and disease threaten lives of millions of children in north-east Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen

Continued humanitarian action crucial in saving children’s lives

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Angelina Nyanin, 25, holds her niece, Nyalel Gatcauk, 2, who suffers from malnutrition, as a UNICEF nutrition worker measures her arm during a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) mission in Thonyor, Leer county, South Sudan.

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Global narcotics market 'thriving;' range of available drugs diversifying at alarming pace – UN

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Drug seizures, South Africa.

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South Sudan famine ebbs, but situation still desperate as hunger spreads

More than 6 million people now facing hunger driven largely by conflict

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Jane Tiko feeds a therapeutic formula to her nine-month-old son Simon Ladok in the malnutrition ward in the Al-Sabbah children's hospital in Juba, South Sudan.