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More than 40,000 children in the line of fire in Ar-Raqqa, Syria, as fighting intensifies
On 18 May 2017 in Al-Tabqa city in the Syrian Arab Republic, Hasan, 12 (red shirt) and his friends walk past a destroyed car. He and his family have been uprooted twice due to violence, forcing him to drop out of school .
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Number of suspected cholera cases reaches 100,000 in Yemen
On 12 May 2017 at the Sab'een Hospital in Sana'a, Yemen, children suffering from severe diarrhoea or cholera receive treatment.
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UN Africa forum launches high-level migration panel to help create political momentum for change
Migrants at a detention centre in the city of Zawiya, Libya.
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China Supports WFP Food Assistance In Chad
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$ 4 million from China, which will support food assistance for more than 100,000 people in need.
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China Contributes US$5 Million To WFP’s Emergency Operation In South Sudan
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$5 million from the Government of the People’s Republic of China to provide food assistance to 160,000 people affected by acute hunger in South Sudan, including 30,000 children under the age of five on Jun 06.
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Water is ‘catalyst’ for cooperation, not conflict, UN chief tells Security Council
Secretary-General António Guterres addresses Security Council meeting on Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Preventive Diplomacy and Transboundary waters. To his right is President Evo Morales Ayma of Bolivia.
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Mahershala Ali, David Beckham, the All Blacks, Daniel Cormier, Novak Djokovic, Lewis Hamilton, Hugh Jackman, Sachin Tendulkar, Thalía and Chris Weidman among stars to join Super Dads campaign to highlight fathers' critical role in children's early develop
Nachadee Lokwabong, 50, holds his one-week-old son Enoch Rofich for the first time at home in the Amudat district of Karamoja, Uganda, 15 March 2017. “I am happy,” says Nachadee as he looks down at his newborn son and strokes his cheek.
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DC Roundup: Comey Testimony, Trump's 'Unfiltered' Tweets, US on Human Rights
Developments in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday include President Donald Trump sending out more tweets regarding a spat between Gulf Arab nations, saying Twitter is his way to get his "unfiltered message" to Americans, as well as Washington preparing for fired FBI Director James Comey's upcoming testimony, and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley warning the U.S. may pull out of the U.N.'s main human rights body.
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UNHCR steps up support amidst large-scale returns to Northeast Nigeria
Nigerian refugees returning from Cameroon wait to register at Banki camp in northern Nigeria.
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UNHCR shocked at deaths in Sahara Desert
Tuareg refugees ride camels to the desert area of Initkan, Niger, where they received UNHCR assistance, April 2013.
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Human Rights
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