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UN-led conference to mobilize global action to avert 'humanitarian catastrophe' in Yemen
People queue to fill containers with water from a tank provided by UNICEF in Sana'a, Yemen. Some 14.5 million people in the country have no access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation.
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Japan Plays Key Role In Supporting Food And Nutrition Security In Malawi
The Government of Japan has made a US$3.7 million contribution to food and nutrition security activities run by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF in Malawi. Of this sum, US$2.57 million went to WFP and US$1.13 million to UNICEF.
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25 million children out of school in conflict zones - UNICEF
April 18, 2017 (centre) Syrian refugee and education activist Muzoon Almellehan speaks with [NAME CHANGED] Hassima, 16, a Nigerian refugee who escaped Boko Haram captivity.
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WFP Air-Lifts Life-Saving Supplies To People Struck By Drought In Somalia
WFP is scaling up its operations to try to avert famine in Somalia, with an aim to reach more than two million drought-affected people with lifesaving food and nutrition assistance within six months.
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Addressing ‘fragility’ of societies key to preventing conflicts, stresses UN chief
Secretary-General António Guterres (second from right) addresses the Financing for Peace event at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meetings. At second left is the President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim.
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UNICEF calls for action to prevent more deaths in Central Mediterranean as attempted crossings spike
Risking their lives to reach Europe from North Africa, a boatload of people, some of them likely in need of international protection, are rescued in the Mediterranean Sea by the Italian Navy.
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1.5 million children affected by violence in Kasaï region of Democratic Republic of Congo
The crisis in the Greater Kasaï region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is having a devastating impact on children, UNICEF warned on Apr 21. More than 1.5 million children, including 600,000 who have already been displaced from their homes, are at risk due to the extreme violence.
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UN global assessment on higher education reveals broad socio-economic, gender disparities
Students at a university library in Rabat, Morocco.
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Middle East engulfed by ‘perfect storm’ – one that threatens international peace, warns UN envoy
A family displaced by fighting between ISIS and Iraqi security forces carry their belongings as they walk through the destroyed western neighbourhood of Al Mamum, near Mosul, Iraq.
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More than 150 children estimated to have died taking Central Mediterranean migration route this year - UNICEF
A boy who is an unaccompanied minor looks across the beach in Trabia, Italy, on May 14, 2016.
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