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Amid outpour of sympathy, UN emergency responders aid bombed Nigerian camp

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UNHAS helicopter leaving Maiduguri for Rann, the site of a bombed displacement camp.

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World Food Programme And Singularity University Launch Global Impact Challenge

Moonshot Solutions Sought To End Hunger

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is joining forces with Singularity University (SU) to launch a Global Impact Challenge – a call for radical innovations in the fight to end hunger by 2030.

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World Food Programme Honours Mastercard As A “Hunger Hero”

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has honoured Ajay Banga, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mastercard, in recognition of outstanding contributions towards achieving Zero Hunger.

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Ethiopia: UN-backed humanitarian appeal launched, seeking $948 million in 2017

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A village in Ethiopia weathers the drought where many have lost their livestock.

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Somalia: Only early action will avert another catastrophe, says senior UN relief official

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Worsening drought conditions have left hundreds of thousands of Somalis facing severe food and water shortages.

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UNHCR lauds Europe’s rescue efforts in Mediterranean Sea

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UNHCR staff receive surviors at the dock of the Sicilian port of Messina, Sicily.

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Refugee crisis: "The scenes of 2015 must not be repeated"

EU border force Frontex, estimates that the number of people landing on Europe's shores fell by two-thirds in 2016. A drop in arrivals on Greece’s islands contrasts however with record numbers of migrants reaching Italy. With over 5,000 people killed or missing, the UN reports that 2016 was the deadliest year ever for migrants crossing the Mediterranean. In meetings with Commission, Council and UNHCR representatives on 12 January, civil liberties committee MEPs shared their views on the crisis.

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Joint Statement on Syria

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Two boys collect bread from a distribution point in the Al-Mashatiyeh neighborhood of eastern Aleppo in this photo from 1st January 2017.

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United Kingdom Helps WFP Fight Malnutrition In Mozambique

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a GBP 3.6 million contribution from the United Kingdom to help fight malnutrition in Mozambique.

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'We must not let 2017 repeat tragedies of 2016 for Syria' – top UN aid officials

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A boy pulls a wheelchair along a debris strewn street in Al-Mashatiyeh neighbourhood of eastern Aleppo, Syria.