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On the eve of the Seventh Summit of the Americas, the main international financial institutions of the region, the World Bank Group (WBG), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and CAF – Development Bank of Latin America, reiterated their commitment to support countries in the region in their efforts to preserve and expand the economic and social gains of the last decade, at a time when the external factors that contributed to those gains have changed on April 10.

Nigerians going over the electoral lists ahead of the Gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections on 11 April 2015.

Hunting Ebola in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

UNRWA extremely concerned about the safety and protection of Syrian and Palestinian civilians in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in Damascus, Syria.

High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini, and Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, will co-chair consultations with Southern ENP partners at the Informal Ministerial Meeting on the future of European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) on Monday, 13 April, in Barcelona. The meeting is jointly hosted by the European Union, including the Latvian Presidency of the EU Council, and Spain, and will be attended by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs both from the EU and the ENP partner countries*. It will allow for an in-depth discussion within the framework of the ongoing consultation process on the review of the ENP; the situation in the Southern Neighbourhood will also be discussed.

The Djibouti coastguard escorts boats carrying refugees from Yemen into the port of Obock.

UNICEF confirms that a group of four children recently abducted by an armed group in Abyei has been released.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs the press.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein.

The increasing violence in Yemen is taking an intolerable toll on children.