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For the first time, a high-level donor delegation, comprising representatives from Belgium, Norway, Spain and Switzerland, together with a Syria Humanitarian Fund (SHF) team, has visited two communities in Quneitra governorate, southern Syria, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Syria announced 23 December 2019.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has “strongly" condemned an attack carried out the day before by unidentified gunmen in northern Burkina Faso.

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Those responsible for the recent execution and abduction of civilians in northeastern Nigeria must be held accountable, the UN Secretary-General has said, according to a statement issued on Tuesday by his spokesperson.

“Children are bearing the brunt of intensifying violence in northwest Syria. More than 500 children were injured or killed in the first nine months of 2019, and at least 65 children have been killed or injured in the month of December alone.

Following is a statement of APA President Rosie Phillips Davis, PhD, in response to the passage of legislation that provides federal funding for gun violence research.

The UN Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock in a camp for displaced people in Sana’a, Yemen on 29 November 2018.

A family is trying to build a new life in Chile after migrating from Vargas State, Venezuela.

A young girl drinks water in the Bakassi IDP camp, in Maiduguri, Nigeria.