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EU support helps WFP reach over one million vulnerable people in Sudan
In Sudan, displacement and drought continues to exacerbate food insecurity for over three million people. In addressing these challenges, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is grateful to have received generous support from the European Commission Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations department for WFP’s life-saving operations in the country last year.
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Trump Reshuffles Cabinet Ousting VA Chief Shulkin
President Donald Trump’s reshuffling of his Cabinet continued Wednesday with the ouster of Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin.
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Rising Birthrates Not Enough to Replenish EU Population
More babies are being born across the European Union but not enough to replenish the population naturally, the bloc's statistics agency said Wednesday.
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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Secretary General concerned about tensions in Kosovo
In light of the 26 March events in northern Kosovo and subsequent developments, the OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office and the OSCE Secretary General call on all sides to refrain from provocations and re-engage in constructive dialogue.
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US, Canada Differ on Quick NAFTA Resolution
The Trump administration is hopeful it can reach a deal on a new North American Free Trade Agreement before the July 1 presidential election in Mexico and U.S. midterm congressional elections in November.
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‘When weapons speak, civilians pay the price,’ says UN aid chief as Syria war grinds on
Devastation in the city of Homs, eastern Syria. According to estimates, about 33 per cent of housing across the country have been destroyed in the conflict.
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UN allocates $9 million to help thousands of people displaced in north-east Nigeria
The United Nations-managed Nigeria Humanitarian Fund (NHF) supports, amomg others, women livelihoods projects like this one, in Mafa, Borno state.
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In Yemen, children’s education devastated after three years of escalating conflict
A student stands in the ruins of one of his former classrooms, which was destroyed in June 2015, at the Aal Okab school in Saada, Saada Governorate, Yemen, Monday 24 April 2017.
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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham visits Indonesia to meet children tackling violence and bullying in the classroom
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham travelled to Indonesia to see how 7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund is helping UNICEF to target bullying and peer violence that can keep children, especially girls, away from school.
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Trump to End Deportation Protection for Liberians in the US
The Trump administration is ending a program that allows citizens of Liberia living in the United States to avoid deportation.
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Human Rights
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