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Recently arrived refugees aboard a truck to be taken to a new settlement at Imvepi Reception Center in Arua district of Uganda 28 February, 2017.

May 17, 2017. Mouhamed Seif Mahmoud School, Sakhoor neighborhood in the east part of Aleppo. A UNICEF supported-school is an alternative space for learning.

“Democracy is the best way to reach sustainable development”, said co-president Louis Michel of ACP-EU JPA during the opening of the 33rd session in Malta on Monday.

Any withdrawal agreement concluded would require the approval of the European Parliament to take effect.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is proud to be taking part, for the seventh year in a row, in the international Paris Air Show. Held from 19 to 25 June, the top event of its kind in the world will allow WFP to showcase its aviation expertise and ability to deliver crucial assistance in times of crisis. It will also offer a chance to explore the availability of new aircraft, air operators and technologies for humanitarian aviation.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a generous contribution of €28 million from the German Government, which will support food assistance to 275,000 displaced Iraqis in four governorates across the country.

South Sudanese refugees spend the night at a way station in Gimbi, Ethiopia while en route to the newly constructed Gure Shembola Camp.

Herders collect water with camels at one of the few remaining water points in drought-affected Bandarero village, Moyale County, Kenya.

War, violence and persecution worldwide are causing more people than ever to be forcibly displaced, on June 19th, according to a report published by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.

Amos Lomerigorok, 25, (right) and his pregnant wife Paulina Chepsera, 20, sit in their home in a remote village accessible only by foot in the Amudat district, Karamoja region, eastern Uganda, Wednesday 15 March 2017.