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5.6 million children at risk of waterborne diseases as rainy season hits communities affected by Lake Chad crisis
On 13 June 2017, children play in a flooded street caused by recent rains in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state in north-east Nigeria.
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Breakthrough As WFP Food Convoy Reaches Besieged Syrian Town
For almost one year, WFP has only been able to bring food to families in Qamishli via airlifts.
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Crisis ‘far from over’ as malnutrition, thirst and disease threaten lives of millions of children in north-east Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen
Angelina Nyanin, 25, holds her niece, Nyalel Gatcauk, 2, who suffers from malnutrition, as a UNICEF nutrition worker measures her arm during a Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) mission in Thonyor, Leer county, South Sudan.
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Global narcotics market 'thriving;' range of available drugs diversifying at alarming pace – UN
Drug seizures, South Africa.
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South Sudan famine ebbs, but situation still desperate as hunger spreads
Jane Tiko feeds a therapeutic formula to her nine-month-old son Simon Ladok in the malnutrition ward in the Al-Sabbah children's hospital in Juba, South Sudan.
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As crises multiply, UN revises annual aid appeal to assist over 100 million around the world
A medical worker registers young patients in the small rural village of An-Nassiri, located about 60 km from Al Hudaydah, Yemen. Only 45 per cent of health facilities in the war-torn country are currently functioning.
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World population to hit 9.8 billion by 2050, despite nearly universal lower fertility rates – UN
A view of passengers aboard trains connecting the suburbs of Kolkata, India.
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Statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on returns to northeast Nigeria
I am extremely worried that large numbers of Nigerian refugees hosted in Cameroon are again returning to northeast Nigeria - into a situation dangerously unprepared to receive them.
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UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie in Nairobi, appeals for child refugees
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie meets children and siblings of vulnerable female refugees in Nairobi.
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Human Rights
Fostering a More Humane World: The 28th Eurasian Economic Summi
Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020