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South Sudan: UN, partners seek $1.4 billion for 'world's fastest growing refugee crisis'

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Waving their forms, recently arrived South Sudanese refugees demand to be registered at Imvepi reception centre in Arua district in Northern Uganda.

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China Contributes US$5 Million To WFP To Support Refugees In Kenya

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a US$5 million contribution from the Government of China to support 420,000 refugees living in camps in northern Kenya on May 16.

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United States Provides Crucial Support For People Living With HIV/AIDS In Southern Africa

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a US$13.4 million contribution from the United States government to support people living with HIV, AIDS and TB in Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.

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At least one in four children live in poverty in the Middle East and North Africa

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Mustafa, 6, works with his father in an industrial area in Baghdad on 22 April, 2016.

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Spreading violence in Central African Republic sets off 'loud alarm bells' – UN human rights chief

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Peacekeepers with the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) on patrol in Bambari.

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Over US$1.4 billion needed for South Sudan refugees in 2017

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Children are being screened for malnutrition at a health center in Nyumanzi refugee settlement in Adjumani District of Northern Uganda 3 May 2017.

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China Donates US$ 5 Million To WFP’s Emergency Response In Northeast Nigeria

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a US $5 million contribution from the Government of China to provide desperately-needed food assistance to tens of thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Northeast Nigeria, where the threat of famine is real and growing on May 12.

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A strong moral compass: how faith-based organizations can tackle online sexual exploitation of children

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10 March 2016.In Metro Manila, for a few pesos children can have as much as 3 minutes of unsupervised internet connectivity. Internet cafes provide private chat rooms which facilitate live streaming of child sexual abuse.

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Attack on Yemeni city could overwhelm humanitarian capacity, warns UN migration agency

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A man and his sons travel to collect water underneath the Hajjah Road Bridge, in Al Hudaydah, Yemen, which was damaged in an airstrike in mid-2016.

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UNHCR and Food Sweet Food launch the Refugee Food Festival in 13 major European cities in support of refugee integration

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Refugee Food Festival in Strasbourg in 2016.