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Women wait with their children to be examined and possibly give supplementary food at a mobile clinic run by UNICEF in the village of Rubkuai, Unity State, South Sudan.

A formation of Altocumulus clouds.

The Government of Uganda and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on March 23, jointly appealed to the international community for urgent and massive support for the thousands of South Sudan refugees who continue to arrive to Uganda every day, fleeing brutal conflict, compounded by the limited availability of food.

1 February 2017, Sulem Hire 9, carries a jerry can of water to her home four kilometers away from a borehole. Hadhawe Village, Somali regional state, Ethiopia.

Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

1 February 2017, Sulem Hire 9, carries a jerry can of water to her home four kilometers away from a borehole. Hadhawe Village, Somali regional state, Ethiopia

In Afghanistan, bakeries prepare a special type of cookie, called “Kulcha-e Nowrozi,” which is only baked for Nowruz. Other special dishes include “Haft Mewa,” a fruit salad made from seven different dried fruits, and “Samanak” made by women in a special ceremony that includes singing.

The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, condemns last Thursday’s incident in which 42 people, including refugees, were killed when a boat carrying around 145 passengers - among them women and children - came under fire off Yemen’s west coast, near Al Hudaydah.

Modern threats and ancient prejudices dominated Parliament’s March 2017 plenary session. The need to ensure that our food is safe was debated as were the threats and opportunities of melting polar ice. At the same time, the inequality still facing women in the workplace was underlined and an MEP who berated women punished, while most MEPs called on Europe to step in and replace the funds the United States is withdrawing from NGOs offering abortions in developing countries.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), welcomed the second of two recent shipments carrying urgently required food assistance for Sudan and South Sudan on Mar 20.