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The Government of Uganda and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, are implementing containment measures in the recently-opened Pagirinya settlement in Adjumani district following confirmation of an outbreak of cholera.

Fourteen-year-old Luny, was recently released from an armed group.

The United Nations envoy for Syria abruptly suspended the regular international humanitarian taskforce meeting in Geneva shortly after it started, saying it made “no sense” to continue unless there is a pause in the fighting so aid convoys could reach besieged areas of the war-ravaged country on Aug 18.

UNICEF Australia urges Minister Dutton to seriously consider resettlement options in credible third countries that are equipped to respond to the complex needs of refugees and their families, in the wake of news that an agreement has been made to close the Manus Island detention centre.

A large ball of fire and plume of smoke – resulting from an air strike that hit a military site on Faj Attan Mountain, Yemen, high above Sana’a, the capital – rises skyward and begins to spread over the city below.

IDP’s from the Protection of Civilian site (PoC site) in Juba, South Sudan, take cover and seek safety from the heavy fighting between the SPLA and SPLA-IO.

On 5 August 2016 in Aleppo city, Syria, families take shelter in a mosque after the latest wave of attacks. Some families stay indoors, others take shelter under makeshift tents or prefabricated rooms near the mosque’s entrance.

An infant in an incubator at Al-Sabeen Hospital in Sana’a. Intensive fighting and bombing has caused frequent power cuts, shortage of medicines and fuel paralyzing hospitals across Yemen.

A classroom in Sa’ada, Yemen, was badly damaged in the recent conflict in April 2016.

Bolstering the commitment of the United Nations to work with and for the world's youth, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced several key initiatives towards that end, including the formation of an expert group on 'youth, peace and security,' and naming a new envoy on youth employment on 12 August.