World | WPN World People News

It is with deep sadness that UNHCR confirms the death of our colleague Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, killed in a bomb attack on Tuesday 26 July, in Mogadishu, Somalia. Ahmed lost his life when one of two vehicle-borne explosive devices was detonated close to Mogadishu International Airport. At least 13 people are now confirmed to have been killed. Other UNHCR colleagues sustained light injuries caused by the blasts.

Teacher unions and trade unions in the United States are working togetherto provide support and resources to the Orlando community after the mass shooting at a night club in June.

UNICEF is extremely concerned for the safety and wellbeing of all children caught up in the escalating violence in the city of Aleppo in northern Syria.

Children affected by violence attend temporary schools in the refugee camp of Kabelewa. Forced displacement in the Diffa region, Niger's poorest, is becoming regular and is conducted by the armed group Boko Haram.

Refugees from South Sudan arrive in Elegu, northern Uganda.

UNICEF Ambassador Ewan McGregor travelled to northern Iraq last week to see how the conflicts sweeping across Iraq and Syria are devastating children’s lives. Tens of thousands of children have been killed, injured, separated from their parents, forced to work, tortured and recruited into fighting.

WFP provides food vouchers to 55,000 people in hard-to-reach district of Taiz city, Al Qahira, Yemen.

Young Children at the ELCRN hostel in Otjimbingwe, Namibia.

With changeable weather as the school holidays get into full swing UK Met Office weather app comes into its own.

The General Rapporteur on media freedom of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly has warned that sweeping new restrictions on the media in Turkey could “undermine public trust” in its institutions and hand a victory to the instigators of the failed coup d’état.