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Volunteers tackle prejudice against refugees in Latvia

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Young refugee Telma proudly displays the glazed gingerbread biscuits she has made in the Kanepes cultural centre in central Riga, Latvia.

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Congo border town helps Central African neighbours in need

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Josephine Servis (Right) fled violence in the Central African Republic and is staying with Blandine Ngeki (Left) in Zongo, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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‘Very real risk of violence’ looms over DR Congo elections, senior UN official warns

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Special representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Maman S. Sidikou (on screen), addresses the Security Council by video conference.

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UN must get ‘priorities right’ in 2016, Ban tells Member States, calling for ‘more and better work’

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivers informal briefing to the General Assembly.

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Election in Côte d’Ivoire opportunity to ‘start a new chapter,’ UN envoy tells Security Council

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The UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) provided logistical support to the Independent Electoral Commission by transporting election material for the October 2015 poll.

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Syria: UN officials give first-hand accounts of ‘horrible, terrible’ desperation in besieged towns

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Trucks, loaded with enough food to feed 40,000 people for one month in Madaya, Syria, are unloaded in the dark on arrival on 11 January 2016.

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UN condemns ‘despicable’ terrorist bombing in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet District

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A busy street in in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Driven by starvation, Syrians forage for grass

Starving civilians trapped in this besieged Syrian town foraged for grass and herbs in a horrifying humanitarian crisis only broken when an aid convoy arrived this week, the UN Refugee Agency said on Tuesday.

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The year ahead: what Parliament will be dealing with in 2016

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Find out what's coming up in Parliament this year

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War in Yemen poses ever-growing threat to children

Statement attributable to Julien Harneis, UNICEF Representative in Yemen

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A young boy holds a piece of exploded artillery shell, which landed in the village of Al Mahjar, a suburb of Sana’a.