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Abu Nuwar Bedouin community.

Two and a half million people in the Central African Republic (CAR) are facing hunger.

A group of children at the UNMISS Protection of Civilians (POC) camp in Bentiu, Unity State, South Sudan.

EP President Martin Schulz welcoming EU Council President Donald Tusk for a lively debate on the December EU summit outcome and migration measures.

Boats on the shore along Bab el-Mandeb, the narrow strait separating Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. The area is fenced to keep smugglers and kidnappers out.

A makeshift refugee shelter beside the highway east of Diffa, Niger.

A young girl stands outside a tent at the Vinojug reception centre for refugees and migrants in Gevgelija, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

With up to 3,000 refugees and migrants passing through Slovenia each day, UNICEF and the Government of Slovenia Tuesday announced a partnership aimed at improving the care and protection of children on the move.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday called on the Government and all parties in Yemen as well as States in the region to commit to a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire to enable the rapid resumption of already delayed peace talks which the United Nations is facilitating.

United Nations humanitarian agencies expressed concern Monday that an estimated 200,000 people are facing “sharply deteriorating conditions” in the besieged western side of Deir-Ez-Zor city in Syria, while the top UN relief official stressed that the world body continues to act “impartially, neutrally and independently” to reach people in need throughout the country.