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Authorities in Burma should drop charges against ethnic Arakanese activists who participated in peaceful protests against Chinese-led oil and gas projects, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday.

In the village of Mélé, Central African Republic, only half of the children in the region go to school because of conflict.

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Fighters for the Seleka rebel alliance stand guard in front of the presidential palace in Bangui, Central African Republic on March, 25 2013.

The European Commission is announcing an additional €65 million in response to the rapidly growing scale of the humanitarian crisis resulting from the conflict in Syria. With more intense fighting in Syria and just three months after pledging € 100 million at the Kuwait donors' conference, the Commission is stepping up its effort to fund aid agencies because of the scale of the emergency.

Syrian refugees sit down for lunch in the home of their Lebanese hosts.

Displaced persons in Al-Shadadi district in Al-Hassakeh, northeast Syria, wait for WFP food trucks that bring them their monthly food rations.

Improving disaster relief coordination is key.

Villagers fleeing their homes in Sake, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s North Kivu province, after fighting erupted between FARDC Government forces and rebel groups.