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IFAD to provide US$114.5 million to strengthen small-scale irrigation in Ethiopia

A total of 108,750 poor rural households in four regions of Ethiopia are expected to benefit from a financial agreement signed between the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Ethiopia to boost small-scale irrigation schemes on...

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UN welcomes ratification of new peace accord in Colombia

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Internally displaced children, victims of conflict in Colombia.

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UN Syria envoy: “I cannot say how long eastern Aleppo will last”

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Staffan de Mistura

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Without urgent steps to end violence, Aleppo may become ‘giant graveyard,’ Security Council told

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A nine year-old child sits in one of the neighbourhoods in the old city of Aleppo, Syria, holding his jerry can,...

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