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Fast-talking Imam takes on new role as manager of IDP camp in Iraq

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Abu Seif began managing the camp less than three months ago. As the Imam of the local mosque, he had watched for more than a...

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UN-backed international forum delivers roadmap for Somalia’s future

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Participants at the High Level Partnership Forum in Mogadishu, Somalia.

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UN marks World Breastfeeding Week with call for stronger workplace policies for nursing mothers

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In Maderia, Ethiopia, health extension worker Elsebeth Aklilu takes a break from counselling...

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Ban hails UN Member States' agreement on 'people's agenda' to end poverty, promote sustainability

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Fetching water at a borehole in the village of Bilinyang, near Juba, South Sudan.

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