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Nigeria: Ban strongly condemns Boko Haram attacks targeting Muslims and Christians

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Refugees in Minawao camp , Cameroon, after fleeing violence by Boko Haram in northeast...

Yemen: amid 'massive' humanitarian crisis, UN reports civilian death toll now exceeds 1,500

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A child gets vaccinated for polio at Al-Olufi Health Center in downtown Sanaa.

More than 2.25 million now displaced in South Sudan and across its borders

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Newly arrived refugees from South Sudan at Ethiopia's Pagak entry point in Gambella in April 2015.

Yemen rocket attack kills 12 refugees sheltering in Aden kindergarten

The UN refugee agency renewed a call on Tuesday (July 7) for parties to the conflict in Yemen to respect civilian life following a weekend rocket attack on a kindergarten in Aden which killed 12 refugees.