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‘Endless cycle of suffering’ must stop, Ban says in Ramallah, urging end to wave of violence in region

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) meets with Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, in the West...

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UN agency and European Union kick-off pledging conference to support return of Somali refugees

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Somali refugee children prepare to return to Mogadishu from the Dadaab camp in Kenya. UNHCR is...

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Refugees face long cold and wet night at crowded Balkan border crossings

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Under the glare of a border light, some 2,000 refugees and migrants at Berkasovo, wait on the Serbian side of the border with...

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Central African Republic: Security Council condemns violence, reiterates decision to apply sanctions

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The St Michel church and adjacent priest’s house were torched during protests in Bangui sparked...

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