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‘We can no longer stand by and watch,’ UN official says, urging global action against spread of extremism

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A woman and her children in a camp for internally displaced persons, in Yola, the capital of Adamawa,...

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South Sudan fighting triggers new mass displacement, warns UN refugee agency

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South Sudanese refugees wait to be registered at a crossing into Ethiopia earlier in 2015.

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Burundi: UN urges return to political dialogue amid ongoing tensions, humanitarian crisis

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Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, Said Djinnit speaks to the press in Bujumbura, Burundi on 29 May...

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UN relief wing boosts emergency support to refugees fleeing Burundi crisis

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Burundians fleeing pre-election violence rest on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic...

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