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South Sudan: UN deplores deadly attack as tensions in country simmer

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UNMISS Indian Battalion conduct an operation to extract civilians who were stranded during fighting...

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Yemen: amid unfolding humanitarian “catastrophe,” Ban calls for end to hostilities

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Smoke fills the sky above the Yemeni capital Sana’a after a series of airstrikes (12 May).

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UNHCR head tells humanitarian NGOs "moment of truth" has arrived

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UN High Commissioner for refugees, António Guterres, opens UNHCR's annual NGO consultations.

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Urgent action needed to tackle child labour caused by Syrian Crisis: Save the Children and UNICEF

The conflict and humanitarian crisis in Syria are pushing an ever increasing number of children into exploitation in the labour market, and much more needs to be done to reverse the trend, according to a new report released by Save the Children and...

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