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UN urges Kenya to reconsider Dadaab camp closure, displacing some 350,000 refugees

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A group of displaced Somali women residing at the Ifo 2 Refugee Camp in Dadaab, Kenya, which is supported by...

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New UNICEF consignment of essential supplies arrives in war-torn Yemen

A second aircraft loaded with UNICEF lifesaving supplies has arrived at Sana’a International Airport, bringing nearly 76 metric tonnes of antibiotics, bandages, syringes, IV sets and other materials.

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Yarmouk crisis: international community has ‘compelling imperative to act,’ says UN official

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UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl (centre) speaks to the press during a visit to...

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UNESCO condemns destruction at Iraq’s Nimrud site

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A statue of a lamassu, an Assyrian protective deity, at the North West Palace of Ashurnasirpal...

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