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US Extends Security Closure of Some Diplomatic Missions

The United States says 19 of its diplomatic missions in the Middle East and Africa will remain closed for the rest of the week, even as it reopened some of its embassies.

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Nigeria Says 35 Killed in Clashes with Boko Haram

The Nigerian military says 35 people, most of them militants, have been killed in two clashes between security forces and the radical group Boko Haram.

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Thousands of children escape violence in Eastern DRC, now seeking refuge in Uganda

Recent violence near the town of Kamango in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, has forced more than 66,000 Congolese, approximately 55 per cent of whom are children, to seek refuge in neighbouring Uganda. Refugees began streaming into...

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Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on the life-threatening situation of women and children in Homs

The situation of women and children in the Syrian city of Homs is rapidly deteriorating, with some 400,000 civilians now displaced in the district of Al Waer, living in partially constructed buildings, schools and other public buildings.

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