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US 'Deeply Concerned' Over South Sudan Peace Process

The United States is expressing deep concern about the direction of the peace process in South Sudan, saying President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar "have not demonstrated the leadership required to bring genuine peace and accountable...

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WFP receives Korean rice for refugees in Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Saturday 21 July welcomed an historic donation of 33,000 metric tons of rice from the Government of the Republic of Korea. This donation will enable WFP to provide food assistance to more than 1.5...

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Syria: Scaled-up assistance, ‘sustained access’ needed to 140,000 made homeless, says UNHCR

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Families from rural Quneitra are displaced, seeking shelter in open areas and camps. An...

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Essential services on verge of shutdown in Gaza as emergency fuel set to run out

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Jamie McGoldrick, second from left, the UN Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East...

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