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UK announces broad support for Rohingya refugees and host communities in Bangladesh

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Bangladesh welcomes a new contribution of US $22.25 million from the United Kingdom to support the Rohingya refugee response in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

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In Chad, top UN officials say humanitarian response must go ‘hand in hand’ with longer-term recovery

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Women at a hospital in N'Djamena, Chad, care for their malnourished children.

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Nobel Peace Prize goes to UN Goodwill Ambassador and Congolese doctor, highlighting sexual violence

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2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Nadia Murad, is the UNODC Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity...

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Nigeria inundated by floods; UN steps up disease prevention efforts

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A WHO official vaccinates a child against cholera during an OCV campaign in Borno state,...

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