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Smugglers see thousands of migrants in Yemen as ‘a commodity’, UN agency warns

A group of Ethiopians arrival in Obock, Djibouti. From there, many take boats across the Gulf...

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African smallholder farmers get insurance payouts of US$ 1.5 million after low rainfall

Poor rainfall in parts of Africa has triggered the largest insurance pay-out to date for vulnerable farmers under an innovative climate risk management scheme known as the R4 Rural Resilience Initiative (R4). Farmers participating in R4 – launched by...

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WFP transition from in-kind food to cash assistance to refugees from Bhutan

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) will shift its support from in-kind food assistance to distributions of cash to refugees from Bhutan located in Nepal starting mid-2018; this is in line with refugees’ preference and will ensure the...

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US to Review Assistance to South Sudan

The Trump administration will review all assistance programs to South Sudan, citing frustration with the lack of progress in reaching a peace agreement to end the violence in the country.

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