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Without urgent funding, Burundi risks becoming a ‘forgotten crisis’ – UN refugee agency

Burundian refugees collect water at Lusenda camp, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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First-Ever Regional Training Of Pacific Food Security Cluster Coordinators Concludes In Fiji

Humanitarian responders from six Pacific Island nations came together this week to improve how they prepare for and respond to natural disasters, fine-tuning their leadership and coordination skills. A two-and-a-half-day emergency simulation helped...

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WFP And Partners Work To Build Emergency Logistics Response Capacity In Pakistan

Pakistan’s leading emergency logistics experts gathered in Islamabad 15-20 January for the nation’s first National Logistics Response Team (LRT) Training, jointly organized by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Global Logistics...

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Geneva Palais briefing note: Nearly seven years since beginning of war in Syria, children continue to be killed, injured, displaced

In the first month of this year, nearly 60 children were reportedly killed across Syria in relentless violence in East Ghouta, Damascus, Idlib and Afrin. Many more have been injured in the ongoing fighting.

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