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Aid appeals seek over $3 billion as South Sudan set to become Africa’s largest refugee and humanitarian crisis

Newly arrived refugees from South Sudan tell UNHCR head Filippo Grandi and UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock why...

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Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock: Remarks at the launch of the 2018 South Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan and 2018 South Sudan Regional Refugee Response Plan

It is impossible to overstate the suffering faced by the people of South Sudan. We are here today on their behalf - those who remain in the country, and those who have fled to nations in this region that have opened their borders in hospitality,...

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Brexit: EP to keep fighting to fully protect rights of EU-UK citizens

In a hearing on Thursday, MEPs of the Civil Liberties, Employment and Petitions committees underlined that they will continue fighting to ensure that both EU nationals living in the UK and British citizens in other member states will enjoy their full...

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1 Fatality as Train Carrying Republican Lawmakers Hits Truck

One person has died and several others were injured when an Amtrak train carrying Republican members of Congress collided with a garbage truck Wednesday in southwestern Virginia.

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