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On Mother’s Day, UNICEF calls for the narrowing of “breastfeeding gaps” between rich and poor worldwide

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Fiona breastfeeds her baby in Changsha, Hunan Province, China. As a working mother, Fiona managed to...

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

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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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