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Violence in Myanmar driving up to 12,000 Rohingya refugee children into Bangladesh every week – UNICEF

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Mohammed Yasin, 8, is amongst the Rohingyas refugee children living in shelters at...

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#MeToo movement stems from impunity and culture of silence, senior UN official writes

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Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN...

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Africa's rapid urbanization can drive industrialization, says new UN report

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Overlooking the central market at closing time in Kumasi, the largest and one of the...

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UNHCR Statement: Australia must prevent looming humanitarian emergency in Papua New Guinea

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An asylum-seeker enters the ‘Regional Processing Centre’ on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. Refugee centres here have prompted...

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