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UNICEF responds to Sierra Leone mudslide as more than 100 children reported dead

UNICEF is on the ground urgently responding to the needs of displaced families affected by the flooding and landslides in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown which have killed several hundred people including at least 109 children, according to government...

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South Sudan refugees in Uganda pass 1 million mark, UNHCR renews call for help

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on August 17th, is reiterating its call to the international community for urgent additional support for the South Sudan refugee situation and Uganda in particular, where the number of refugees from South Sudan has now...

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Police Kill 5 ‘Terrorists’ in Resort Near Barcelona Hours After Van Attack

Police early Friday shot and killed five suspected terrorists in Cambrils, a Spanish resort city south of Barcelona, where a terrorist drove a van into pedestrians, killing 13 and injuring 100.

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OSCE PA leaders condemn Barcelona attack, stress need for countering violent extremism in all its forms

OSCE Parliamentary President Christine Muttonen (Austria), Ad Hoc Committee on Countering Terrorism Chair Makis Voridis (Greece) and human rights committee Chair Nacho Sanchez Amor (Spain) condemned the attack in Barcelona, Spain, which is being...

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