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WFP begins food distributions for thousands displaced by conflict in Kasai region of DRC

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and its partner World Vision have launched an emergency operation to provide food assistance to 42,000 food insecure people in the Kasai and Kasai Central provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

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As tensions on Korean Peninsula grow, UN chief urges world to 'dial up' diplomacy

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Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to journalists at a press encounter.

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UN humanitarian team activated in Nepal in wake of severe floods and landslides

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People displaced by the floods take temporary refuge along a road in southern Nepal.

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Dramatic increase in violence in the Central African Republic - UNICEF

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Children play table football in Bangui’s airport Mpoko camp for internally displaced persons.

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