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Over 7 million children are on the move in West and Central Africa each year

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A boy walks on the sand bank surrounding M'Bera refugee camp, Mauritania.

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Turning national pledges into action crucial in fight against hunger, stresses head of UN agency

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Farmers prepare land to plant turmeric. Bheri Ganga village, Surkhet district, western Nepal.

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Refugee and migrant flows from Libya to Europe on the rise – UNHCR study

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A boat carrying asylum seekers and migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.

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France Supports WFP Cash Programme For Refugees In Tanzania

The Government of France has contributed EUR 250,000 to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) so that refugees in Tanzania can receive further cash assistance. Following a previous allocation of funds (EUR 750,000) last year, this contribution...

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