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5.6 million children at risk of waterborne diseases as rainy season hits communities affected by Lake Chad crisis

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On 13 June 2017, children play in a flooded street caused by recent rains in Maiduguri, capital...

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Sri Lanka’s Food Production Hit By Extreme Drought Followed By Floods

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Breakthrough As WFP Food Convoy Reaches Besieged Syrian Town

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For almost one year, WFP has only been able to bring food to families in Qamishli via airlifts.

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Crisis ‘far from over’ as malnutrition, thirst and disease threaten lives of millions of children in north-east Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen

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Angelina Nyanin, 25, holds her niece, Nyalel Gatcauk, 2, who suffers from malnutrition, as...

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