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100,000 children threatened as conflict escalates in west Mosul

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In camps for the displaced, UNICEF is providing food, basic health services, water and...

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UN chief strongly condemns terrorist attacks in London

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Secretary-General António Guterres.

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Afghanistan: After attack on funeral in Kabul, UN envoy calls for urgent measures to halt cycle of violence

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Tadamichi Yamamoto, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan and Head of UNAMA,...

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Germany Contributes €25.5 Million To WFP’s Emergency Response In Lake Chad Basin

Germany has contributed €25.5 million (US$28.5 million) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to assist more than 710,000 hungry people in the four-nation Lake Chad Basin region that is battling a Boko Haram insurgency.

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