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Gunmen Attack UN Base in Mali; 7 Dead

The United Nations says gunmen have attacked a U.N. peacekeeping base in the northern Mali city of Timbuktu, killing seven people.

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Amid soaring food insecurity in DR Congo, UN agencies call for food aid, supplies

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A woman purchasing cabbage from a farmer in a vegetable field in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo...

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WFP Campaign “Fighting Famine” Warns About Severe Food Crisis In Four Countries

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a Fighting Famine” campaign in Spain to warn about the severe food crisis that puts 20 million people at risk of dying of hunger in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and the Northeast of Nigeria. In...

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In Iraq, UN Youth Envoy says young people are 'most valuable force we have to shape a better future'

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The UN Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth, Jayathma Wickramanayake, at a special International Youth Day event in Baghdad, hosted...

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