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Kuwait, UNHCR sign landmark agreement to aid Syrian refugees

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Syrian refugees draw water at Kawergosk camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, in March 2014. The Syria conflict is now in its...

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Japan Donates US$3.5 million to WFP for Emergency Needs in Northeast Nigeria

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a US $3.5 million contribution from the Government of Japan to provide desperately needed food assistance to tens of thousands of internally displaced people in Northeast Nigeria on Apr 04.

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Recent attacks show pirates off Somalia’s coast still a potent threat – UN agency

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Boarding a pirate vessel off the coast of Somalia.

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Lack of funding putting help for Syrian refugees and hosts at risk, as Brussels Syria Conference set to open

As the ‘Brussels Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region’ opens, UNHCR and UNDP – on behalf of the 240 international and national partners and the host governments in the region – are extremely concerned by the current low funding...

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