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UNHCR and Tanzania outline next steps to address refugee situation

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is working with the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania to support the country in pursuing its tradition of granting asylum and hosting refugees while respecting the wish of those who would like to return home...

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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kurz and OSCE Secretary General Greminger express outrage at latest targeting of civilians in Barcelona attack

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger expressed outrage at the terrorist attack in Barcelona, in which numerous persons died and were injured. They offered their...

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Thousands flee insecurity in the Central African Republic

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A group of Central African refugees in Ndu, in DRC Bas Uele province. Several thousands of refugees have fled Central African...

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WFP begins food distributions to thousands hit by mudslides in Sierra Leone

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Food distribution by WFP and partners in Freetown on 15 August 2017...

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