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UN / SOUTH SUDAN
Briefing the Security Council for the first time since taking up the role, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in South Sudan, David Shearer, said “thousands of civilians would not be…
25 April 2017
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SOMALIA / MEASLES VACCINATION
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said some 30,000 children are being vaccinated against measles this week in an emergency campaign in Baidoa, a town at the heart of one of Somalia’s areas…
25 April 2017
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UNICEF / VACCINATION
UNICEF said it was reaching almost half of the world’s children under five as it procured 2.5 billion doses of vaccines in 100 countries. The figures, released during World Immunization Week, make…
25 April 2017
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SOUTH SUDAN / PEACEKEEPING PATROLS
A patrol team from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan headed to Morobo from Yei, on an assessment mission, turned back citing security concerns after encountering fallen trees purposefully…
25 April 2017
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IRAQ / COUSIN
WFP executive director Ertharin Cousin wrapped up a two-day visit toIraq where she stopped at the Kalak transit camp and met with displaced people waiting for shelter in 45 degrees Celsius scorching…
25 June 2014
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UN / SYRIA HOSPITALS
In a joint statement issued today, two UN humanitarian coordinators for Syria said the “appalling” damage and destruction of medical facilities in northern Syria was “depriving hundreds of thousands…
26 April 2017
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SOUTH SUDAN / WOMEN SELF DEFENSE TRAINING
Close to 120 South Sudanese female students from the University of Juba, have benefited from practical self-defense lessons. The skills they received are aimed at overcoming various sized opponents,…
26 April 2017
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UN / SOUTH SUDAN SHEARER
The new Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) told journalists in New York that a return of opposition leader Riek Machar to South Sudan “wouldn’t necessarily be positive at…
26 April 2017
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GENEVA / UNHCR YUSRA MARDINI
Yusra Mardini, a Syrian teenage girl who helped save a boat carrying fellow refugees and later became an Olympic swimmer, was appointed Thursday as Goodwill Ambassador for the UN refugee agency (…
27 April 2017
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PORTUGAL / SYRIAN REFUGEE FAMILY RESTAURANT
In 2012, Fatima fled their hometown Damascus after her husband was killed by regime forces. Now she and her two sons and daughters live in a suburb of Lisbon and they are part of an initiative set up…
27 April 2017
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UN / SYRIA O’BRIEN
UN humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien said the “abhorrent chemical weapons” attack on Khan Shaykhun earlier this month was “deliberate, planned, and predetermined” adding he was waiting for an…
27 April 2017
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UN / INDIGENOUS PEOPLES PROGRESS
Three years since the first World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, indigenous leaders called for greater participation and government policies that implement the conference’s objectives. UNIFEED
27 April 2017