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NIGERIA / DISPLACED CAMEROONIANS
Escalating conflict in Cameroon’s Northwest and Southwest regions has displaced hundreds of thousands of people within and outside the country. Many who have crossed into neighbouring Nigeria fled…
16 May 2019
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WHO / EBOLA CONTROL
As the World Health Organization (WHO) declares the Ebola virus inWest Africaan international public health emergency, health officials are working around the clock to try and control the outbreak.…
9 August 2014
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FIJI / PEACEKEEPERS MEMORIAL
During his two-day visit to Fiji, the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres paid his respects to country’s military and police officers who have fallen while serving as UN peacekeepers. UNITED…
16 May 2019
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SOUTH SUDAN / WAR IMPACT SURVEY
A new public opinion survey has revealed the staggering impact of war on the people of South Sudan, showing that 79 percent of the population have experienced the death or displacement of a family…
16 May 2019
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GENEVA / SYRIA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
Starvation “is already starting” in a camp for displaced people in south-east Syria, a senior UN official said on Thursday, while condemning ongoing airstrikes and retaliatory shelling in opposition-…
16 May 2019
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UN / SAHEL
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa Bintou Keita called upon the Members of the G5-Sahel to “most urgently accelerate the full operationalization of the Joint Force so that it can finally reach…
16 May 2019
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LAOS / HEALTHY DIETS
The heads of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday (15 May) concluded a joint visit to the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) with a…
16 May 2019
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TUVALU / GUTERRES CLIMATE CHANGE
UN chief António Guterres expressed his solidarity with the government and the people of Tuvalu in their determined efforts to preserve their country from the negative impacts of climate change.…
17 May 2019
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GENEVA / YEMEN UPDATE
UN agencies strongly condemned Thursday’s airstrikes on Yemen’s capital Sana’s that reportedly killed five children and injured dozens more. The agencies also warned of the “brutal toll” on civilians…
17 May 2019
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BANGLADESH / ROHINGYA ID CARDS
UNHCR’s tech-friendly registration process is helping thousands of Rohingya refugees getting their own identity cards, along with better protection while in exile, and the prospect of a return home…
17 May 2019
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SOUTH SUDAN / LOBONOK PATROL
A United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)'s team visited a remote community of Lobonok in the Equatorias, to provide a protective presence and to investigate human rights abuses inflicted…
17 May 2019
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UN / SYRIA IDLIB HUMANITARIAN
Briefing the Security Council on the situation in Idlib, the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary Di Carlo, said, “we are at yet another juncture in the Syrian…
17 May 2019