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UN calls for urgent action to eliminate gender-based violence against women, girls
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UN: 35,000 refugees will soon run out of food in Malawi
More than 35,000 refugees and asylum seekers in Malawi will run out of food in less than two months, the UN warned on Friday.
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The UN High Commissioner for Refugees said it had adopted modalities for the enrollment of 100,000 displaced persons by the Boko Haram insurgency in the National Identity Card.
Six Sudanese die in clash over food at refugee camp
Six refugees from Sudan’s strife-scarred Darfur region were killed and 10 others wounded in a brawl at the Bredjing camp in eastern Chad, a relief worker said Friday.
Ending statelessness: Member States have made significant progress – ECOWAS
Member states of the Economic Community of West African States Commission have made significant progress to end statelessness since the launch of the global campaign in November 2014.
UNHCR: Four million refugee children are not in school, number rising
Four million refugee children in the world do not attend school and the total has increased dramatically, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, said in a report released Wednesday.
US seeks collaboration with Nigeria on North-East crisis
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UN: Ebola outbreak spreads in DR Congo
Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has spread to eastern ‘no-go’ zone surrounded by rebels, UN agencies have warned.
Antonio Guterres: Kofi Annan was a guiding force for good
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UN tasks Nigeria on stigmatisation of ‘Boko Haram wives, children’
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UNHCR: 68.5m people displaced globally
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UN focus female victims of Boko Haram abuse
The UN has focused the plight of the girls’ victims of sexual violence and abuse by Boko Haram terrorists at it celebrates International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflicts.
Ethiopia receives fresh 29,211 refugees
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UN resumes airlifts of migrants from Libya to Niger
The United Nations' refugee agency says it has airlifted 132 vulnerable migrants from Libya to Niger, the first group to be flown out after a two-month halt in such evacuations.
Donald Trump can have Nobel Peace Prize – South Korean leader
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday played down the prospect of winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his historic summit with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, saying Donald Trump can have it instead.
Stop sending Nigerian refugees back to Boko Haram violence – UN tells Cameroon
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has urged the Cameroonian authority not to send Nigerian refugees back to the Boko Haram violence they fled from.
United Nations remembers 140 fallen staff members
The UN has held a memorial service to remember 140 personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty between July 1, 2016 and Dec. 31, 2017.
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