United Nations News
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Catastrophic hunger levels leave 500,000 children at risk of dying in Somalia
In a call for immediate funding to help vulnerable communities hit by…
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Nigeria: UN expert calls for more advances in protecting older persons
Ending a 12-day visit to the country, Claudia Mahler, the Independent Expert on…
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WMO: Climate change in Africa can destabilize ‘countries and entire regions’
The State of the Climate in Africa 2021 reveals that rainfall patterns are…
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UN health agency kicks off meningitis vaccination campaigns in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have launched a roadmap to…
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Somalia: UN envoy calls for collaboration to achieve new administration’s goals
“To capitalise on this opportunity, federal and state authorities must collaborate closely…
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South Sudan: Human rights violations in Unity state committed with ‘impunity’
Published jointly by the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the…
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Somalia: UN’s top humanitarian forum warns of ‘tipping point’ as famine risk rises
In a statement issued on Monday, the principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)…
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Somalia receiving unprecedented levels of food aid, with ‘famine at the door’
WFP noted that, despite so far reaching an unprecedented 3.7 million people…
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A successful return home to Sudan
After her husband left her, 49-year-old Fatima became the main breadwinner for…
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Dealing with the trauma of displacement in The Gambia
When conflict broke out in Kaddy’s Senegalese village in early April, she…
