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Iraq Forces Push Into Old Mosul As Thousands Trapped
Iraqi forces battled Islamic State group fighters on Monday to push into Mosul's Old City where thousands of civilians...
Iraq Forces Say Near Mosul Mosque Where IS Declared ‘caliphate’
Elite Iraqi forces said they were battling house by house in the Old City of Mosul on Saturday, inching towards the...
Iraq Forces Seize Ground In Mosul Old City
Iraqi forces said Friday they had seized ground inside Mosul's Old City, a district expected to see some of the...
After Fleeing Homes, Iraqis Near Mosul Wait For Tents
A sea of tents stretches to the horizon at a camp for displaced near Mosul but Ahmed Hassan says he and 17 relatives...
Five Missing After 122 Migrants Rescued Off Libya
Five people remained missing on Sunday after scores of migrants in an inflatable boat were rescued in turbulent waters...
Italy Migrant Rescues Hit New High As Libya Exit Rises
The number of migrants rescued at sea this year in operations run by Italy's coastguard topped 15,000 Friday after...
Nearly 1,000 Migrants Rescued Off Libya
Some 970 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya on Thursday, Italy's coastguard said, as the numbers attempting...
Exhausted S.Sudanese Refugees Flock To Sudan Transit Camp
After enduring years of fighting and food shortages, it was the deaths from hunger of many old women and children that...
32,000 South Sudanese Already Entered Sudan In 2017
About 32,000 South Sudanese have entered Sudan since the start of the year, with tens of thousands more expected to...
Bashir Orders Full Aid Access To S. Sudan Famine Areas
President Omar al-Bashir has ordered Sudanese authorities to assist the delivery of international humanitarian aid to...
UN Needs $4.4 Bn For Famine Relief In Four Countries
UN aid agencies need $4.4 billion in emergency funding to address famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, UN...
Iraq Forces Poised For Mosul Airport Assault
Iraqi forces readied on Wednesday for an assault on Mosul airport after blitzing jihadist positions in a renewed...
S. Sudan President Vows Aid Access To Famine-Hit Areas
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir vowed Tuesday that government would ensure aid could reach areas hit by famine after...
Jay and Nii Quartey Found Music, Then Their Calling – Helping Street Children
On a recent Friday afternoon, the ocean in front of Accra’s iconic Jamestown lighthouse heaves and coughs up another...
Islamic State Strikes Back To Slow Iraqi Forces In Mosul
Islamic State fighters retreating in the face of a seven-week Iraqi military assault on their Mosul stronghold have hit...
Stepping Over the Dead On A Migrant Boat
It began with blips on a radar screen, 12 miles off the Libyan coast. As the rescuers approached, they found overloaded...