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80% of Yemen Children In Need of Immediate Aid

A vicious combination of war, cholera and hunger has left 80 percent of Yemeni children in desperate need of aid, the...

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Top UN Delegation Visits Crisis-Hit Yemen

A high-level UN delegation arrived in Yemen on Monday, a UN source said, to visit areas held by both the government and...

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Yemen Cholera Cases Could Exceed 600,000 In 2017

More than 600,000 people are expected to contract cholera in Yemen this year, the International Committee of the Red...

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Bissau Clinic Eases Life As An Amputee For Senegalese DJ

Senegalese rapper and DJ Louis Bernard Diedhiou was just a young teenager on the day in 2001 when his love of megastar...

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S.Sudan Clashes Force Patients, Doctors To Flee Hospital

Thouk Reath, 19, was recovering from a leg amputation after being shot in fighting in northeastern South Sudan when the...

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Yemen Cholera Outbreak Tops 300,000 Suspected Cases

A cholera outbreak in Yemen has now surpassed 300,000 suspected cases, the Red Cross said Monday as the war-torn...

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Home Beckons Across the Border For Exiled Ivorian Children

Hurbain Souomi was only five years old, but he still remembers the day he trekked 50 kilometres (30 miles) across the...

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Less Than 30% of Pledged Yemen Aid Delivered

Less than 30 percent of pledged international aid has been delivered to Yemen this year, a UN official said Wednesday,...

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Less Than 30% of Pledged Yemen Aid Delivered

Less than 30 percent of pledged international aid has been delivered to Yemen this year, a UN official said Wednesday,...

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Cholera Leaves Yemen Hospitals In Constant Code Black

At Yemen's Sabaeen Hospital, code black is an understatement: patients sleep three to a bed, on the bare floor or...

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Gaza Strip In Peril As Hamas Marks Decade In Power

Hamas this week marks 10 years since taking power in Gaza with the Palestinian enclave at risk of conflict and facing...

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In Aburoc, South Sudan’s New Humanitarian Front Line

The conflict in South Sudan and its massive population displacements have produced many names synonymous with misery....

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Set Adrift In South Sudan’s War, A Family Is Reunited

Their hug is long and moving but awkward as Jorgina, sobbing, strains to embrace her teenage son Emmanuel who has grown...

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Philippine War Refugees Facing Deadly Health Risks

More than 200,000 people displaced after Islamist militants attacked a southern Philippine city are facing deadly...

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Red Cross Urges Release of Staff Kidnapped In DRCongo

The International Committee of the Red Cross on Thursday urged the release of two of its staff kidnapped after armed...

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Philippine Friendly Fire Airstrikes Kill 11 Troops

Philippine airstrikes aimed at Islamist militants who are holding hostages as human shields killed 11 soldiers,...

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Philippine Airstrikes Aimed At ISIS Kills 11 Soldiers In Friendly Fire

Philippine airstrikes aimed at Islamist militants who are holding hostages as human shields in a southern city killed...

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Philippine Friendly Fire Airstrikes Kill 11 Troops

Philippine airstrikes aimed at Islamist militants who are holding hostages as human shields in a southern city killed...

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Philippine Military Airstrikes Kill 10 Troops

Philippine military airstrikes aimed at Islamist militants who are battling soldiers in a southern city instead killed...