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Uganda At ‘breaking Point’ From S Sudan Refugee Crisis

The United Nations has warned that Uganda is at a "breaking point" as almost 3,000 refugees pour into the country every...

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Syrian Refugee Tent Find Life As Dress With A Past

Once home to a family of Syrian refugees, a UN tent has found a new life as a dress still bearing the marks and stains...

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400,000 ‘trapped’ In West Mosul’s Old City

About 600,000 people remain in the areas of west Mosul held by the Islamic State group, including 400,000 who are...

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Boko Haram Crisis: Cameroon ‘forcing Nigeria Refugees Home’

The UN refugee agency has criticised Cameroon for the forced return of hundreds of refugees to north-east Nigeria after...

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Cameroon ‘forcing Nigeria Refugees Home’

The UN refugee agency has criticised Cameroon for the forced return of hundreds of refugees to north-east Nigeria after...

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Cameroon Expelled 2,600 Nigerians Fleeing Boko Haram

More than 2,600 Nigerians who fled into northern Cameroon to escape Boko Haram jihadists have been forced to go home...

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UN Wants Probe Into Refugee Boat Attack Off Yemen

The United Nations called Monday for an inquiry into last week's attack on a boat off Yemen's coast that killed 42...

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Somalia Wants Saudi Probe of Refugee Boat Attack

Somalia has called on the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen to investigate an incident in which dozens of Somali...

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Yemen Migrant Boat Attack Kills At Least 42

Forty-two people have been killed when a boat carrying Somali refugees off the coast of Yemen was fired at from a...

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UN Praises Iran’s ‘exemplary’ Refugee Efforts

While Iranians would bear the brunt of Donald Trump's visa ban, which has been blocked on the orders of a US court,...

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Angelina Jolie Hosts First Lecture At LSE

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has been praised by students following her first appearance as a lecturer. The actor and...

Business

MASLOC Gets New Deputy CEO

Abibata Zakaria has been appointed the deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre...

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Hajia Abibata Shanni Appointed MASLOC Deputy CEO

Abibata Shanni Mahama Zakaria has been appointed the deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans...

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Trump Travel Ban: Targeted Nations Condemn New US Order

Countries targeted under a new US travel ban passed by President Donald Trump have attacked the move, along with the...

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Sudan, Somalia Condemn US Travel Ban

Countries targeted under a new US travel ban passed by President Donald Trump have attacked the move, along with the...

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Targeted Nations Condemn New US Order

Countries targeted under a new US travel ban passed by President Donald Trump have attacked the move, along with the...

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UN Affirms Ghana As Dependable Partner

The United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Antanio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres has (March2, 2017) affirmed that Ghana...

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Trapped Syrians Tell of Misery In No Man’s Land

A Jordanian army ambulance pulled up at a makeshift clinic a few hundred metres from a desert border camp where tens of...

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48,000 Displaced By Battles Around Yemen’s Mokha

Fighting around the historic Yemeni port of Mokha has forced more than 48,000 people from their homes, a UN official...