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Aid Worries Rise For South Sudan Refugees Inside Sudan

As hundreds of South Sudanese fleeing famine and civil war enter Sudan each day, aid workers warn of a lack of vital...

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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...

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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...

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Refugees Make Up Bulk of Crossings From US To Canada

Most of the hundreds of people streaming over the US border into Canada in recent weeks are asylum-seekers, coming from...

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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...

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World Donors Gather In Oslo To Tackle Nigeria Famine

UN aid agencies and donor countries gathered in Oslo Thursday for a two-day meeting to raise emergency aid for millions...

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Cameroon ‘expels’ Nigerians

Most of the refugees are at the Minawao camp in north-eastern Cameroon Cameroon has expelled 517 Nigerians, including...

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Syria Refugees Shrug Off Peace Talks But Dream of Home

Almost six years into a war that has devastated their country, Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon say they expect...

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US To Give Uganda $25 Mn In Aid For Refugees

The United States will give over $25 million in humanitarian aid to Uganda, to help the nation cope with a huge influx...

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Rights Group Raps Pakistan For ‘forced’ Repatriation of Afghans

Pakistan is conducting the mass repatriation of Afghan refugees through coercion, threats and abuse, Human Rights Watch...

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Heartbroken UN Chief Seeks Yemen Talks ‘resurrection’

A heartbroken United Nations chief on Sunday called for the "resurrection" of peace talks between Yemen's warring sides...

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Burundians March To Dispute UNHCR Figures

Hundreds of Burundians took to the streets on Saturday to protest against a UN report Hundreds of Burundians took to...

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Angelina Jolie Slams Trump Travel Ban, Calls For ‘compassionate America’

Actress and human rights advocate Angelina Jolie on Thursday said U. S. President Donald Trump's executive order...

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US-Australia Refugee Deal: Trump In ‘worst Call’ With Turnbull

A phone call between US President Donald Trump and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull has called into question a refugee...

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U.N. Agencies Urge Trump To Allow Refugees Entry

he United Nations refugee agency and International Organization for Migration (IOM) called on the Trump administration...

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26,000 Tourists Flee Gambia Over Political Crisis

Thousands of tourists have left Gambia, following the declaration of a state of emergency in the country. Jammeh’s...

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26,000 Tourists Flee Gambia Over Political Crisis

Thousands of tourists have left Gambia, following the declaration of a state of emergency in the country. Jammeh’s...

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180 Missing People Presumed Dead After Shipwreck

Four people are dead and nearly 180 are missing, presumed dead, after a ship capsized in the Mediterranean on Saturday,...

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Gambians Flee Ahead of Barrow ‘inauguration’

A worker at The Gambia’s main ferry crossing has told the BBC that thousands of people are fleeing every day as they...