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In Mali, recurrent floods and droughts have made life difficult for farmers.

Sub-Saharan Africa faces grave hunger challenges in 2020: UN food relief agency

31 December 2019

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A 12-year-old girl holds her baby sister outside a nutrition centre in a camp for internally displaced people near the western city of Herat. The two girls came here with their family to escape fighting in their home province of Badghis.

Nine children killed or maimed in Afghanistan every day: UN Children’s Fund

16 December 2019

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An IOM supported piped water supply project in a displaced persons camp in Dolow, Somalia. IOM, WFP and other agencies were able to cover the urgent needs of the displaced people in this camp thanks to the support of UNCERF.

UN chief urges emergency fund support as one of the ‘most effective investments’ in humanitarian action

9 December 2019

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Displaced children stand in the shredded remains of tents in Abs settlement, Yemen, for internally displaced persons. Located just 40 km from the frontlines, the settlement is regularly damaged by passing sandstorms.

A record number of people will need help worldwide during 2020: UN Humanitarian Overview

4 December 2019

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In Afghanistan, despite favourable growing conditions for crops, many people are not getting enough to eat.

One-third of Afghans need urgent humanitarian aid, millions suffer ‘acute food insecurity’

18 November 2019

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An elderly woman being held at a female detention centre in northern Afghanistan (2010).

Tuesday's Daily Brief: Afghanistan ‘direct talks’ needed, Nicaragua rights crisis, Bangladesh monsoon and Libya detainees latest, Dorian update

10 September 2019

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Nineteen-year-old Ruma travels about 30 mins by bus to teach the children at Kutupalong-Balukhali mega-camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (June 2019)

Monday’s Daily Brief: World Humanitarian Day, Afghan massacre aftermath, Venezuelans in Brazil, Yemen war update, and reconciliation in Mali

19 August 2019

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A volunteer at the Primary Health Centre in on of Cox's Bazaar's vast refugee camps inoculates the baby of an 18-year-old mother, Bangladesh 2019.

Paying tribute and strengthening the role of #WomenHumanitarians on World Humanitarian Day

19 August 2019

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UNICEF has been working with Nargas to ensure that her 15 month-old daughter Arzo doesn't become one of the many malnourished children in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan.

Around 600,000 Afghan children face death through malnutrition without emergency funds: UNICEF

24 May 2019

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Twins Elizabeth and Madelina, who suffer from malnutrition, are being held by a relative in the street, where they live, in Juba, South Sudan. (2018).

Acute food insecurity ‘far too high’ UN agency warns, as 113 million go hungry

2 April 2019

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