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Yangon residents board the Circular Railway train to get to the outskirts of the city.

Asian Development Bank/Lester Ledesma

‘Window of opportunity’ for unity opens in Myanmar

31 January 2022

One year on from Myanmar’s military coup, violence and brutality has only intensified, but “a window of opportunity” does exist, “to build upon a unique unity across religious, ethnic, and communal lines”, the UN’s top envoy for the country said on Monday.

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UNHCR Special Envoy urges more support for Somali refugees

23 June 2017

General News

More international support is needed for Somalia so that scores of citizens who left the country decades ago can return home.

That’s the hope expressed by Ambassador Mohamed Affey, Special Envoy for the Somali Refugee Situation with the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR.

Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Uganda and other countries in the region are hosting some 900,000 Somalis, many of whom fled civil war nearly 30 years ago.

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