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Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan As violence in Tripoli intensifies, these evacuations have never been more urgent. We need States to help us get more refugees out of the country much more quickly. – UNHCR More than 100 vulnerable refugees, […]

FAO Director-General, Qu Dongyu, said today partnerships with the private sectors are vital for raising production and nutrition levels for the world’s most vulnerable people who are poor or undernourished. The Director-General was addressing the Second Philanthropy Summit for Sustainable Development in Beijing where he also welcomed a CNY100 million […]

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Sudan The situation is deteriorating for millions of people, as the country strives to address the effects of erratic weather, multiple disease outbreaks and the economic crisis. Khartoum, 24 November 2019. UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock today called on the […]

Malaysia’s last Sumatran rhino has died of cancer in captivity, which means the critically endangered species is now extinct in the country. The 25-year-old female named Iman was the last of three rhinos kept at a breeding facility where they received round-the-clock care on the island of Borneo. She died […]