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66,000 displaced in recent north Syria fighting: United Nations

A total of 66,000 people have been displaced by recent fighting along two fronts in Syria`s fractured north, the United Nation`s humanitarian coordination agency (OCHA) said Sunday. 

Mar 05, 2017, 12:14 PM IST

Over 90,000 hit by Somalia floods: UN

Over 90,000 people in war-torn southern Somalia have been hit by weeks of severe flooding, almost half of them forced from their homes, the United Nations has warned.

Nov 07, 2015, 14:46 PM IST

34 children die from malnutrition in South Sudan

At least 34 children have died from malnutrition in the first week of September in South Sudan's Bentiu town, a UN spokesman has said.

Sep 22, 2015, 13:21 PM IST