Well below zero temperatures hitting Syria this week have turned camps for internally displaced people into disaster zones, the UN Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator warned on Monday. Read the full story, “Senior humanitarian describes ‘horror scenes’ in Syria camps”,...
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Unified Libya will come only via ballot box, ‘not the gun’, Security Council hears
Libya is at a “delicate and fragile juncture in its path to unity and stability”, the UN Political Affairs chief told the Security Council on Monday, urging the international...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on education, laying bare a crisis that was already causing widespread concern well before the spread...
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