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Ambassador to the United Nations NIkki Haley speaks at the AIPAC conference in Washington, DC, March 27, 2017. (Reuters / Joshua Roberts)
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Fears for 600 still missing in Sierra Leone floods
Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma fought back tears on Tuesday as he visited the devastated hilltop community of Regent, saying the scale of the challenge ahead was “overwhelming us”
Children Killed, Thousands Made Homeless in Sierra Leone Floods
As 600 people remain missing, and thousands left homeless international concerns shifted towards the recently announced fact of at least a third of the casualties of the devastating Sierra Leone mudslide being children. Officials at Freetown’s central morgue...Caption:
Children attend a class at a primary school in Muna Garage IDP camp, Maiduguri, Nigeria November 7, 2016. UNICEF/Naftalin/Handout via REUTERS
Nigeria Army Raids UN Compound in City at Center of Boko Haram Conflict
Nigeria’s military raided a United Nations compound on Friday in the northeastern city at the epicenter of a conflict with ultra-hardline Boko Haram, a UN official said. The objective of the search could not be determined but it could damage an already tense...Caption:
Internally displaced people from South Sudan wait to be registered by the International Organization for Migration and the World Food Program on May 11, 2016. (AFP)
UN: $1.4 bn Needed to Address Famine in South Sudan in 2017
United Nations agencies made an appeal on Monday for at least 1.4 billion that is needed to help those fleeing war and famine in South Sudan. The agencies increased their 2017 appeal for South Sudan’s refugees, saying they needed at least $1.4 billion to help...Caption:
General view of houses of the Israeli settlement of Efrat, in the occupied West Bank. (Reuters)