South Sudan cancels independence day eventsSouth Sudan, the world's youngest nation gripped by civil war, has cancelled its official independence day celebrations for the second year running. "We are.......
Uganda struggling with refugees influxThere is an urgent call for more aid to help Uganda cope with an influx of refugees fleeing conflict in South Sudan.
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Uganda: Donors Pledge U.S.$352 Million for Refugees[Deutsche Welle] UN chief Antonio Guterres on Friday appealed to the international community to assist Uganda in dealing with a surging refugee influx from South Sudan. Donor pledges have fallen way below the target.....
UN chief seeks $8 billion for South Sudan refugee crisisKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The United Nations secretary-general is making a plea for protection of refugees around the world, saying some richer countries haven't been as tolerant as some in Africa.
Antonio Guterres on Friday addressed a U.N.-backed summit in Uganda that seeks $8 billion for nearly a....
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Uganda: Armed South Sudanese Abduct 13 Refugees, Steal 180 Cows[Observer] Moyo -Gunmen suspected to be members of the South Sudan Liberation Army (SPLA) on Tuesday raided Bari Village in Metu sub-county, Moyo district, and disappeared with more than 180 heads of cattle.....
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Uganda's lesson in how to treat refugeesUganda took in more refugees than any other country last year - mostly fleeing the conflict in South Sudan - and has been praised for its open-door policy.....
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No mediation offer made by PM Nawaz during visit: Saudi ambassadorISLAMABAD (Daily Dunya) – Acting Saudi ambassador in Islamabad Marwan bin Rizwan said that Saudi-led 41-nation Islamic military alliance is against terrorism, and not against any specific country.While briefing the media on Gulf crisis, he accused Qatar of promoting sectarianism in Saudi Arabi....
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Sudan: Time to Repeal U.S. Sanctions On Sudan?[ICG] The clock is ticking for President Trump who must decide by 12 July whether to lift decades-long U.S. sanctions on Sudan. The failure of economic penalties to alter Khartoum's behaviour so far means Washington should repeal some sanctions and continue a process of conditional engagement.....
Ancient tomb of gold worker found along Nile riverA 3,400-year-old tomb holding the remains of more than a dozen possibly mummified people has been discovered on Sai Island, along the Nile River in northern Sudan.....
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East Africa: DR Congo, South Sudan Youth Refugees Ask UN to End Conflicts[Monitor] Kampala -As Uganda hosts the Solidarity Summit on Refugees tomorrow, DR Congo and South Sudan youth refugees have asked the United Nations (UN) to focus more on ending conflicts in their countries than raising money for refugees.....
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UNESCO links out-of-school rates to poverty indicators(Web Desk) - If all adults completed secondary education, 420 million could be lifted out of poverty globally. This would reduce the total number of poor people by more than half globally and by almost two-thirds in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.This was reported in a new UNESCO policy paper tha....
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Global poverty and secondary educationA new UNESCO policy paper shows that the global poverty rate is linked to persistently high out-of-school rates in many countries. The study goes on to show global poverty rate could be more than halved if all adults completed secondary school. If all adults completed secondary education, 420 millio....
White House Takes Muslim Travel Ban To Supreme CourtThe Trump administration on Wednesday made its final plea to the U.S. Supreme Court to allow its proposed ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries to go into effect as the justices weigh how to handle the hotly contested dispute.
The court papers filed by President Donald Trump’s....
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South Sudan: Famine is Over, but Situation Remains Dire - UN[Deutsche Welle] UN aid agencies have downgraded the severity of famine that had been gripping parts of South Sudan. But there are still higher than ever levels of extreme hunger across the country.....
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Pope Francis offers $5000, 000 as aid to South SudanThe Aid will go to help fund two hospitals run by the Combonian missionary sisters, a primary school run by a humanitarian group "Solidarity with South Sudan" and an agricultural project run by the Vatican's Caritas foundation.
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Pope pledges more than $500,000 in South Sudan aidVATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis is offering 460,000 euros (more than $500,000) in aid for South Sudan to help finance two hospitals, a school and farm.......
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Sudan military helicopter crashes killing crew: armyKHARTOUM: A Sudanese military helicopter has crashed in Northern State, killing all four crew members on board, the army said on Wednesday, in the latest accident to hit its ageing fleet.
The Russian-built Mi-17 helicopter crashed late on Tuesday due to "bad weather" in state capital Dongola, arm....
Clinical Libolo leap from bottom to topJOHANNESBURG: Clinical Recreativo Libolo of Angola leapt from last to first in a CAF Confederation Cup group Tuesday by trouncing previous leaders Zesco United of Zambia 3-0 in Calulo.
Congo Brazzaville-born Julsy Boukama-Kaya scored in each half for the home side before Brazilian Fabricio Simoes....
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South Sudan is no longer in famine, but conditions are still criticalThomson ReutersJUBA/GENEVA (Reuters) - South Sudan is no longer classified as being in famine, although 45,000 people in Jonglei and Unity states are expected to remain in famine-like conditions and the situation is still very critical, a U.N.-backed food security report said on Wednesday.
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South Sudan no longer in famine, but situation is criticalJUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan government and U.N. reports say the country no longer has areas in famine, but almost 2 million people are on the brink of starvation and an estimated 6 million people — half the population — will face extreme food insecurity between June and July.
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S.Sudan famine eases, but more going hungryJUBA: A famine that was declared in parts of South Sudan four months ago is over, UN aid agencies said Wednesday, but extreme hunger has increased to its highest levels ever across the war-torn country.
"The accepted technical definition of famine no longer applies in former Unity State's L....
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Uganda: Crisis - From Refugee Children to Refugee Parents[Monitor] According to the United Nations, at least $1.6b (Shs5.6 trillion) is urgently needed for humanitarian assistance to 5.8 million in South Sudan this year as a result of the largely ethnically-driven political crisis that has been escalating since last July.....
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South Sudan no longer classified as in famine: UN-backed reportSouth Sudan is no longer classified as being in famine, although 45,000 people in Jonglei and Unity states are expected to remain in famine-like conditions and the situation is still very critical, a U.N.-backed food security report said on Wednesday.....
From Refugee to Supermodel! #BeInspired by Mari Malek's Story | WATCHJune 20, 2017 is World Refugee Day and we are truly inspired by stories that show the desire to push beyond unfortunate events towards greatness. Watch this BBC short story of Mari Malek, who left war-ravaged South Sudan as a child and has achieved success in America. Today she is a supermodel, DJ a....
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Children of Islamic State militants in Libya reunite with families in Khartoum
| ReutersBy Khalid Abdelaziz | KHARTOUM KHARTOUM Qamr al-Dawla Abdullah had never met his niece and nephew who grew up in Libya, where their father Yehia was killed fighting alongside Islamic State, but he stood tearfully at Khartoum's airport on Tuesday waiting to pick them up. The Sudanese children w....
Mesmerizing maps show the global flow of refugees over the last 15 yearsEarth TimeLapsePresident Trump's administration has made repeated claims that their proposed immigration bans are meant to stop the flow of refugees across US borders.
In honor of World Refugee Day, observed on June 20, we're looking at what that flow actually looks like compared to ....
In world's largest refugee settlement, churches offer hopeBIDI BIDI, Uganda – Scores of thousands fled the violence of South Sudan’s civil war with little but their faith. Now, in the world’s largest refugee settlement, they are improvising churches. They dance and sometimes speak in tongues. Preacher Daniel Rasash falls to his knees and ....
More people were forced from their homes as of last year than any time since World War IIThomson ReutersMore people are displaced from their homes now than at any other period after World War II.
In total, 65.6 million people have been forced to leave their homes by 2016, a new United Nations Global Trends report released Monday found.
The number has grown by more than 300,....
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War leaves no winners, only rubble in S.Sudan oil townBentiu, South Sudan, Jun 20 – What was once Bentiu, the gateway to South Sudan’s oil fields, is now a cluster of bullet-riddled buildings and piles of scrap metal, its ghostly avenues abandoned. Residents of the town have long since decamped to a well-ordered grid of mud dwellings ringed....
Uganda, UN seek $8 billion for South Sudanese refugeesKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's government and the United Nations are appealing for $8 billion in funding to deal with the crisis of refugees from South Sudan.
In a statement on World Refugee Day, the U.N. children's fund said the money is needed for emergency aid as well as "resilience intervent....
'Never give up'Mari Malek came to the US as a child refugee. Now she uses her supermodel status to advocate for children affected by war in South Sudan.....
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US envoy to Sudan pushes for aid in ex-rebel bastionThe top US envoy in Sudan pushed Monday for more access to deliver humanitarian aid to Golo as he visited the former rebel stronghold in war-torn Darfur.......
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Watch this ex-Green Beret run through ISIS gunfire to save a little girlFree Burma RangersA dramatic rescue of a little girl trapped by ISIS gunfire was captured Friday on video.
David Eubank, a former Special Forces soldier-turned-aid worker, was filmed as he ran out in the open amid ISIS sniper fire to rescue the girl as two other men covered him with rifle fire.
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Canada contributes $86M more to assist South Sudan famine, civil war crisisOTTAWA – Canada is contributing another $86 million to assist famine and war ravaged South Sudan. International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced the additional funding today on trip to the country where millions have been displaced by a civil war. She says it will improve acc....
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South Sudan has world's fastest growing number of displacedBENTIU, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan has the world's fastest growing displaced population and more needs to be done to help them, says the director of the United Nations refugee agency.
More than 4 million South Sudanese have fled their homes, nearly 2 million of whom went to neighboring countr....
