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UNHCR to suspend operations at GDF in Tripoli amid safety concerns
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced today, Thursday, 30 January, that it is suspending its opera..
Guatemala’s children bear brunt of prolonged drought and rising heat
by Anastasia Moloney | @anastasiabogota | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Tuesday, 21 January 2020 17:14 ..
US-Iran tension threatens lifeline to millions across the Middle East
Statement by Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council “Tens of millions of p..
Italy contributes €500,000 (US$ 610,000) to help relieve drought-affected people from hunger
LUSAKA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a €500,000 (US$ 610,000) contrib..
DRC: inter-ethnic violence in Ituri may constitute “crimes against humanity” – UN report
KINSHASA/GENEVA (10 January 2020) — Killings, rapes and other forms of violence targeting the Hema c..
UNHCR welcomes new law in El Salvador to help people internally displaced by violence
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Liz Throssell – to whom quoted text may be ..
Latin America
Peru coach plunges off Pan-American Highway killing dozens
A coach travelling along the Pan-American Highway in Peru has plunged off the road, killing at least..
SALES LEADS LATAM: Walmart, Hilton, Mercado Libre…
A summary for Corporate Marketers, Media Sales Executives and Advertising Agencies to see what clien..
Brazil textbooks ‘to be revised to deny 1964 coup’
Brazil's Education Minister Ricardo Vélez says school textbooks will be revised so that childre..
Brazil reaches deal with hauliers to suspend fuel strike
The Brazilian government has reached a deal with haulage companies to suspend protests over high die..
Chile police chief asked to resign over Mapuche killing
Chile's President Sebastián Piñera has asked the country's police chief, Hermes Soto, to s..
Brazil: Mudslide in Rio de Janeiro state kills 10
Rescuers are searching for survivors from a Brazilian landslide that killed 10 people, including at ..
Health
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