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    Positive momentum in Central African Republic must be maintained

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    UNHCR chief urges better support for 13 million ‘exhausted’ and displaced Syrians

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    Taliban backs WHO polio vaccination campaign across Afghanistan next month

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    Ceasefire in Central African Republic a ‘critical step’: UN chief

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    UN condemns deadly suicide attack at mosque in southern Afghanistan

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    Afghanistan: Reuniting families on the run should be priority, urges UNHCR

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      Three killed in attack on UN World Food Programme convoy in DR Congo

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