Thousands of internally displaced people gather at Emmanuel Church Compound in Yei, South Sudan. Photo: UNHCR / Rocco Nuri

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$22.2 Billion Humanitarian Appeal Launched for 2017

December 6, 2016December 7, 2016 RMN News Geneva, Humanitarian, Switzerland, United Nations

The world is facing a state of humanitarian crisis not seen since the Second World War: more than 128 million

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UNICEF Ambassador Tom Hiddleston meets brothers Buom, 12 (right) and Jal, 9, who have been separated from their mother since the conflict began in 2013, at the Protection of Civilians camp in Bentiu, South Sudan, on 25 November 2016.

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What Tom Hiddleston Saw in Conflict-Affected South Sudan

November 30, 2016December 1, 2016 RMN News Actor, South Sudan, Tom Hiddleston, UNICEF

English actor and UNICEF Ambassador Tom Hiddleston travelled to South Sudan last week to see how the brutal civil war

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Iraqi civilians, who fled fighting in the city of Mosul, walk lit up by Iraqi special forces armoured vehicles, as they head to camps housing displaced people on November 2, 2016 in Bazwaia, Iraq. Photo: UNICEF

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Military Operations to Retake Mosul Causing Humanitarian Crisis

November 19, 2016November 21, 2016 RMN News Crisis, Humanitarian, Iraq, Military, Mosul, UNICEF

As November 17 marked one month of intensified military operations to retake the city of Mosul, tens of thousands of

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Actor Liam Neeson Meets Syrian Children in Jordan. Photo: UN, UNICEF (file photo)

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Actor Liam Neeson Meets Syrian Children in Jordan

November 11, 2016November 12, 2016 RMN News Actor, Children, Jordan, Liam Neeson, Syria, Syrian

Top actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Liam Neeson wrapped up a two-day visit to Jordan this week, along with his

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Children in Hoeryong City, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), observe the UN inter-agency assessment mission that evaluated the needs of people affected by floods in September 2016. Photo: UNICEF/Murat Sahin

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600,000 People Affected by Floods in North Korea

October 8, 2016October 9, 2016 RMN News Children, Floods, North Korea, UNICEF

After disastrous flooding in North Korea in August and September left tens of thousands of children in urgent need of

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In Aleppo, Syria, four-year-old Esraa and her brother Waleed, three, sit on the ground near a shelter for internally displaced persons. Photo: UNICEF / Al-Issa

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UN Urges Russia and US to Cooperate for Peace in Syria

September 26, 2016September 28, 2016 RMN News Peace, Russia, Syria, UN, US

Amid the unprecedented military assault on eastern Aleppo (a city in Syria), where fireballs from incendiary bombs “light up the

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