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This photo from November 2014 shows IOM providing transportation assistance in South Sudan, moving vulnerable refugees on a UNHCR helicopter. Photo: IOM

General Assembly decision makes International Organization for Migration part of UN system

Africa migrants

Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Kyung-wha Kang visits the Grand Sud region of Madagascar and takes a taste of the riz and maiz cooked for those in need. Photo: OCHA/ Laila Bourhil

UN deputy aid chief urges support for millions in southern Africa hit by El Niño-induced droughts

Africa El Niño

Refugees from South Sudan are transported from Elego town to the Numanzi Transit Center where meals and temporary accommodation are provided by UNHCR in Adjumani, northern Uganda. Photo: UNHCR/Will Swanson

Over 26,000 people flee South Sudan into Uganda; influx sets single-day record

Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

South Sudan: UN human rights expert calls for the release of journalist Alfred Taban

Africa human rights

A nutrition screening for children in the Dalori camp for internally displaced people, in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri in Borno State. Photo: UNICEF/ Esiebo

Children starving in parts of Nigeria held by Boko Haram, UN children’s agency warns

A recently arrived South Sudanese refugee loads his belongings into a UNHCR truck at the South Sudan border with Uganda. Photo: UNHCR/Will Swanson

Thousands flee to Uganda to escape renewed violence in South Sudan – UN refugee agency

The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) provides protection to civilians fleeing recent violence in Wau. Photo: UNMISS

UN staff in South Sudan facing harassment, obstructions – UN Mission reports

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (3rd right) speaks at the opening press conference of the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016), in Durban, South Africa. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Addressing AIDS conference in South Africa, Ban calls for scaling up global response

On 14 July 2016, UNICEF using eight tankers, delivered 100,000 litres of water to IDPs in Juba, South Sudan. Photo: UNICEF South Sudan 51 Print 14 July 2016 – The United N

South Sudan: UN supply warehouse looted; non-critical staff ordered to relocate

Africa World Food Programme