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Health worker checking the installation of an anti-mosquito device at the entrance of a house. Such devices may help to trap mosquitoes, flies and insects. Photo: WHO/TDR/S. Lim

UN launching yellow fever vaccination campaigns on Angola-DRC border

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Wide view of the Security Council on 29 June 2016 where members took action on mandates of peacekeeping operations in Mali, Darfur, and the Golan Heights. UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

Security Council extends mandates of UN peacekeeping operations in Darfur, Golan and Mali

Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sahel Toby Lanzer. UN Photo/Evan Schneider

Senior UN relief official warns of demographic challenges and growing humanitarian needs in the Sahel

Barren fields due to the impact of El Niño-induced drought in the Southern African nation of Lesotho. Photo: FAO

El Niño puts more than 26 million children at risk in Eastern and Southern Africa – UNICEF

Africa El Niño

A MINUSCA patrol in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR). Photo: MINUSCA

Secretary-General condemns killing of UN peacekeeper in Central African Republic

Africa Central African Republic (CAR)

Some IDPs in Gubio camp, Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria have started small businesses in order to try to make a living while displaced from Boko Haram-related violence. Photo: OCHA/Fragkiska Megaloudi

UN allocates $13 million from emergency fund to support people in north-eastern Nigeria

Yacoub El Hillo. UN Photo/Anne-Laure Lechat

Ban names humanitarian coordinator in Syria as new Deputy Special Representative for Liberia

People in conflict-affected areas of South Sudan collect food from WFP. Photo: WFP/Peter Testuzza

South Sudan: UN food relief agency warns of worsening food, nutrition status

Africa World Food Programme

A view of the old town of Benghazi, Libya. Photo: UNSMIL/Iason Athanasiadis

Libya: Senior UN humanitarian official strongly condemns attacks on medical facilities