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Somali refugee children prepare to return to Mogadishu from the Dadaab camp in Kenya (October 2015). UNHCR is supporting voluntary repatriations of Somali refugees from Kenya. Photo: UNHCR/Assadullah Nasrullah

Closure of refugee camp in Kenya: Head of UN refugee agency assured by the Kenyan government that the rights for Somalian refugees will be protected

Gambia: UN adviser condemns President’s reported threats against ethnic group

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Faustin Archange Touadera, President, Central African Republic (CAR). UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Ban welcomes Central African Republic President's resolve to seek all-inclusive resolution to crisis

Africa Central African Republic (CAR)

Displaced women and girls face disproportionate protection risks. Dalori camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Photo: OCHA/J. Kindra

Women in displacement camps in Nigeria resort to transactional sex for survival

Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), briefs the Security Council at its meeting on the situation in Darfur, Sudan. UN Photo/Loey Felipe

Justice for crimes committed in Darfur must not be sacrificed – ICC Prosecutor

A street scene in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic (CAR). Photo: MINUSCA

UN to continue following up on human rights abuse allegations in Central African Republic

Africa Central African Republic (CAR)

Children fill their cups at a water point built by UNICEF at Kanyosha III primary school in Bujumbura, Burundi. Photo: UNICEF/Rosalie Colfs

Burundi: UNICEF concerned over arrests, school expulsion of students

Nigerian refugee Boussam installs a pole to start building a shelter in Sayam Forage camp, in Niger’s Diffa region. Photo: UNHCR/Hélène Caux

Thousands continue to flee Boko Haram attacks on Niger town – UN refugee agency

Africa Boko Haram

urned house in Eringeti, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). UN Photo/Abel Kavanagh

Political tensions in Democratic Republic of Congo: UN and partners urge ‘spirit of responsibility’ among stakeholders