UN refugee agency expects that number to exceed o1.5 million this year as refugees continue to flee political instability and abuse in Burundi
Nearly 200 million girls and women are living with FGM, and 3 million more are mutilated each year
UNMASS increases its monetary appeal as it tackles landmines and other explosive devices in 22 countries and territories
Cancer kills 8.8 million people yearly and costs $1.6 trillion in health care and lost productivity
Report highlights new accounts of crimes including beatings, disappearances, gang rapes and brutal killings by security forces against country’s Muslim minority
More than 800 refugees have been barred from entering America this week
UNICEF says $3.3 billion appeal will help save lives of 7.5 million malnourished children
Refugee agency, other UN agencies and human rights advocates urge United States to reconsider its ban on immigration
Officials use International Holocaust Remembrance Day to urge nations to take preventive action against anti-Semitism, xenophobia, racism, anti-Muslim sentiment
Three candidates exude confidence about their abilities to do the job in race to become the next head of the World Health Organization
Human Rights Watch chief says US can't be counted on for human rights leadership role
Civilians in western Mosul face multiple risks, including being wounded or killed by booby traps, shot by snipers and used as human shields
Most Syrian refugees have fallen below the poverty line and need food, rent, and health care assistance
WHO chief calling for greater equity in delivery of health care
UNICEF estimates 23,700 refugee and migrant children, including infants and newborns, are stranded in Greece and the Balkans, and living in unheated shelters that cannot protect them from winter cold
Humanitarian access to besieged areas in Syria reportedly lost in bureaucratic quagmire
New plan offers legal pathways for asylum so refugees and migrants do not have to resort to human smuggling
Antonio Guterres vows to engage constructively with new US administration
Move would violate international human rights law, organization says
World Food Program spokesperson says drops have been put on hold for security and operational reasons
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