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World + 3 others
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WFP
Spiralling food costs show "the real and personal cost of conflict and hunger"
New WFP research shows food is ever less affordable in countries in conflict or subject to political instability. Affordability is disproportionate in relation to income across Africa and in parts of Asia.
Bangladesh + 1 other
IOM
Rohingya refugee girls and women lured into forced labour - IOM
Young girls sold into forced labour are the largest group of trafficking victims identified by the UN Migration Agency (IOM) in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camps.
Afghanistan + 1 other
Save the Children
Report highlights lack of oversight of Afghan child returns from Europe
Save the Children reveals that European states returning thousands of children and adults to Afghanistan are failing to provide appropriate reintegration support
DR Congo + 1 other
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IOM
IOM appeals for USD1 million to respond to 200,000 Congolese returnees from Angola
Apart from IOM’s assistance which began 11 October, no other support has been provided to people expelled to Kamako. There is pressing need for food, water, shelter and medical aid.
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UNICEF
DR Congo: Eighty percent of children have returned to school in Ebola-affected areas
Disaster:DR Congo: Ebola Outbreak - Aug 2018
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UNFPA
UNFPA rushes emergency supplies for cyclone-affected south-eastern Yemen
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UN HRC
