On 01 November children sit in the back of a truck loaded with their belongings on their way back home in Anbar Governorate, Iraq

WHO Provides Trauma Care to Conflict-Affected People in Mosul

January 28, 2017January 29, 2017 RMN News Iraq, Mosul, WHO

As the conflict in Mosul intensifies and greater numbers of civilians are caught in the crossfire, WHO and partners have

Violent extremists have carried out bombings in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on various occasions. Shown here is the aftermath of a car bomb attack on the city's Banadir Beach hotel on 25 August 2016. Photo: UN Somalia (file)

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Terrorist Bombing Attack in Somalia Kills Dozens of People

January 26, 2017January 27, 2017 RMN News Bombing, Somalia, Terrorist, United Nations

The Al-Shabab militant group carried out a coordinated gun-and-bomb attack Wednesday in Somalia, killing at least 28 people. It is

Iraqi civilians, who fled fighting in the city of Mosul, walk lit up by Iraqi special forces armoured vehicles, as they head to camps housing displaced people on November 2, 2016 in Bazwaia, Iraq. Photo: UNICEF

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Fresh Fighting in Mosul to Affect 750,000 Civilians

January 24, 2017January 25, 2017 RMN News Iraq, Mosul

One hundred days after military operations to retake Mosul started, humanitarian partners are expressing deep concern about the plight of

Destruction shown in April 2016 at the World Heritage site of Palmyra in Syria. Photo: ©UNESCO

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Violent Extremists Attack Cultural Heritage Sites in Syria

January 21, 2017January 22, 2017 RMN News Extremists, Heritage, Syria, UNESCO, Violent

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) reported Friday that the cultural heritage sites are increasingly been attacked

On 23 August 2014 children queue to fill jerrycans and other containers with water, at a filling station in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip. Photo: UNICEF

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European Union Funds Gaza’s Largest Seawater Desalination Plant

January 20, 2017January 21, 2017 RMN News Desalination, European Union, Gaza, Seawater, UNICEF

The European Union and UNICEF officially inaugurated Thursday the largest seawater desalination plant built in the Gaza Strip so far.

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One Journalist Killed Every Four Days in 2016: UN Agency

January 18, 2017January 20, 2017 RMN News Freedom, Journalist, Press, UN, UNESCO

More than 100 journalists were killed last year while doing their jobs, according to the United Nations (UN) agency tasked