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Mohammed Abdi Affey, UNHCR Special Envoy on the Somali Refugee Situation, was on a three-day visit to the UAE in a bid to garner support for the crises. Antonie Robertson / The National

UNHCR calls on UAE for renewed support of Somali refugees

GovernmentDecember 02, 2017

Kenyan police wade into a stampede outside the Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, the venue for the inauguration of President Uhuru Kenyatta on November 28, 2017. Simon Maina/AFP

Kenya president sworn in as police use tear gas on opposition

AfricaNovember 28, 2017

Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir. The US recently lifted decades of sanctions against Sudan as relations improve. / AFP PHOTO / ASHRAF SHAZLY

US and Sudan rebuild ties after decades of sanctions

The AmericasNovember 27, 2017

Award winners L-R Adamu Keana Sallu, Nabil Aziz Awad Alla, Regina Lotubai and Daniel Madit Madut at Reaching the Last Mile conference in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, November 15. Chris Whiteoak / The National

New awards honour those fighting diseases

UAENovember 15, 2017

The flag of Catalonia waving during a demonstration in support of independence in in Bern, Switzerland. Peter Klaunzer / EPA

An Independent Catalonia: what does it mean?

EuropeOctober 28, 2017

A riot policeman attempts to disperse supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga protesting the presidential election re-run in Kibera slums of Nairobi on October 26, 2017. Thomas Mukoya / Reuters

Kenya election re-run: At least three dead in clashes

AfricaOctober 26, 2017

International passengers arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport after the US Supreme Court granted parts of the Trump administration's emergency request to put its travel ban into effect. James Lawler Duggan / Reuters

US to resume refugee admissions, but 11 countries still blocked

The AmericasOctober 25, 2017

Workers prepare wheat sacks at the Red Sea port of Salif in Yemen on September 30, 2017. Yemen came sixth in this year's global hunger index. Abduljabbar Zeyad / Reuters

Global hunger: Conflict and climate shocks 'reversing gains'

WorldOctober 12, 2017

President Al Bashir, the first incumbent head of state ever to be indicted for war crimes by the ICC, was compelled to change his behaviour. Ashraf Shazly / AFP Photo

Sanctions relief for Sudan shows that rewards must follow verifiable actions

EditorialOctober 08, 2017

Humans are composite beings, but self-determination reduces them to one aspect of their complex identity and negates the rest. AP Photo / Manu Brabo

Separatism is the most extreme expression of chauvinism

EditorialOctober 01, 2017

United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi. Christophe Archambault /AFP

Most refugees don't go far because they want to return, says UN refugee chief

WorldSeptember 23, 2017

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid has ordered a relief plane bound for Haiti after Hurricane Irma. Supplied picture

Dubai Ruler sends emergency aid to Caribbean after Irma

GovernmentSeptember 08, 2017

The important step by the UAE and Saudi is part of wider global efforts to stockpile foodstuffs to prevent shortages and ensure price stability. Ian Jones

UN refugee agency chief praises UAE's international aid efforts

GovernmentAugust 28, 2017

South Sudanese refugees queue to receive a lunch of maize mash and beans on June 6, 2017, at the Imvepi reception centre, where newly arrived refugees are processed before being allocated plots of land in nearby Bidi Bidi refugee settlement, in northern Uganda. Ben Curtis/AP Photo

Uganda struggles as South Sudanese refugees reach 1 million

AfricaAugust 17, 2017

A Yemeni boy sprinkles water in a cemetery in Sanaa, Yemen on August 8, 2017, near the grave of a child allegedly killed in the ongoing conflict. Yahya Arhab / EPA

Muslim countries have highest rates of suicide, murder, rape and mental health problems

WorldAugust 08, 2017

A man is treated for a suspected cholera infection at a hospital in Sanaa on July 1, 2017. Hani Mohammed / AP Photo

Yemen cholera epidemic slowing after infecting 400,000

July 25, 2017

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