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As record numbers flee in 2015, the hopes of people forced out

Worldwide one person in every 122 has been forced to flee their home

Syria to South Sudan: aid groups list top concerns for 2016

Behind the scary headlines, 2015 gives reason for optimism

As record numbers flee in 2015, the hopes of people forced out

Worldwide one person in every 122 has been forced to flee their home

Syria to South Sudan: aid groups list top concerns for 2016

Behind the scary headlines, 2015 gives reason for optimism

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Guinea declared free of Ebola virus that killed over 2,500
This leaves Liberia as the only West African country still counting down the days until the end of the epidemic

Dec 29, 17:46 GMT

Health & Disease
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EXCLUSIVE-Iraqi army needs Kurds' help to retake Mosul - Zebari
IS defeat in Mosul region, home to rival ethnic and religious groups to mark end of "caliphate"

Dec 29, 17:22 GMT

War & Conflict
More on: Extreme Weather

Insurers face bumper payouts as Britain braces for more floods
Flooding losses could bring more than $2 billion payout, accountants say
Insurance and climate change

Dec 29, 15:34 GMT

Extreme Weather
More on: Refugees and Displacement

German states to spend around 17 bln euros on refugees in 2016
The German states have repeatedly complained that they are struggling to cope

Dec 29, 15:27 GMT

Refugees

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As hydropower dries up, Tanzania moves toward fossil fuels

Assam's border farmers fenced in by changing climate conditions

Efforts to stop Indonesian haze fires may not work for 2016

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U.S. trial exposes dilemmas faced by male trafficking victims
Victims' accounts of being raped, locked up in windowless rooms and threatened led to a conviction this month

Dec 29, 12:21 GMT

Human Trafficking
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EXCLUSIVE-Iraqi army needs Kurds' help to retake Mosul - Zebari
Iraqi PM has said Islamic State would be defeated in 2016 with the army planning to move on Mosul, biggest city under IS control

Dec 29, 10:28 GMT

War & Conflict
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Kuwait to send troops to Saudi Arabia to fight Yemen rebels-report
Though a nominal member of a Saudi-led coalition targeting Iran-allied Houthis, Kuwait has held off sending ground troops to Yemen

Dec 29, 08:49 GMT

War & Conflict
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Islamic State ruling aims to settle who can have sex with "slaves"
Far from trying to conceal the practice of slavery, IS has boasted about it and set up a department of "war spoils" to manage it

Dec 29, 06:00 GMT

Slavery
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Architect Shigeru Ban builds quake-proof homes from Nepal's rubble
Shigeru Ban's latest humanitarian housing project built from rubble meets Japan's stringent earthquake standards
Nepal earthquake

Dec 29, 00:01 GMT

Aid & Development
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Iraq PM vows to defeat IS in 2016 after army's first major victory
Army's apparent capture of Ramadi marks major milestone for U.S.-trained force that crumbled when Islamic State fighters charged into Iraq in June 2014
Iraq divided and in crisis

Dec 28, 23:20 GMT

War & Conflict
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Hundreds of fighters, civilians escape Syrian areas under UN deal
Local ceasefires and safe-passage agreements seen as steps towards wider goal of ending Syria's civil war
Syria's civil war

Dec 28, 22:42 GMT

War & Conflict
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Burundi peace talks start amid divisions, protests
Regional powers called both sides to Uganda for discussions to end months of fighting

Dec 28, 15:25 GMT

War & Conflict
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Denmark wants U.N. debate if Europe cannot stem refugee influx
The 1951 Geneva Convention is the legal foundation for the protection of refugees worldwide

Dec 28, 12:53 GMT

Refugees
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One killed, 33 wounded in Kabul suicide attack
Taliban insurgents have claimed a number of attacks this month

Dec 28, 10:39 GMT

War & Conflict
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Seized documents reveal Islamic State's Department of "War Spoils"
Spoils include slaves, antiquities and natural resources

Dec 28, 09:48 GMT

War & Conflict
More on: Aid and Development

Syria to South Sudan: aid groups list top concerns for 2016
More than 87 million people in dozens of countries will need humanitarian aid in 2016
The business of aid

Dec 28, 00:01 GMT

Aid & Development
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Evacuation of three Syrian towns to go ahead Monday in rare deal
Local ceasefires and safe-passage agreements seen as steps towards wider goal of ending Syria's civil war
Syria's civil war

Dec 27, 19:57 GMT

War & Conflict

Poll 2015: The 5 key issues facing women working in the G20

VOICES

How our story on albino children sparked questions on their future

By Ellen Wulfhorst, Chief Correspondent, Americas
Meeting Tanzanian albino children fitted with prosthetics in the United States after being attacked at home raised questions from readers about why they had to go back.
For refugees, a digital passage to Europe
By Mark Latonero
Access to digital technologies can be a matter of life or death for refugees
Paris Agreement shows political will to reduce disaster risk

By Margareta Wahlström, UNISDR
Climate change cannot be isolated from other drivers of disaster risk, and needs to be tackled alongside them
What did we do to end extreme poverty in 2015?
By Jamie Drummond, co-founder and executive director of ONE
In 2015 enough was done to get us on track, and in 2016 more will need to happen to ensure progress
Strengthening health systems: key step to end HIV, TB and malaria
By Mustapha Kaloko, African Union commissioner for social affairs
Strengthening health systems isn't only the right thing to do, it also makes financial sense

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