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UN DPI
UN envoy warns east Aleppo facing total destruction
The UN's Syria envoy on Thursday made an impassioned appeal to save eastern Aleppo, warning the city faced total destruction and urging Islamist fighters to leave so civilians can get aid.
Haiti + 8 others
PAHO
PAHO prepares for cholera upsurge in Haiti
Due to massive flooding and its impact on water and sanitation infrastructure, cholera cases are expected to surge after Hurricane Matthew and through the normal rainy season until the start of 2017.
Save the Children
Impending Mosul assault puts 600,000 children in line of fire
A looming assault threatens to put more than half a million children in the line of fire unless safe routes and other civilian protection measures are put in place, Save the Children warns.
Afghanistan + 1 other
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Guardian
Destitute Afghans exiled from Pakistan return to a country at war
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans, banished from Pakistan, find destruction, violence and hardship in their homeland. The numbers of returnees this year are about 250,000.
South Sudan + 4 others
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IOM
Regional impact of South Sudan crisis growing as civilians flee insecurity
Lebanon + 1 other
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OCHA
