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Yemen Facing The 'Worst Famine For A Century'
The UN says millions are at risk of dying from lack of food
A UN top official says millions of people in Yemen are facing what could become the world's worst famine in a hundred years.
We try to find out how the use of chemical weapons may have played a key role in Syria's president Bashar Al Assad's war strategy.
The Gambia is launching a special commission today to investigate human rights abuses committed under the rule of former president Yahya Jammeh.
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