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The United Nations is mourning the death of former Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who passed away peacefully after a short illness, according to a statement published on his official Twitter account on Saturday (18 Aug). The renowned Ghanain diplomat was 80 years old. UNIFEED / FILE

The World Health Organization (WHO) today said that as of Thursday (16 Aug), there have been 78 Ebola cases, of which 51 are confirmed and 27 are probable. Forty-four people have died in this latest outbreak. UNIFEED / FILE

At an event marking the first International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Terrorism, UN chief Antonio Guterres said it was time to “stop and listen” to victims adding that supporting them and their families is a “moral imperative.” UNIFEED

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said today children represent an unusually high proportion of people affected by the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). UNICEF

UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has built 4,700 eco-friendly transitional shelters for more than 30,000 displaced Yemenis. They are designed for the harsh conditions in Hajjah governorate in north-west Yemen. UNHCR

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned today that the city of Ghazni in Afghanistan is still too dangerous for aid workers to reach, after a week of intense fighting and reports that traumatized children are turning up at hospitals looking for their parents. UNTV CH

In a special ceremony to commemorate the World Humanitarian Day, the United Nations Office in Geneva gathered today survivors and family members of victims who lost their lives in the service of peace in Baghdad, Algiers and elsewhere. UNTV CH

The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced today that its schools would open on time for 526,000 Palestinian refugee students but warned that the agency was “by no stretch of the imagination out of the woods.” UNIFEED / FILE

Ahead of the World Humanitarian Day, 14 people from five villages around Kuda, located 72 kilometers west of South Sudan’s capital Juba, have been killed and thousands displaced following separate attacks from pastoral communities in their area. UNMISS

The United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today said “it is outraged by the attack in Kabul targeting the Shia community and leading to more than 50 casualties at an education centre.” UNIFEED