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News in Brief 31 August 2022

  • Major health risks unfolding amid floods in Pakistan: WHO

  • Lack of basic hygiene found in 1 in 2 health centres, says UN health agency

  • Top rights panel at UN finds Spain in violation of separatists’ political rights

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News in Brief 30 August 2022

  • At least $160 million needed to help millions affected by ‘monsoon on steroids’
  • Yemen: OCHA calls for support to prevent massive spill from tanker
  • Bachelet calls on Israel to end visa veto for staff in Palestine
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News in Brief 29 August 2022

  • Ukraine: UN atomic energy experts head to stricken nuclear power station

  • Yemen to benefit from Black Sea food exports

  • Ethiopia: Outrage over civilian casualties at Tigray playground

 

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News in Brief 26 August 2022

  • Ukraine: Top UN aid official appeals for access across contact line

  • WMO: Greater Horn of Africa drought forecast to continue for fifth year   

  • 1 in 2 children in Sri Lanka in need of emergency assistance, warns UNICEF  

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News in Brief 25 August 2022

  • Tigray: massive fuel theft from WFP threatens aid relief
  • Myanmar: Military escalating violence bloodshed says rights chief Bachelet
  • Cluster munition attacks have killed or injured 689 civilians in Ukraine - new report
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News in Brief 24 August 2022

  • Six months into Ukraine war, more than 5,600 civilians confirmed killed

  • Myanmar: civil society and trades unions face existential threat, says ILO

  • Nigeria: Monkeypox stigma ‘discouraging people from seeking care’ – UNAIDS

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News in Brief 23 August 2022

  • Ukraine soldier trials in Mariupol may amount to war crime: OHCHR
  • DR Congo declares Ebola resurgence in restive North Kivu: WHO
  • Myanmar: 5 years since Rohingya mass exodus, UNHCR urges solutions
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News in Brief 22 August 2022

  • War in Ukraine has left nearly 1,000 children killed or injured

  • UN chief offers solidarity with Somalia after new terror attack

  • Iranian authorities urged to act to protect victims of religious persecution

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