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News in Brief 4 May 2022

  • Ukraine: journalists targeted and in danger, warn top rights experts

  • Soul diva Dionne Warwick joins UNHCR and TikTok, in boost for refugee solidarity

  • WHO warns of worsening obesity ‘epidemic’ in Europe

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News in Brief 3 May 2022

  • Niger needs all our help as bulwark against terrorism, urges UN's Guterres

  • Mariupol steel works convoy: UN humanitarians aid arrivals after harrowing journey

  • UN’s Bachelet hails courage of journalists on World Press Freedom Day

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News in Brief 29 April 2022

  • UN migration agency appeals for $514 million to support Ukraine response

  • Investigations continue into cause of liver failure outbreak in kids

  • Mali Press shutdowns reflect growing regional intolerance: OHCHR

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News in Brief 28 April 2022

  • UN chief in Ukraine: war is ‘evil’ and unacceptable, calls for justice

  • Lula trial in Brazil violated due process, says UN rights panel

  • Africa sees surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases

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News in Brief 26 April 2022

  • Ukraine war: UN chief arrives for talks in Moscow as ‘messenger of peace’

  • Healthcare attacks continue in Ukraine amid growing needs

  • Sand is not an infinite resource, countries’ development is at stake: UNEP

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News in Brief 22 April 2022

  • UN’s Bachelet condemns ‘horrors’ against Ukrainian civilians 

  • African nations gear up for boosted malaria vaccine roll-out WHO 

  • Israeli Defence Forces in rights spotlight for ‘unnecessary, indiscriminate’ violence 

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