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News in Brief 21 January 2022

  • Tigray: Eritrean refugees ‘scared and struggling to eat’ says UNHCR
  • Tonga: OCHA says access to safe water for half of population across island nation ‘a serious concern’
  • Visit of UN Sudan rights’ expert postponed by Government
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News in Brief 17 January 2022

  • Tonga volcanic eruption update from UN humanitarians
  • Taliban in Afghanistan overseeing ‘collective punishment’ of women, girls: UN rights experts
  • Horn of Africa facing major threat to food security after drought, locusts- FAO
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News in Brief 14 January 2022

  • $150 million released to help underfunded humanitarian emergencies

  • Tigray: aid operations ‘are about to grind to a halt’, warns WFP

  • Ending Sahel crisis must be focus of international community: UNHCR

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News in Brief 13 January 2022

  • UN’s Bachelet welcomes crimes of humanity verdict against Syrian officer

  • Africa’s fourth pandemic wave flattens out after six-week surge

  • Tigray: WHO chief Tedros decries blocked aid tactics

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News in Brief 12 January 2022

  • COVID-19: Global infections rose by 55 per cent in a week: WHO 

  • Sudan attacks on medics, clinics, patients must stop: WHO 

  • Former ‘Mr. Speed’ urges Zimbabwe to cut road deaths   

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News in Brief 11 January 2022

  • Afghanistan: UN launches largest single country aid appeal ever 

  • US saw 20 climate emergencies costing $1 billion-plus in 2021  

  • Almost 10,000 people detained in Kazakhstan – OHCHR 

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