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Invasive Fall Armyworm pest threatens food production across Cabo Verde

23 April 2018
Interviews

Africa’s Cabo Verde islands are facing a “formidable” agricultural and economic challenge in the form of an invasive pest known as the Fall Armyworm.

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5'54"
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

No development, human rights, without 'sustaining' peace: UN General Assembly President

23 April 2018
Interviews

“There is no development, there is no protection of human rights, if there is no peace.” 

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3'9"
UN Photo/Mark Garten

News In Brief 23 April 2018

23 April 2018
News in Brief
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3'47"
Photo: WeRobotics

Breakthrough drone-powered mosquitos: “absolutely no impact” on other species

20 April 2018
Interviews

A technological breakthrough, whereby radiation-treated mosquitos are released by drone to limit the spread of diseases such as malaria and Zika, will not have any damaging effect on other wildlife.

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7'13"
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

News in Brief 20 April 2018

20 April 2018
News in Brief
  • Journalist deaths, kidnappings, constitute threat to Ecuador and Colombia: UN chief
  • UNHCR convoy delivers emergency aid to southern Libya town
  • Cameroon urged to stop deporting Nigerians fleeing Boko Haram
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2'47"
UN News/Elizabeth Scaffidi

UN ombudsperson resolves strife in a ‘cloak of confidentiality’

20 April 2018
Interviews

Sometimes sparks fly when creativity is mixed with conflict: so explains the UN Ombudsperson John Barkat, who helps turn friction into productive solutions.

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8'39"
UN News/Daniel Johnson

Breaking chains of commodity dependence in developing countries

20 April 2018
Interviews

Countries that are rich in raw materials have the means to bring prosperity to everyone, but only if they take steps to tackle their “commodity dependence”, says UNCTAD's Yanchun Zhang ahead of next week's Global Commodities Forum 2018 in Geneva.

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3'45"
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

News in Brief 19 April 2018

19 April 2018
News in Brief
  • Reduction in political violence across Colombia a ‘substantial change’: UN Mission chief
  • ‘There is no military solution’ in South Sudan: senior UN Peacekeeping official
  • UN chief mourns ‘absolutely unacceptable’ loss of 140 colleagues
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3'24"
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

UN Gender Focus: Empowering women and girls with autism

19 April 2018
UN Gender Focus

Activists, academics and ambassadors gathered at the United Nations this month to underscore their commitment to empowering women and girls with autism.

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6'48"
UN News/Matt Wells

New fund takes on 'public health emergency' of global road deaths

18 April 2018
The Lid is On

For this latest Lid Is On podcast from UN News, we’ll hear from three of the leading voices involved in the new UN Road Safety Trust Fund, launched this month, which is committed to “accelerating progress” in saving the lives of pedestrians, drivers, and cyclists across the world.

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26'37"