News in Brief

UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré

News in Brief 27 April 2021

27 April 2021
News in Brief
  • UN chief ‘realistic’ about Cyprus informal talks in Geneva
  • Key workers need more protections in COVID era: ILO
  • Myanmar expert appeals for junta head to honour ceasefire pledge
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2'34"
PAHO/Karina Zambrana

News in Brief 26 April 2021

26 April 2021
News in Brief
  • Mass vaccination bid unveiled by UN and partners
  • Cyprus delegates head to Geneva for fresh talks
  • UN stands with Iraqi hospital blaze victims and families
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2'42"
IOM/Hussein Ben Mosa

News in Brief 23 April 2021

23 April 2021
News in Brief
  • 130 drown after shipwreck off Libyan coast
  • UN convoy delivers vital aid across Ukraine contact line
  • More than a million Tigray displaced in desperate need
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3'56"
UNICEF/Kaung Htet

News in Brief 22 April 2021

22 April 2021
News in Brief
  • ‘Rising hunger and desperation’ in Myanmar, warns WFP
  • COVID jabs from UN-partnered COVAX scheme arrive in Syria
  • Climate change disasters cause twice as much displacement as conflict, violence: UNHCR
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2'40"
UN News/Daniel Dickinson

News in Brief 21 April 2021

21 April 2021
News in Brief
  • Michelle Bachelet on ‘momentous’ guilty verdict in George Floyd case
  • More than 5.2 million cases of COVID-19 infection in a week: WHO
  • A malaria-free future is possible: Guterres
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3'2"
© UNICEF/Esiey Leul Kinfu

News in Brief 20 April 2021

20 April 2021
News in Brief
  • UNICEF reports on conditions inside stricken Tigray region
  • WFP secures access to feed 1.5 million children in Venezuela
  • Central African Republic clashes force thousands across border to Chad
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3'7"
© UNICEF/Radhika Chalasani

News in Brief 19 April 2021

19 April 2021
News in Brief
  • Judicial independence weakened and under threat in Guatemala: rights expert
  • UK’s racism and ethnic difference report ‘could fuel discrimation’
  • Greta Thunberg joins forces with UN for COVID-19 busting scheme
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2'50"
UNICEF/KC Nwakalor

News in Brief 16 April 2021

16 April 2021
News in Brief
  • Northeast Nigeria violence forces 65,000 to flee, humanitarians targeted
  • Papua New Guinea at “critical” moment in fight against COVID-19: WHO
  • Japan: Rights experts ‘deeply disappointed’ by Fukushima water discharge plan
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2'55"
CDC

News in Brief 15 April 2021

15 April 2021
News in Brief
  • Alert over shortage of new drugs for ‘world’s most dangerous bacteria’
  • COVID-19 cases rise for seventh consecutive week
  • Cheers in Iraq for winners of competition to rebuild Al-Nouri Mosque in Mosul: UNESCO
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2'40"
© UNFPA Sudan

News in Brief 14 April 2021

14 April 2021
News in Brief
  • ‘Hundreds of millions of girls do not own their own bodies’ - UNFPA
  • Global drive against diabetes launched by WHO
  • Growing OPT settler violence amid growing impunity, say rights experts
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