News in Brief

Mr Laurent Gbagbo and Mr Charles Blé Goudé in Courtroom I at the seat of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands on 15 January 2019 ©ICC-CPI
©ICC-CPI

News in Brief 17 January 2019

17 January 2019
News in Brief
  • Former Côte d'Ivoire president remains behind bars, despite acquittal
  • ‘Deplorable conditions’ in Syria’s Rukban settlement
  • UN rallies communities to counter extremists with national unity
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Informal Briefing by the Secretary-General António Guterres (center) on his Priorities for 2019. .
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

News in Brief 16 January 2019

16 January 2019
News in Brief
  • UN chief calls for deeper efforts to stop widening inequality
  • Countries failing to protect the interests of all their people: UN Human Rights chief
  • 890 people killed western DRC violence: UN Human Rights chief calls for justice
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3'30"
Initial appearance of former Ivorian President Laurent Koudou Gbagbo before the ICC on 5 December 2011.
UN Photo/ICC/AP/Peter Dejong

News in Brief 15 January 2019

15 January 2019
News in Brief
  • International Criminal Court acquits Laurent Gbagbo of Côte d’Ivoire allegations
  • Aid reaches war-hit Hudaydah communities for first time in months – WFP
  • ‘Life and death’ conditions in Syria’s desert camp, warns WFP
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Jospin (centre), an intenally displaced child, sits in a class at the MINUSCA site in Central African Republic. As of October 2017, violent clashes and inter-communal tensions fuelled by armed groups have continuously increased in the Central African Republic (CAR). (file)
© UNICEF/UN0149422/Sokhin

News in Brief 14 January 2019

14 January 2019
News in Brief
  • Challenges still abound, 30th years on from landmark child rights treaty
  • The disaster that rocked Haiti nine years ago
  • UN experts plead for life of mentally-ill former police officer
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3'48"
UNHCR relief aid and winter assistance are ready for distribution to the newly arrivals in Al Hol camp in northern Hassakeh, Syria.
UNHCR/Hisham Arafat

News in Brief 11 January 2019

11 January 2019
News in Brief
  • Suffering of North Korea’s citizens is unchanged, warns UN rights expert
  • Thousands risk lives to flee fighting in last Syria’s last ISIL enclave
  • Cautious welcome for DRC Ebola decline in cases in epicentre
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3'40"
Voters casting votes during Presidential and Legislative elections in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (30 December 2018).
MONUSCO/John Bopengo

News in Brief 10 January 2019

10 January 2019
News in Brief
  • UN Chief calls for calm following disputed Congo election result
  • Regional Somalia elections praised by UN
  • Conflict in North-East Nigeria ‘has created a humanitarian tragedy’
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Martin Griffiths (on screen), Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, briefs the Security Council on the situation in Yemen. 9 January 2019.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

News in Brief 9 January 2019

9 January 2019
News in Brief
  • ‘Relative calm’ in Yemen port cities following UN-backed ceasefire agreement
  • ‘Storm clouds brewing for global economy’: World Bank
  • ILO celebrates 100 years of advancing social justice
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3'6"
Fifteen-year-old girl looks out from a transit center in Guatemala City.
UNICEF/Tanya Bindra

News in Brief 8 January 2019

8 January 2019
News in Brief
  • UN chief rejects Guatemala decision to close impunity panel
  • Saudi national Rahaf Mohammed Al-qunun in “safe” place: UNHCR
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4'14"
Children are frequently the victims of human trafficking.
UNODC/Alessandro Scotti

News in Brief 7 January 2019

7 January 2019
News in Brief
  • Upsurge in human trafficking, says new report
  • UN Refugee Agency to assess Saudi woman in Bangkok
  • ‘Environmentally-displaced’ people becoming a bigger factor
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3'34"
A refugee mother carries her child and relief items in Congo-Brazzaville. (file)
© UNHCR/Frederic Noy

News in Brief 4 January 2019

4 January 2019
News in Brief
  • DRC ‘calm but tense’ as country awaits presidential election result
  • Renewed inter-communal clashes force 16,000 people from DRC to Republic of Congo
  • Khashoggi case lacks international, independent probe call: UN Human Rights
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