News in Brief

Mohamed supports his family by collecting plastic bottles for recycling, in Bangladesh.
UNICEF/Brown

News in Brief 15 April 2019

15 April 2019
News in Brief
  • Tackling poverty, inequality and climate change: ‘We need more money,’ says UN chief
  • ‘Yemen bleeds. It is a tragic place’ Senior UN officials brief Security Council on situation in the country
  • Measles cases up 300 per cent on 2018, constitutes a global crisis
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Deposed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir briefs the UN Security Council during a visit to Khartoum in June 2008. (file)
UN Photo/Tim McKulka

News in Brief 12 April 2019

12 April 2019
News in Brief
  • Sudan violence may not be over, says UN human rights in appeal to military to respect protesters’ rights
  • Airstrikes and heavy artillery exchanges increase fears of ‘chaos’ in Libya’s Tripoli
  • Five years since mass-abduction of Nigeria’s Chibok girls
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Migrant children walk outside a detention centre located in Tripoli, Libya (file photo).
UNICEF/Romenzi

News in Brief 11 April 2019

11 April 2019
News in Brief
  • Libya: clashes intensified in southern Tripoli, UN health agency deploys emergency teams 
  • Nigeria: Urgent humanitarian aid needed, to support 10,000 forced to relocate  
  • Escalation of fighting in Syria’s Idlib could have ‘catastrophic’ consequences 
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Venezuelan migrants in Colombia. About 5,000 people have been crossing borders daily to leave Venezuela over the past year, according to UN data. Colombia, April 2019. 
UNHCR/Vincent Tremeau

News in Brief 10 April 2019

10 April 2019
News in Brief
  • Venezuela, a ‘very real humanitarian problem’: UN humanitarian chief warns Security Council
  • More than four in 10 women live in fear of refusing partner’s sexual demands, UN study finds
  • UN ‘efforts to de-escalate the situation in Libya’ continue
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Ravina Shamdasani, a spokesperson with the UN human rights office, OHCHR (file photo).
UN Geneva/Violaine Martin

News in Brief 9 April 2019

9 April 2019
News in Brief
  • UN rights chief appeals for dialogue in Sudan amid reports ‘70 killed’ in demonstrations
  • Libyan national conference postponed amid violent escalation
  • Blast kills 14 children, leaves others fighting for lives in Yemen capital Sana’a
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Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres listening to migrants and refugees during his visit to Ain Zara Detention center in Tripoli, Libya. 4 April, 2019.
Mohamed Alalem

News in Brief 8 April 2019

8 April 2019
News in Brief
  • UN chief following escalation in Libya violence ‘with grave concern’
  • ‘Exercise utmost restraint’ urges Guterres as thousands continue demonstrations in Sudanese capital
  • ‘Empowered, included and equal’ – UN Youth Forum kicks off in New York
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Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) briefs the press at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. 7 September 2018.
UN Photo/Violaine Martin

News in Brief 5 April 2019

5 April 2019
News in Brief
  • Myanmar alarm as UN human rights reports deadly helicopter attack on civilians
  • OCHA alert on spike in civilian killings and displacement in Niger
  • Increase in Ebola virus in DRC highlights daily challenges for response teams
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An Auxiliary Nurse Midwife counsels a pregnant woman on institutional delivery while she examines her as part of Village Health and Nutrition Day in Shrawasti, India
UNICEF/UN0281069/Vishwanathan

News in Brief 4 April 2019

4 April 2019
News in Brief
  • Women outliving men ‘everywhere’, new UN health agency statistics report shows 
  • Removing deadly mines means ‘new horizons and hope’, clears a path to SDGs, says UN chief 
  • UN agencies urge Brunei to ‘suspend or repeal’ strict new penal code 
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An Auxiliary Nurse Midwife washes her hands before she examines a pregnant woman as part of Village Health and Nutrition Day in Shrawasti, India.
UNICEF/Vishwanathan

News in Brief 3 April 2019

3 April 2019
News in Brief
  • Millions of lives at risk from lack of basic water facilities
  • UN chief pays tribute to Egypt’s role in avoiding escalation of violence in Gaza
  • Haiti ‘at the crossroads between peacekeeping and development’
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Health workers stand outside a tent used for cholera treatment, set up by MSF, UNICEF and the Red Cross at the Macurungo Health Centre in Beira.
UNICEF/DE WET

News in Brief 2 April 2019

2 April 2019
News in Brief
  • Massive cholera vaccine campaign set to begin in cyclone-hit Mozambique
  • Acute hunger affects over 100 million people worldwide: UN report
  • Millions still need help in north-east Nigeria, warn aid teams
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