News in Brief

Two friends support LGBT rights on Gay Pride Day, NY 2018
UN News/Elizabeth Scaffidi

News in Brief 17 May 2019

17 May 2019
News in Brief
  • Condemnation as deadly Yemen airstrikes claim children’s lives in capital Sana’a
  • Justice for LGBTI people is still far from guaranteed, says UN on International day
  • UK’s forced returns policy highlighted by UN anti-torture panel
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Clinic in Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, where health care workers treat Ebola patients.
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

News in Brief 16 May 2019

16 May 2019
News in Brief
  • Fears over rising Ebola infections in DR Congo, lack of funding for safe burials 
  • More than 20 million babies born with a low birthweight, warns UN report 
  • Healthy diets vital for progress in Laos say UN food agencies 
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An elderly woman begs for food at an IDP camp on the outskirts of Dinsor, Somalia (2017).
UNOCHA/Giles Clarke

News in Brief 15 May 2019

15 May 2019
News in Brief
  • Pacific Islands have ‘moral authority’ to demand climate action: UN chief
  • WHO launches online tool to tackle ‘urgent need’ to combat threats to global health
  • Nearly a fifth of Somalis at risk from ‘disastrous’ drought
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Destruction in Tripoli, Libya.
OCHA/Giles Clarke

News in Brief 14 May 2019

14 May 2019
News in Brief
  • Rising safety fears for civilians in Libya's capital
  • Healthier lifestyle choices can prevent dementia onset
  • Top UN human rights official calls for probe into Lebanon death
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The Secretary-General (right) attends a Māori and Pasifika climate and environmental change youth leaders event hosted by James Shaw, Minister for Climate Change of New Zealand, at Auckland War Memorial Museum. (13 May 2019)
UN Photo/Mark Garten

News in Brief 13 May 2019

13 May 2019
News in Brief
  • New Zealand youth ‘in frontline’ of fight against climate change: UN chief
  • Climate change ‘a threat to our human rights’, says Australian minority community
  • Condemnation for deadly attack on church in Burkina Faso
  • Conflict escalation in Gaza possible ‘at any time’ amid growing despair and depression: UNRWA
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Pastoralists moved to temporary sites close to permanent water point, as drought affected Ethiopia Somali region.
UNOCHA/Mulugeta Ayene

News in Brief 10 May 2019

10 May 2019
News in Brief
  • Record number of people displaced by conflict and natural disaster
  • Myanmar military alleged to have opened fire on men and boys held in school 
  • Nearly 900 children released by north-east Nigeria armed group
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Patients being treated at the Tripoli Government Hospital in Libya (file).
OCHA/D. Palanivelu

News in Brief 9 May 2019

9 May 2019
News in Brief
  • ‘Absolutely abhorrent’ attack on ambulance in Libya 
  • UN rights expert urges Cambodia to change ‘political culture’ 
  • Swine fever linked to food price spike: FAO 
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A malnourished child is treated at a nutrition centre in Kasala, Sudan.
© UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani

News in Brief 8 May 2019

8 May 2019
News in Brief
  • Rising hunger in Middle East affects over 52 million people
  • Without emergency funding, more Gaza protestors face amputations
  • Remembering the victims of the Second World War
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WHO says educating people in Eswatini about snakes and snakebite avoidance is key to effective prevention and control. (file 2011)
Thea Litschka-Koen

News in Brief 7 May 2019

7 May 2019
News in Brief
  • Release of Reuters journalists in Myanmar welcomed 
  • Syria escalation being followed with “great concern” by UN Secretary-General
  • UN health agency targets 50 per cent reduction in snakebite deaths and disabilities
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Daxing'anling, China’s northernmost Prefecture, boasts a vast wilderness of cold temperate forest, untamed rivers and extensive wetlands. Its distinctive forests and ecosystem holds global significance in biodiversity. Pictured here is autumn in the Daxing’anling area.
UNDP China/2018

News in Brief 6 May 2019

6 May 2019
News in Brief
  • UN Forum works to safeguard world’s forests
  • Labour report shows half of workers frequently exposed to physical risks
  • Advocates, UN, speak up for road safety
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