News in Brief

A boy reads from his textbook in a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (2 July 2019)
© UNICEF Patrick Brown

News in Brief 16 August 2019

16 August 2019
News in Brief
  • Displaced by DRC violence, survivors’ testimonies highlight brutality of armed militia
  • Two years after exodus, Myanmar’s ‘desperate’ Rohingya youth need education, skills: UNICEF
  • UN human rights office appeals to Zimbabwe to engage with protesters and ‘stop cracking down’
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4'9"
Two young unaccompanied Gambian migrants look at a map after crossing to Italy in 2016. (file)
© UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson

News in Brief 15 August 2019

15 August 2019
News in Brief
  • Children’s lives’ in Mediterranean Sea must take priority over politics, says UNICEF 
  • UN steps up efforts against Dengue fever in Yemen 
  • WHO welcomes Switzerland’s decision to end tobacco deal at Dubai Expo 
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3'5"
Gardez city, Paktia province, Afghanistan.
UNAMA/Fardin Waezi

News in Brief 14 August 2019

14 August 2019
News in Brief
  • Afghanistan: grave concern at reports 11 civilians killed by pro-Government forces
  • UN panel urges Paraguay to probe poisonings, contamination from agrochemical sprays
  • Disarmament discussions must make urgent progress, says UN’s new top diplomat in Geneva
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3'12"
An Ebola survivor is celebrated outside the Ebola Treatment Unit in Mangina, DR Congo. (August 2019)
© UNICEF/Martine Perret

News in Brief 13 August 2019

13 August 2019
News in Brief
  • Breakthrough in new drug treatments to fight Ebola in DR Congo
  • UN expert calls for action over French nationals facing Iraq terror charges
  • Allow more than 500 rescued passengers to disembark, urges UNHCR
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2'46"
A World Food Programme worker in Khudaish Camp in Yemen looks at a truck being primed to deliver aid in early June 2019.
WFP/Mohammed Awadh

News in Brief 9 August 2019

9 August 2019
News in Brief
  • Food aid to Yemen set to fully resume after two-month break
  • More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees get ID cards for first time
  • Malians fleeing violence should be given international protection, says UN
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3'24"
Drought can lead to 100 percent losses in staple crops corn and beans.
WFP/Sabrina Quezada

News in Brief 8 August 2019

8 August 2019
News in Brief
  • ‘Unprecedented’ climate change impact puts global food security at risk: new UN report
  • UN Mission in Libya calls for investigation into ‘brutal abduction’
  • Middle East and North Africa set to miss Sustainable Development Goals for young people
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2'34"
The little boy photographed stands on the remains of his family home in the West Bank, which was demolished in 2017. (File, 2018)
UNRWA/Lara Jonasdottir

News in Brief 7 August 2019

7 August 2019
News in Brief
  • ‘Enforced disappearances’, responsibility of Mexican state: UN independent experts
  • Israeli settlement expansion ‘flagrant violation of international law’
  • Embrace new technology and innovation to feed the world, UN agency urges
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2'56"
Ozaguin, popular singer-songwriter from the Central African Republic.
WFP

News in Brief 6 August 2019

6 August 2019
News in Brief
  •  ‘€1 million’ fines for rescue boats prompts UN concern for future sea operations
  • All States have ‘primary responsibility’ to protect against hate attacks: UN’s Bachelet
  • Kashmir developments risk further impacting on people’s rights: UN
  • Musician’s call from the heart for 1.8 million hungry people in CAR
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4'57"
Secretary-General António Guterres makes remarks at the Launch of the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech meeting. (18 June 2019)
UN Photo/Manuel Elías

News in Brief 5 August 2019

5 August 2019
News in Brief
  • UN chief condemns attacks in the United States
  • Myanmar companies bankroll ‘brutal operations’ of military, independent UN experts claim in new report
  • ‘Repeated indiscriminate’ shelling of Libyan airport sparks concern of UN envoy
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3'18"
A psycho-social worker partnering with UNICEF holds the hands of eight-year-old twin brothers released from the Ebola Treatment Unit in Beni, North Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
© UNICEF/UN0229877/Naftalin

News in Brief 2 August 2019

2 August 2019
News in Brief
  • Security Council gravely concerned over Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
  • Plant a tree, save the planet
  • Scouts virtually step into lives of refugees
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3'20"