News in Brief

The scene at the Shahr-e-Dubai Wedding Hall in West Kabul where approximately 1,000 people were gathered the night before for a wedding ceremony, when a suicide attacker detonated explosives, killing and injuring scores of civilians, among them women and children.
UNAMA/Fardin Waezi

News in Brief 17 October 2019

17 October 2019
News in Brief
  • Record-high number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan: UN Report
  • Tuberculosis infections declining, but not fast enough among the poor
  • New labour research identifies strategies for tackling poverty and inequality
Audio -
3'22"
Indian peacekeepers at a medal ceremony in recognition of their service to the United Nations Mission in Haiti, 2012.
UN Photo/Logan Abassi

News in Brief 16 October 2019

16 October 2019
News in Brief
  • New UN political mission in Haiti
  • Global cancer cases expected to spiral
  • End cycle of violence against rights defenders
Audio -
3'1"
Niger Migrants waiting the charter to board their luggages, in Tripoli, Libya (file photo)
IOM TRIPOLI

News in Brief 15 October 2019

15 October 2019
News in Brief
  • In Syria, violence continues ‘on both sides’ of border with Turkey
  • Concerns over deportation of Haitian migrants from Bahamas to Haiti – OHCHR
  • IOM organizes first humanitarian charter flight from Algeria to Niger
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3'29"
A displaced family living in the Al-Shadadi area of Al Hassakeh governorate, northeast Syria, where WFP is providing food assistance.
WFP/Abeer Etefa

News in Brief 14 October 2019

14 October 2019
News in Brief
  • Military operation in northeast Syria could see unintentional release of ISIL affiliates: UN chief  
  • Guterres praises UN-led peace talks to end Ecuador’s unrest 
  • Stop the waste: UN food agencies call for action to reduce global hunger  
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2'51"
OCHA staff assist a woman taking her four-day-old grandson to a health clinic in Al Hol camp, Syria. (16 June 2019)
OCHA/Hedinn Halldorsson

News in Brief 11 October 2019

11 October 2019
News in Brief
  • Turkey’s Syria offensive could spark another catastrophe, warn humanitarians
  • Burkina Faso conflict and violence force 500,000 from homes
  • 'White extremist’ use of social media in attacks must be curbed
Audio -
3'16"
A portrait of a patient at a mental health hospital in Monrovia, Liberia.
World Bank/Dominic Chavez

News in Brief 10 October 2019

10 October 2019
News in Brief
  • World Mental Health Day shines spotlight on high youth suicide rates
  • UN winning the fight against Ebola in DR Congo
  • New UN data centre will improve refugee assistance: UN chief
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2'34"
21-year-old Bendu takes her newborn daughter from a midwife at the UNFPA-supported Sinje Health Centre in Liberia.
UNFPA/Elena Heatherwick

News in Brief 9 October 2019

9 October 2019
News in Brief
  • Alarming number of women mistreated during childbirth: WHO study 
  • Conference to fund global disease fight kicks off in France 
  • UN celebrates postal network on World Day 
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3'16"
Kakuma, Kenya - 26 March, 2018: Patients at the Pharmacy of Kakuma Mission Hospital. This hospital in Northern Kenya is one of the few facilities in the region of Turkana where patients can have ophthalmologic consultation and eye related operations.
WHO/Sebastian Liste through NOOR

News in Brief 8 October 2019

8 October 2019
News in Brief
  • One billion people suffer from preventable eye conditions: WHO
  • Latest shipwreck tragedy off Italian coast brings deaths at sea to 1,071
  • It’s time for Australia to roll back restrictive asylum and migration policies, urges Michelle Bachelet
Audio -
3'23"
A family fleeing hostilities in Idlib set up a makeshift camp in Aqrabat village, near the Turkish border. (3 June 2019)
© UNICEF/Aaref Watad

News in Brief 7 October 2019

7 October 2019
News in Brief
  • UN warns against civilian displacement in northeast Syria following US withdrawal
  • UN Mission in Libya condemns airstrike which injured children at riding club
  • Tolstoy lands in Geneva to mark a century of international cooperation
Audio -
3'7"
Baghdad
UNAMI

News in Brief 4 October, 2019

4 October 2019
News in Brief
  • UN expresses concern following wave of street protests in Iraq and elsewhere 
  • UN highlights milestone of 1,000 Ebola survivors in DR Congo
  • UN experts recommend elimination of toxic chemicals
Audio -
3'6"