News in Brief

Former FGM cutters at the UNFPA-supported Masanga Centre in Mara region. FGM is prevalent in the region and the center has become a safe heaven for girls and it also provides alternative rites of passage instead of FGM.
Warren Bright/UNFPA Tanzania

News in Brief 6 February 2019

6 February 2019
News in Brief
  • UN Chief calls for an end to Female Genital Mutilation
  • Nearly two-thirds of children at risk of ‘vicious cycle of poverty’
  • Largest ever UN humanitarian convoy reaches remote Syrian settlement
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Eight-year-old unaccompanied minor sits alone in Fufore camp for internally displaced persons in Adamawa State, north-east Nigeria.
© UNHCR/George Osodi

News in Brief 5 February 2019

5 February 2019
News in Brief
  • North-east Nigeria displacement crisis continues amid attackers’ ‘increased sophistication’
  • $202 million appeal for life-saving aid to half a million Libyans
  • Tech transformation saves UN food agency millions in first year
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The port of Hudaydah in war-torn Yemen is one of the few lifelines for humanitarian aid and fuel into the country. 17 April 2017.
UN OCHA/Giles Clarke

News in Brief 4 February 2019

4 February 2019
News in Brief
  • Confidence-building measures continue in new Yemen prisoner-swap talks
  • Trade wars unlikely to benefit domestic Chinese/US manufacturing: UN report
  • UN Geneva’s Celestial Sphere set for a moving, sparkling restoration
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On 26 January 2019 in the Syrian Arab Republic, children and families are huddled together after being forced to flee their homes in nearby towns and villages, with their few belongings in Baghoz village in Hajin district in eastern rural Deir-ez-Zor before they embark on a long and ardous journey to safety at Al-Hol camp, almost 300km to the north.
© UNICEF/UN0277713/Souleiman

News in Brief 1 February 2019

1 February 2019
News in Brief
  • Aid stepped up to Syria camp; new arrivals say terrorists blocked their escape
  • Six months into DR Congo’s deadliest Ebola outbreak, top UN official praises ‘brave’ response effort
  • Biggest ever refugee waste treatment facility goes online in Bangladesh
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As families were welcomed into tents in the reception area of Syria's Al-Hole camp, UNICEF immediately provided them with much-needed health and nutrition services.
UNNICEF/Delil Soleiman

News in Brief 31 January 2019

31 January 2019
News in Brief
  • Syria: ‘Violence, displacement’ and cold kill 11 infants ‘in the past two days’
  • Boom in Artificial Intelligence patents, points to ‘quantum leap’ in tech
  • UN appeals for more than $162 million in aid to Ukraine
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Area hit by the rupture of the dam in Brumadinho, Brazil.
Presidência da República do Brasil/Divulgação

News in Brief 30 January 2019

30 January 2019
News in Brief
  • Probe call for Brazil dam collapse
  • ‘World’s deadliest sea crossing’ claimed six lives a day in 2018: UN refugee agency
  • 30 dead and 100 migrants missing in Djibouti boat tragedy
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Hamam, 5 years, and his sister Sham, 4 years, sit on children's winter clothing kits. The family of 6 are refugees from Syria and came to Jordan six years ago.
© UNICEF/UN0274546/Herwig

News in Brief 29 January 2019

29 January 2019
News in Brief
  • Nearly $4 billion needed to protect 41 million children from conflict and disaster
  • 700 people detained in one day of Venezuela demonstrations, dozens children
  • Palestine refugees more vulnerable now than in year 2000, warns UN agency chief
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World War II Veterans and other participants attending the 2019 United Nations Holocaust Memorial Ceremony in the General Assembly Hall.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

News in Brief 28 January 2019

28 January 2019
News in Brief
  • ‘Where there is anti-Semitism, no one else is safe’: UN Chief tells Holocaust commemoration
  • Latin America must condemn violence against Venezuelan refugees and migrants: senior UN official
  • ‘Preparedness is crucial’ in fight against Ebola: health workers vaccinated in South Sudan
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Rebecca left Venezuela with her children to reunite with her husband Jonathan in Tulcán, Ecuador, where he works at a bar earning US$3 a day. Ecuador is now the third largest host country in South America for Venezuelans fleeing the socio-economic situation in their country.
© UNHCR/Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo

News in Brief 25 January 2019

25 January 2019
News in Brief
  • Bachelet condemns Venezuela killings, urges restraint lest situation ‘spirals out of control’
  • DRC Ebola infections increase in two health zones as numbers decline in former hotspot
  • Alarm over violent attacks in Malawi ahead of elections
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The flag of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (centre) flying at United Nations headquarters in New York. (file)
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

News in Brief 24 January 2019

24 January 2019
News in Brief
  • Venezuela’s anti-Government protests spark UN chief’s concern
  • An educated world spells progress, as UN marks new International Day
  • Mitigate extreme weather risks, urges new disaster risk report
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