A teenage activist speaks with a young girl in an informal settlement on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa (file photo).

© UNICEF/Karin Schermbrucker

News in Brief 30 December 2020

30 December 2020

WHO urges greater COVID-19 surveillance
Blackwater pardons an “affront to justice” – UN experts
Refugee evacuations ‘crucial lifeline’

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Peacekeepers from the UN mission in the CAR on patrol in Mbomou Prefecture. (file photo)

MINUSCA/Leonel Grothe

News in Brief 29 December 2020

29 December 2020

US sanctions slowing Syria rebuilding: UN independent expert
Netherlands violates nationality rights: UN rights committee
Security Council condemns blue helmet killings in CAR

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Migrants walking at what remains of the Lipa Emergency Tent Camp in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina, after it was destroyed in a fire.

IOM 2020/Ervin Causevic

News in Brief 28 December 2020

28 December 2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Migrant lives at ‘immediate risk’, warn UN agencies
UN peacekeepers patrol polling stations during CAR elections
World must prepare for the next pandemic, UN urges

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MINUSCA has deployed police units in the capital, Bangui and its surroundings following attacks by armed groups to the north-west of the city.

MINUSCA/Hervé Serefio

News in Brief 23 December 2020

23 December 2020

Fears grow over pre-election violence close to Central African Republic capital
Press freedom more important than ever, says UN body, condemns killing of 59 media workers
Rights expert: Facebook’s ‘Supreme Court of appeals’ must consider minority rights

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Ethiopian refugees, fleeing clashes in the country's northern Tigray region, cross the border into Hamdayet, Sudan, over the Tekeze river. (file)

© UNHCR/Hazim Elhag

News in Brief 22 December 2020

22 December 2020

Tigray: Hundreds of civilians reported killed in artillery strikes
Urgent appeal launched for Tigray emergency
World will soon lose coral reefs without emission cuts, UN report warns

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Voter registration in Bangui, Central African Republic.

MINUSCA/Hervé Serefio

News in Brief 21 December 2020

21 December 2020

Voters in Central African Republic will have their say
Unitaid welcomes Norway’s $40 million donation for COVID-19 treatments, tests
UNESCO still awaiting Azerbaijan’s response over Nagorno-Karabakh mission

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A group of people, having fled violence in several districts of Cabo Delgado, arrive in the provincial capital, Pebma.

IOM/Matteo Theubet

News in Brief 18 December 2020

18 December 2020

$254 million appeal launched for Mozambicans fleeing violent extremists in north
Vulnerable migrants still dying in their thousands on perilous journeys
UN rights office warns over arrest of demonstrators in Thailand on treason laws

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A man wears a face mask and gloves while sitting in a cafe in Glasgow, Scotland.

Unsplash/Ross Sneddon

News in Brief 17 December 2020

17 December 2020

COVID: end of year celebrations and ski advice from WHO
Under 40s urged to make extra effort for vulnerable in Western Pacific
UN Children’s Fund supports emergency food aid for hungry kids over holidays

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Locusts continue to threaten the livelihoods of people in Somalia.

© FAO/Haji Dirir

News in Brief 16 December 2020

16 December 2020

Desert Locust ‘re-invasion’ threatens millions across Horn of Africa
Independent expert decries shrinking space for China’s human rights lawyers
Bangladesh cartoonist must be released on medical grounds, urge rights experts

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Gabriela left Venezuela in search of better jobs opportunities. During her journey, she was often attacked and insulted.

IOM/Muse Mohammed

News in Brief 15 December 2020

15 December 2020

Rights chief Bachelet condemns deaths of 255 people in Colombia massacres
Four children among victims of shipwreck carrying Venezuelans to Caribbean
UN refugee agency condemns deadly attack on Niger town

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