News in Brief

Girls work at a shared desk during a lesson at Omar Ben al-Khattab School in the town of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip. (file)
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News in Brief 4 March 2020

4 March 2020
News in Brief

- Progress aside, world still a violent place for girls and women: UN report

- Iraq religious leaders working to prevent COVID-19 spread

- Countdown to end of Ebola underway in DR Congo 

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Young Rohingya boys look out of their shelter at the Hakimpara refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
OCHA/Vincent Tremeau

News in Brief 3 March 2020

3 March 2020
News in Brief
  • Myanmar doing too little to ensure return of displaced Rohingya, says UN refugee agency chief
  • No country is free from child sexual abuse, exploitation, UN’s top rights forum hears
  • Bright sparks help UN South Sudan mission curb global warming
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On 7 February 2020, a girl holds a younger child as children and families flee from southern Idlib and western Aleppo to the northern part of Idlib and Aleppo in Syria.
© UNICEF/Khaled Akacha

News in Brief 02 March 2020

2 March 2020
News in Brief

 - Seven UN agencies conduct cross-border mission to Idlib, Syria

- Syrians suffering 'unprecedented' levels of displacement: Commission of Inquiry

- Rights expert urges countries to repeal gender discriminatory laws

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Children play in a camp for displaced people in southern Idlib, Syria.
UNOCHA

News in Brief 28 February 2020

28 February 2020
News in Brief
  • COVID-19: Risk now 'very high', but containment still possible
  • 'Mayhem' in Idlib as Turkey-Syria tensions escalate
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The coronavirus outbreak has spread to Europe.
Unsplash

News in Brief 27 February 2020

27 February 2020
News in Brief
  • COVID-19: UN rights chief warns against stigmatization
  • Social media hate speech is poisoning minds
  • Northwest Syria’s humanitarian catastrophe
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Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) advice for the public.
WHO

News in Brief 26 February 2020

26 February 2020
News in Brief

-  WHO chief: ‘No time for complacency’ on coronavirus disease
-  UN health and tourism agencies cooperate on COVID-19 response
- Hyperinflation affecting food access in Venezuela: WFP
 

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Family members who have fled conflict sit inside their tent at the Pissila camp for displaced people in Burkina Faso.
WFP/Marwa Awad

News in Brief 25 February 2020

25 February 2020
News in Brief

- World must tackle 'relentless' displacement crisis: Guterres

- Geneva event for youth aims to give voice to 'We The Peoples' 

- UN rights chief on 'daunting' challenges to women's equality

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Aruminda holds her brother, Antonio, at a camp set up for displaced people at the Jehovas Witness Centre in Dondo, Mozambique. Cyclone Idai displaced thousands of people.
UNICEF/DE WET

News in Brief 24 February 2020

24 February 2020
News in Brief

- UN chief outlines 7-point Call of Action on human rights
- COVID-19 is not yet a pandemic, says head of WHO
- Syria: Senior aid official warns of potential 'bloodbath' in Idlib

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Children play in a camp for displaced people in southern Idlib, Syria.
UNOCHA

News in Brief 21 February 2020

21 February 2020
News in Brief
  • Fleeing violence in Syria, families now forced to burn clothes to stay warm 
  • Escalating Burkina Faso violence brings wider Sahel displacement emergency into focus
  • UN chief offers sympathy to German people after racist shooting   
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Thousands of South Sudanese were displaced from the town of Wau due to conflict in 2017.
UNMISS/Nektarios Markogiannis

News in Brief 20 February 2020

20 February 2020
News in Brief

 

  • ‘Deliberate starvation’ tactics used in South Sudan could be a war crime
  • 19 children among dead in Yemen strikes
  • UN refugee agency chief appeals to Syria’s civilians trapped in Idlib
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