News in Brief

Floods that have devastated parts of Somalia, especially Belet Weyne district in Hirshabelle State.
UN Photos

News in Brief 22 January 2020

22 January 2020
News in Brief
  • Independent UN rights experts call for investigation into alleged Saudi hacking
  • UN chief welcomes formation of new Lebanese Government 
  • Somalia: Humanitarian response plan calls for $1 billion in aid  
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2'50"
A colour-enhanced image shows cells infected with the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, US

News in Brief 21 January 2020

21 January 2020
News in Brief
  • China confirms coronavirus transmission between humans
  • Lebanon: UN rights office calls for de-escalation of protest violence
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3'2"
A woman smokes a cigarette.
Unsplash/Fotografierende

News in Brief 20 January 2020

20 January 2020
News in Brief
  • WHO-backed study outlines benefits of quitting smoking prior to surgery
  • UNESCO laments impunity for journalist killings
  • Top humanitarian officials urges continued support for occupied Palestinian territory
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3'28"
A detainee mother, with sleeping baby on her back, feeds her other child some bread inside the female room of a detention centre in Benghazi, Libya.
OCHA/Giles Clarke

News in Brief 17 January 2020

17 January 2020
News in Brief
  • Libya: ‘Dire and untenable’ situation for children: UNICEF chief
  • Syria: Ceasefire fails to protect civilians
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3'39"
Displaced children and adults in Syria are seen in a vehicle after fleeing from ISIL-controlled areas in rural Raqqa to Ain Issa, the main staging point for displaced families, some 50 kilometres north of Raqqa city. Photo: UNICEF/Delil Soulaiman
© UNICEF/UN039551/Soulaiman

News in Brief 16 January 2020

16 January 2020
News in Brief
  • Syrian conflict has ‘erased’ children’s dreams: new UN report 
  • 45 million going hungry in southern Africa: World Food Programme 
  • UN ‘deeply relieved’ following release of abducted aid workers in Nigeria
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3'6"
Senegalese peacekeepers in the Mopti region of central Mali during a military operation.
MINUSMA/Gema Cortes

News in Brief 15 January 2020

15 January 2020
News in Brief
  • Peace agreement remains only path for peace in Mali: Lacroix 
  • UNICEF opens African ‘drone academy’ to aid youth  
  • Darfur: Resort to violence, a ‘lose-lose’ option says UN mission chief
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2'29"
Migrants who have been returned to shore in Libya after attempting to cross the sea to Europe are supported by aid workers from the IOM.
IOM Libya

News in Brief 14 January 2020

14 January 2020
News in Brief
  • Investigation continues into mystery virus
  • Hundreds of migrants sent to Libya detention centres
  • UN launches multi-million funding appeal for refugees in Sudan
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2'28"
A delegate casts their vote on a report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) at a Plenary meeting of the General Assembly.
UN Photo/Manuel Elías

News in Brief 13 January 2020

13 January 2020
News in Brief
  • Case of new China coronavirus surfaces in Thailand
  • Six countries lose voting rights in General Assembly
  • Yemen: Security Council renews mandate for UN Hudaydah Mission
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2'22"
Many women in the Dominican Republic of the Congo have been abandoned by husbands after being raped, owing to a belief that they carry misfortune.
OCHA/Otto Bakano

News in Brief 10 January 2020

10 January 2020
News in Brief
  • DR Congo killings ‘may amount to crimes against humanity’
  • A victory for forced displacement victims: UN refugee agency
  • UNHCR honoured with Olympic Cup
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3'37"
MINUSMA troops based in Kidal in the extreme north of Mali, ensure the security of the camp, and also the safety of the civilian population.
MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko

News in Brief 9 January 2020

9 January 2020
News in Brief
  • UN strongly condemns attack on Mali peacekeeping base
  • 2020 must be 'year of change' on refugee protection in Europe
  • UN envoy welcomes Russia-Turkey ceasefire call in Libya
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