News in Brief

A 33-year-old man from Afghanistan, pictured with his family on the Greek island of Lesvos, is hoping to be relocated to Germany.
© UNICEF/Canaj Magnum Photos

News in Brief 5 October 2020

5 October 2020
News in Brief
  • Put peace in Libya first, UN chief urges summit on war-shattered nation
  • Save lives, protect refugees  
  • Yemen: Aid chiefs welcome agreement for outside medical care  
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A rapid needs assessment team from UNFPA visits women affected by recent floods in Khartoum, Sudan.
UNFPA/Sufian Abdul-Mouty

News in Brief 2 October 2020

2 October 2020
News in Brief
  • Sudan alert: flooding and inflation deepen humanitarian needs  
  • Iraq urged to investigate attacks on women human rights defenders – UN Special Procedures 
  • Central Mediterranean migrant ‘horrors’ must be addressed by States: OHCHR 
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Young volunteers are raising awareness about COVID-19 in Nouakchott, Mauritania.
© UNICEF/Raphael Pouget

News in Brief 1 October 2020

1 October 2020
News in Brief
  • Nearly $1 billion pledged towards ending COVID-19 
  • Stranded migrants need safe and dignified return, says UN independent rights panel 
  • Colombian child rights defender wins UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award 
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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the UN Summit on Biodiversity.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

News in Brief 30 September 2020

30 September 2020
News in Brief
  • Earth’s web of life must be protected, UN chief Guterres tells biodiversity summit 
  • Older persons still ‘invisible’ despite pandemic spotlight, says rights expert 
  • UN Migration Agency to probe sexual abuse allegations 
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Health care professionals are working around the clock to provide adequate support to Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh.
IOM/Nate Webb

News in Brief 29 September 2020

29 September 2020
News in Brief
  • Millionth COVID death is an ‘agonizing milestone’ says UN’s Guterres 
  • Flooding leaves South Sudan facing threat of ‘catastrophic’ levels of hunger 
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Shopkeepers have shuttered their stores in old Delhi, India following the government's announcement of a nationwide lockdown for 21 days to stem the spread of COVID-19.
Sandeep Datta

News in Brief 28 September 2020

28 September 2020
News in Brief
  • Delhi track dwellers must not be evicted, warn rights experts
  • Rapporteurs' investigations hit by UN cash crunch
  • Largest prisoner release agreed in Yemen talks
  • Nigeria urged to overturn death penalty for 'blasphemous' singer
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A seasonal flu shot being administered.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

News in Brief 25 September 2020

25 September 2020
News in Brief
  • Give influenza vaccine to elderly and health workers first: WHO
  • Rights chief Bachelet warns over threat to protesters in Venezuela 
  • UN chief and UK premier announce December climate summit 
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The Bogotá Ministry of Health have sent a Muisca nurse to Suba, in the north of Bogotá, Colombia, to check on the local indigenous population..
PAHO/Karen González Abril

News in Brief 24 September 2020

24 September 2020
News in Brief
  • UN chief’s concern for mariners’ ‘humanitarian and safety’ crisis  
  • Flooding adds new danger to communities fleeing Sahel violence 
  • Colombia’s indigenous peoples ‘on threshold of genocide’ 
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A woman works as a fruit vendor in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A single parent, she is accompanied at work by her two daughters.
UN Women/Fahad Abdullah Kaizer

News in Brief 23 September 2020

23 September 2020
News in Brief
  • Impact on workers of COVID-19 is ‘catastrophic’: ILO 
  • Mali: independent rights expert calls for ‘immediate release’ of former officials detained during coup  
  • South Sudan’s ‘epic’ corruption is preventing country’s peaceful future
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Food distribution by the World Food Program (WFP) in Matemo, one of the Quirimbas Islands, in the province of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. The region was one of the areas of the country affected by Cyclone Kenneth.
WFP/Deborah Nguyen

News in Brief 22 September 2020

22 September 2020
News in Brief
  • Mozambique insurgency fuels fears of humanitarian crisis 
  • UN health agency insists that any vaccine it backs will be ‘absolutely safe’ 
  • WMO warns over lowest sea ice extent since record low in 2012 
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