News in Brief

A person who was caught up in the 6.2 magnitude earthquake which struck West Sulawesi Province in Indonesia receives medical treatment.
Indonesian Red Cross

News in Brief 15 January 2021

15 January 2021
News in Brief
  • Indonesia quake: eight confirmed dead, hundreds injured in Sulawesi emergency 
  • Child labour scourge still affects one in 10 children, warns UN labour agency 
  • CAR displacement reaches 120,000 after election violence: UNHCR 
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A woman walks in Taiz, a war-ravaged city in Yemen, split by a frontline.
© WFP/Hussam Al-Sharmani

News in Brief 14 January 2021

14 January 2021
News in Brief
  • UN emergency relief chief warns over fallout of U.S. Yemen Houthi terror label
  • Four UN peacekeepers killed, five wounded in attack in Mali
  • Countries urged to speed up climate change preparation to protect against shocks
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A man wearing a protective mask against Covid-19, circulates in the port area of ​​Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, on September 16, 2020.
IMF/Raphael Alves

News in Brief 13 January 2021

13 January 2021
News in Brief
  • Health agency calls for greater cooperation to identify COVID mutations 
  • Lower wages and higher health risks: Reality of COVID homeworking 
  • Prosecutors ‘lost case file’ of murdered activist, says UN rights panel 
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The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine was the first vaccine to be authorized for use in some countries.
BioNTech

News in Brief 12 January 2021

12 January 2021
News in Brief
  • Health agency chief urges COVID-19 vaccinations for ‘high-risk’ populations 
  • UN rights chief: Peru law enforcement used excessive force in mass demonstrations 
  • Humanitarian crisis looms in Madagascar amid drought and pandemic 
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Beijing, China.
© UNICEF/Andrea Verdelli

News in Brief 11 January 2021

11 January 2021
News in Brief
  • WHO’s Tedros welcomes China announcement on COVID-19 team visit 
  • UNAIDS unveils new targets on HIV prevention amid rise in stigma  
  • Rights expert calls for reversal of Israel’s eviction order against 16 Palestinian families 
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View of the Capitol Building in Washington DC
UN News/ Mikhail Baranyuk

News in Brief 8 January 2021

8 January 2021
News in Brief
  • Rights chief Bachelet echoes condemnation of incitement in US Capitol chaos 
  • Mass displacement amid Central African Republic election violence 
  • Vietnam arrests of journalists ‘part of clampdown on freedom of expression’ 
  • UN’s global post-COVID poll: The long and short of what 1.5 million people want 
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Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters at UN Headquarters in New York (file).
UN Photo/Mark Garten

News in Brief 7 January 2021

7 January 2021
News in Brief
  • Top UN officials saddened by violent mob protests inside US Capitol 
  • Hong Kong: UN human rights office urges immediate release of activists  
  • Guterres ‘shocked’ at massacre of civilians in eastern DR Congo 
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Thousands of people in Somalia continue to be displaced by floods and conflict.
UN Photo/Tobin Jones

News in Brief 6 January 2021

6 January 2021
News in Brief
  • ‘Conflict trap’ a growing obstacle to sustainable development - UN chief
  • Declaration to fix ‘Gulf rift’ welcomed
  • Rights expert welcomes court’s refusal to extradite Wikileaks' Assange
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A refugee from Tigray waits in line with her baby to receive food in the Um Rakuba refugee settlement in Sudan.
WFP/Arete/Joost Bastmeijer

News in Brief 5 January 2021

5 January 2021
News in Brief
  • UNHCR relocates first Ethiopian refugees to new site in Sudan
  • UN appeals to spoilers in Central African Republic election to respect poll results
  • Mounting concern for Bosnia’s migrants left in freezing conditions
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Children at an informal settlement for people displaced by Boko Haram violence in Diffa region, south-east Niger. (file photo)
UNICEF/Vincent Tremeau

News in Brief 4 January 2021

4 January 2021
News in Brief
  • Attack on Niger villagers leaves 100 dead, UN chief urges justice for victims 
  • Killing of Pakistan miners must be met with every effort to find perpetrators 
  • Guterres leads tributes to ‘legendary’ UN official Sir Brian Urquhart 
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