A senior frontline health professional, is the second person in Angola to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

© UNICEF/COVAX/Carlos César

News in Brief 17 March 2021

17 March 2021

Janssen #COVID19 vaccine given green light by WHO expert advisory board
Blood clot fears over vaccines not evidence based
Arms embargo on Libya totally ineffective, warns UN sanctions panel

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As of the start of 2021, about one million people are in need of humanitarian aid and protection in Myanmar. Pictured here, an IDP camp in Myanmar’s Kachin province. (file photo)

UNICEF/Minzayar Oo

News in Brief 16 March 2021

16 March 2021

Myanmar deaths have soared, warns UN rights office
Violence and insecurity prompts $2.7 billion appeal for Nigeria and South Sudan

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A mother and her child walk back to the shelter they have found in a damaged school. They could not obtain a tent in the nearby IDP camp.

© UNOCHA/Mohannad Zayat

News in Brief 15 March 2021

15 March 2021

Myanmar crisis: UN Special Envoy condemns ‘ongoing brutality’
Bachelet: South Sudan must hold supporters of community militias accountable
Voices from Syria reflect on a decade of fighting and hopes for a peaceful future

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A coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University.

University of Oxford/John Cairns

News in Brief 12 March 2021

12 March 2021

UN health agency backs AstraZeneca COVID vaccine amid blood clot concerns
Nine in 10 Syrian children need help after a decade of war: UNICEF
Somalia water shortages displace 83,000 people since November – OCHA

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Prisoners incarcerated in under-resourced facilities can face particularly poor conditions. (file)

Unsplash/R.D. Smith

News in Brief 11 March 2021

11 March 2021

US death penalty must be abolished, rights experts urge President Biden
South Sudan ‘home to tens of thousands of well-coordinated fighters’
Myanmar: UN Security Council strongly condemns violence against peaceful protesters

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Sultan, 2 years old received treatment from WFP for malnutrition in Sana's City, Yemen. He is no longer malnourished.

WFP/Mohammed Awadh

News in Brief 10 March 2021

10 March 2021

World Food Programme chief issues urgent plea for peace in Yemen’s ‘hell’
‘Global Champions’ call for urgent action on clean energy for all, by 2030
COVID contributed to ‘starvation’, executions in DPR Korea, Rights Council hears

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Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani (file)

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News in Brief 9 March 2021

9 March 2021

Polar vortex responsible for Texas freeze and warm Arctic temperatures
Philippines killing of activists must be investigated
Switzerland ban on headscarves risks further marginalization: UN rights office

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Women and girls in Timor-Leste.

UNRCT/RCO Timor-Leste

News in Brief 8 March 2021

8 March 2021

Shift mindsets that deny equality for women in all walks of life, urges UN chief
Blaze kills migrants, guards in Yemeni capital Sana’a
10 million additional girls at risk of child marriage because of to COVID-19

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Ebola vaccinations start in Guinea to curb the new outbreak.

WHO

News in Brief 5 March 2021

5 March 2021

1,600 vaccinated in Guinea Ebola virus outbreak but more jabs needed: WHO
COVID-19 cases surge in West Bank in February but fall in Gaza
Iran: condemnation for killing of Baloch minority protesters

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Psychologists are supporting vulnerable teenagers across eastern Ukraine as the COVID-19 lockdown takes its toll on their mental health.

© UNICEF/Aleksey Filippov

News in Brief 4 March 2021

4 March 2021

Mental health alert for 330 million kids in COVID lockdown: UNICEF
Suspicion of Muslims at epidemic proportions, Human Rights Council hears
Migrants drown after being forced into the sea off Djibouti: IOM

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