News in Brief

A child walks in front of shelters at an IDP camp in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state in north-east Nigeria.
UNICEF/KC Nwakalor

News in Brief 16 April 2021

16 April 2021
News in Brief
  • Northeast Nigeria violence forces 65,000 to flee, humanitarians targeted
  • Papua New Guinea at “critical” moment in fight against COVID-19: WHO
  • Japan: Rights experts ‘deeply disappointed’ by Fukushima water discharge plan
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A scientist tests a sample suspected of containing a bacterial toxin.
CDC

News in Brief 15 April 2021

15 April 2021
News in Brief
  • Alert over shortage of new drugs for ‘world’s most dangerous bacteria’
  • COVID-19 cases rise for seventh consecutive week
  • Cheers in Iraq for winners of competition to rebuild Al-Nouri Mosque in Mosul: UNESCO
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The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has supported women-friendly spaces in Sudan.
© UNFPA Sudan

News in Brief 14 April 2021

14 April 2021
News in Brief
  • ‘Hundreds of millions of girls do not own their own bodies’ - UNFPA
  • Global drive against diabetes launched by WHO
  • Growing OPT settler violence amid growing impunity, say rights experts
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IAEA International Remediation Expert Mission examines Reactor Unit 3 during a visit to TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant. Photo: IAEA/Giovanni Verlini
Photo: IAEA/Giovanni Verlini

News in Brief 13 April 2021

13 April 2021
News in Brief
  • Myanmar bloodshed could lead to new Syria: UN human rights chief
  • The IAEA offers support for Fukushima contaminated water discharge plan
  • Rights experts sound alert over Uganda election crackdown
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French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has been designated as a FAO Goodwill Ambassador.
© ESA/Nicole Fischer

News in Brief 12 April 2021

12 April 2021
News in Brief
  • UK armed forces legislation sparks warning from rights chief
  • Chagas Disease initiative to protect millions in Latin America
  • Human space flight could help find solutions to global hunger, 60 years on from Russian first
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Machad, a health worker in Benin, proudly displays his vaccination record after taking his first dose of AstraZeneca vaccine.
@UNICEF Benin

News in Brief 9 April 2021

9 April 2021
News in Brief
  • Deep concerns from WHO over Brazil COVID deaths
  • Proof of life requests from the UN human rights office for Jordanian Prince, Dubai Princess
  • UNHCR: Syrian families must not be returned home despite improving security
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Mongolia initially received over 25,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX Facility.
© UNICEF/Khasar Sandag

News in Brief 8 April 2021

8 April 2021
News in Brief
  • Thumbs up for COVAX as vaccine scheme delivers to over 100 countries and economies
  • COVID19 travel restrictions hit refugees and migrants hardest: IOM
  • Mali prosecution of journalist could amount to harassment - rights experts
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Youth volunteers in Jordan are supporting their communities during the COVID-19 crisis.
© UNICEF/Naua

News in Brief 7 April 2021

7 April 2021
News in Brief
  • COVID-19 cases rise globally for sixth consecutive week 
  • Greater action needed on refugee vaccination, urges UNHCR’s Grandi 
  • Hate speech still rising against Roma despite recognition gains 
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Children in the Republic of the Congo.
©UNICEF/Vincent Tremeau

News in Brief 6 April 2021

6 April 2021
News in Brief
  • Clarity still needed on effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine passports: WHO 
  • Scale of acute hunger in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ‘staggering’ 
  • Refugee agency supports health care for 120,000 refugees in Iran  
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Marking the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda (2019).
UN Photo/Violaine Martin

News in Brief 1 April 2021

1 April 2021
News in Brief
  • Protect all those fleeing Myanmar, UN offices urge countries in the region 
  • UNHCR urges greater protection for Sahel communities after deadly attack 
  • Rwanda massacre must not be forgotten amid today’s extremist threat: Guterres 
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