News in Brief

The sun sets on Kabul, Afghanistan.
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News in Brief 10 September 2021

10 September 2021
News in Brief
  • Afghanistan: Taliban violence against protesters increasing, warns OHCHR
  • Hungry Afghans resort to extreme coping strategies to feed families
  • Human rights abuses intensify in eastern DR Congo: UNHCR
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3'28"
Rubble from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant caused by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
IAEA/Gill Tudor

News in Brief 9 September 2021

9 September 2021
News in Brief
  • IAEA and Japan agree on Fukushima nuclear plant timeline
  • ‘Attacks on schools must stop’, urges Guterres
  • Lawmakers have crucial role in counter-terror fight
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2'49"
Food and blankets are handed out to people in need in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. UNHCR warned that the world cannot allow this “to become a humanitarian catastrophe”
© WFP/Arete

News in Brief 8 September 2021

8 September 2021
News in Brief
  • Afghanistan suffering, 'unimaginable' says UN chief
  • Yemen: climate of fear has worsened, all sides to blame - rights experts
  • DR Congo declares deadly meningitis outbreak in troubled northeast
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3'12"
A child at the Indira Gandhi Children's Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan.
© UNICEF/Sayed Bidel

News in Brief 7 September 2021

7 September 2021
News in Brief
  • Afghanistan: dire needs could worsen, basic services collapsing 
  • Conflict in Tigray now creating dire needs in neighbouring districts
  • Critical gaps in refugee education: UNHCR 
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3'10"
In the first six months of 2021, WFP provided assistance to 5.5 million people in Afghanistan.
WFP

News in Brief 6 September 2021

6 September 2021
News in Brief
  • UN chief to lead call for Afghanistan humanitarian appeal 
  •  Australia must drop coal ‘or see climate change cause economic havoc’: UN adviser
  •  Conservation rights defenders killed with shocking frequency, says UN rights chief  
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3'1"
A woman walks in Badakhshan, a province located in the farthest north-eastern part of Afghanistan.
Unsplash/Joel Heard

News in Brief 3 September 2021

3 September 2021
News in Brief
  • Afghanistan: ‘major’ crisis looming, UNHCR warns
  • Clean air improvements from COVID lockdowns confirmed: WMO
  • Iran must halt execution of Kurdish prisoner, rights experts urge
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3'41"
A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccination at a hospital in Kumasi, Ghana.
© UNICEF/Apagnawen Annankra

News in Brief 2 September 2021

2 September 2021
News in Brief
  • Africa set to miss key COVID-19 vaccination goal: WHO 
  • Tigray aid situation worsening, UN humanitarians warn
  • Dementia ‘not inevitable’ says WHO in prevention call 
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3'29"
A woman walks through water in an area affected by flooding in East Jakarta, Indonesia.
© UNICEF/Arimacs Wilander

News in Brief 1 September 2021

1 September 2021
News in Brief
  • Mu COVID-19 variant tracking latest: WHO
  • ILO: More than 4 billion people still lack social safety net
  • Climate hazards increased over past 50 years, UN agencies warn
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3'18"