News in Brief

Sudanese women walk in a safe zone in Um Baru, North Darfur. (file)
UNAMID/Hamid Abdulsalam

News in Brief 22 January 2021

22 January 2021
News in Brief
  • Guterres hails entry into force of treaty seeking nuclear weapons ban 
  • Darfur’s health centres ‘unable to cope’ with intercommunal violence 
  • Migrants need fair access to COVID-19 vaccine, say UN Special Rapporteurs 
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Restoring natural habitats as pictured here in Cuba will help to slow down climate change
UNDP

News in Brief 21 January 2021

21 January 2021
News in Brief
  • US commitment to rejoin key climate deal welcomed by UN’s Guterres
  • US plans to re-engage with World Health Organization  
  • Top US medical adviser announces intention to resume major role in global health
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2'59"
There were just 47 survivors when a boat carrying over 120 people, capsized off the Libyan coast on Thursday.
IOM/Hussein Ben Mosa

News in Brief 20 January 2021

20 January 2021
News in Brief
  • Central Mediterranean: 43 die in first shipwreck for the year, IOM and UNHCR report
  • Violence disrupting main supply chain in Central African Republic
  • UN agencies concerned over worsening humanitarian crisis in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
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3'29"
The coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford has been approved for use in the UK.
University of Oxford/John Cairns

News in Brief 19 January 2021

19 January 2021
News in Brief
  • UN health agency underlines dangers of ‘vaccinationalism’ over COVID-19 
  • Mass protest calls in Haiti, raise spectre of fresh rights violations 
  • UN mourns peacekeepers killed in continuing Central African Republic violence 
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3'18"
UNAMID conducts an exercise across North and West Darfur. (file)
UN Photo/Albert González Farran

News in Brief 18 January 2021

18 January 2021
News in Brief
  • UN chief urges restoration of law and order after Darfur killings 
  • Libya talks in Geneva break deadlock with agreement on interim leadership deal 
  • UN rights office calls for release of Russian dissident Navalny 
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2'30"
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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3'28"
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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3'9"
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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3'23"
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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