News in Brief

A mother holds her one-year-old son, who is suffering from malnutrition, at a health centre in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia.
© UNICEF/Mulugeta Ayene

News in Brief 30 July 2021

30 July 2021
News in Brief
  • 100,000 children in Tigray at risk of death from malnutrition: UNICEF
  • Mercenaries must leave Libya to pave way for peace, elections – UN experts
  • Rights expert urges governments to crack down on hate speech and crimes targeting Roma
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Elisabeth was a young girl when she was trafficked, and raped by a man.
© IOM 2021/Lauriane Wolfe

News in Brief 29 July 2021

29 July 2021
News in Brief
  • More action against human trafficking needed urgently: UN chief Guterres
  • Beirut: One year after blast, UNESCO echoes solidarity call
  • COVID-19 vaccine shipments boost for Africa, WHO announces
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An older man in Peru receives a COVID-19 vaccination.
© UNICEF/Jose Vilca

News in Brief 28 July 2021

28 July 2021
News in Brief

– COVID-19 infections rise 8 per cent in a week, Delta variant now in 132 countries
– Myanmar: Rights expert calls for ‘COVID ceasefire’, urges UN action 
– Cornerstone treaty of refugee protection turns 70 

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In Malawi, some students have been going to school amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
© UNICEF/Malumbo Simwaka

News in Brief 27 July 2021

27 July 2021
News in Brief
  • Rising concern over plight of Eritrean refugees in Tigray camps: UNHCR
  • IOM: Dozens missing in #Libya shipwreck
  • 600 million children not in school because of COVID-19, reports UNICEF
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Air pollution from power plants contributes to global warming.
Unsplash/Maxim Tolchinskiy

News in Brief 26 July 2021

26 July 2021
News in Brief
  • Rome UN Food Summit action call
  • Nearly 200 nations start climate science negotiations online
  • More women and children killed and wounded in Afghan conflict than ever
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Road cyclist and Tokyo 2020 Refugee Olympic Team member Masomah Ali Zada, originally from Afghanistan, trains near her home in Lille, France.
© UNHCR/Benjamin Loyseau

News in Brief 23 July 2021

23 July 2021
News in Brief
  • Fears of famine persist in Ethiopia’s stricken Tigray region
  • Thailand: Heritage status row over Kaeng Krachan national park
  • Tokyo Olympians’ message of hope for world’s displaced
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A volunteer carer called Trinity is working in a COVID-19 field hospital in Nasrec, Johannesburg.
IMF/James Oatway

News in Brief 22 July 2021

22 July 2021
News in Brief
  • Africa: 7 in 10 countries to miss COVID19 vaccination targets
  • Reversing biodiversity loss is worth $1.4 trillion a year: FAO chief
  • Togo joins international bid to end statelessness
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Emergency workers rescue an elderly person in Xuchang, in China's Henan Province.
China Fire and Rescue

News in Brief 21 July 2021

21 July 2021
News in Brief
  • Flood-hit China region saw a year’s worth of rain in under a week: WMO
  • Liverpool’s historic waterfront removed from UNESCO World Heritage List
  • WHO chief backs Tokyo Olympic Games’ ‘power to inspire’
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Two women check industrial looms in a rug factory in Mongolia.
ILO Photo

News in Brief 19 July 2021

19 July 2021
News in Brief
  • Fewer women than men will regain work during COVID-19 recovery: ILO
  • Myanmar: ‘Terror campaign’ targets rights defenders, UN experts say
  • Mali: surge in attacks on 'slave' workers
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Street scenes in Havana, Cuba (File)
Unsplash/Jennifer Chen

News in Brief 16 July 2021

16 July 2021
News in Brief
  • Cuba: Bachelet calls for release of detained protesters, urges dialogue
  • Deadly flooding in Europe and heatwaves highlight need for climate action: WMO
  • DRCongo’s Beni city attacked for first time in 2 years: UNHCR
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