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A man holding a baby walks amid the rubble of his destroyed neighbourhood in Gaza.
© UNRWA/Ashraf Amra

News in Brief 29 February 2024

News in Brief
  • ‘Carnage’ in Gaza must end, UN rights chief tells Human Rights Council
  • Risks from climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss are real
  • UN chief “committed” to Sudan as UNITAMS mission ends
Audio Duration
3'52"
A man cooks food for his children over a wood fire in front of his destroyed home in al-Rimal neighuborhood, west of Gaza City.
© UNICEF/Omar Al-Qattaa

News in Brief 28 February 2024

News in Brief
  • Gaza: Famine imminent without more aid relief, warn UN humanitarians 
  • All parties to Gaza crisis may have committed war crimes: UN rights chief 
  • Aid agencies underscore need to help Ethiopians brought low by climate, war and disease 
Audio
4'7"
Al-Awda square (in the center of Rafah, south of Gaza), where Al-Bahr Street has turned into a crowded market. 1.5 million Palestinians now live in Rafah that used to be home for around 250,000 people.
UN News/Ziad Taleb

News in Brief 26 February 2024

News in Brief
  • With eyes on Gaza, UN chief launches rights protection pledge 
  • UN migration agency teams up with top manufacturer against ‘slave’ labour 
  • Russian anti-war campaigner’s harassment reflects pressure on judiciary: top rights expert
Audio
3'37"
Palestinians remain on the move as the conflict in Gaza continues.
© UNICEF/Eyad El Baba

News in Brief 22 February 2024

News in Brief
  • Shock and desperation throughout Gaza, Security Council hears
  • Horrific war in Ukraine will be felt ‘for generations’ warns rights chief
  • UNHCR welcomes AU Protocol to end scourge of statelessness
Audio Duration
3'6"
UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the Munich Security Conference in Germany.
United Nations/Stephanie Tremblay

News in Brief 16 February 2024

News in Brief
  • Guterres calls for a ‘global order that works for everyone’
  • UN human rights office ‘appalled’ by Alexei Navalny’s death in prison
  • Lack of social protection puts 1.4 billion children at risk
Audio
3'32"