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A family in Gaza eats a meal amongst the rubble of their home.
© WFP/Ali Jadallah

News in Brief 19 April 2024

News in Brief
  • Pandemic experts express concern over avian influenza spread to humans 
  • Rights chief Türk urges peace for shattered DR Congo communities 
  • Fears of Middle East escalation undiminished amid ongoing violence
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Public health experts remain concerned about the spread of avian flu to humans.
© Unsplash/Obie Fernandez

News in Brief 18 April 2024

News in Brief
  • Pandemic experts express concern over avian influenza spread to humans 
  • Rights chief Türk urges peace for shattered DR Congo communities 
  • Fears of Middle East escalation undiminished amid ongoing violence
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A UN staff member surveys the widespread destruction in Khan Younis.
© UNOCHA/Themba Linden

News in Brief 17 April 2024

News in Brief
  • $2.8 billion flash appeal launched in support of three million across Gaza and West Bank
  • Violations of women’s reproductive health rights trigger rise in preventable deaths, says UNFPA
  • Lives depend on success of Cameroon emergency appeal: Humanitarians
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Over 10,000 women have been killed in the conflict in Gaza.
© UNRWA

News in Brief 16 April 2024

News in Brief
  • Gaza: No let up in deadly toll as rights chief calls for end to civilian suffering 
  • Ethiopia hunger rates focus of pledging forum: OCHA
  • UN migration agency calls for $112 million to save lives in Africa and Yemen 
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Khan Younis lies in ruins following the withdrawal of Israeli forces.
© UNOCHA/Themba Linden

News in Brief 15 April 2024

News in Brief
  • Gaza: Rights experts condemn AI role in destruction by Israeli military
  • Sudan crisis in international spotlight one year since war began
  • Grower taskforce mulls action to tackle spike in plant pests
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A shredded UN flag flies over a destroyed school building in Khan Younis.
© UNOCHA/Themba Linden

News in Brief 12 April 2024

News in Brief
  • Gaza: No improvement in aid access to north, insists senior UN aid official 
  • Sudan facing looming famine, warn humanitarians
  • Ukraine war leaves 3.3 million in dire need on frontlines: IOM 
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Destruction of a residential block in the Al-Shaboura neighborhood in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip
UN News/Ziad Taleb

News in Brief 8 April 2024

News in Brief
  • Palestine UN membership in spotlight amid Rafah invasion fears 
  • Attacks on Ukrainian nuclear facilities ‘must cease immediately’: UN atomic watchdog
  • Healthcare ‘inaccessible’ for displaced people, warns UN migration agency 
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefs the media outside the Security Council on the situation in Gaza.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

News in Brief 5 April 2024

News in Brief
  • Israel must allow ‘quantum leap’ in aid delivery UN chief urges, calling for change in military strategy
  • Sudan: UN food agency convoy reaches Darfurs for first time in months
  • Global deployment of rapid diagnostic tests to boost fight against cholera
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