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Kigonze camp in Bunia in the DRC's Ituri province is sheltering 14,000 internally displaced people. More than 6.3 million people are internally displaced across the country.

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News in Brief 8 September 2023

8 September 2023

DR Congo: One of the most dangerous places for children
UNHCR: Over 7 million refugee children out of school
UN Women: Around 340 million women and girls destined for extreme poverty by 2030

UN Secretary-General António Guterres (left) meets President Joko Widodo of Indonesia at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in the country's capital, Jakarta.

UN Indonesia/Lufty Ferdiansyah

News in Brief 07 September 2023

7 September 2023

Southeast Asia: ASEAN bloc has vital bridge building role says UN chief
Time to act together to slash deadly air pollution: Guterres
UNICEF: Children moving across Latin America, Caribbean, in record numbers

Developing countries, like Iraq (pictured) lack the resources to invest in recovery, climate action and the SDGs.

© WMO/Abbas Raad

News in Brief 06 September 2023

6 September 2023

Hottest summer on record: UN chief calls for ‘surge in action’
Sudan displacement tops five million: IOM
People of African descent face ‘immense challenges’ in public square: OHCHR

A child is weighed at a health clinic in Garowe, Somalia.

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News in Brief 05 September 2023

5 September 2023

Record civilian cluster munitions deaths as experts urge global ban
UN provides new funding boost for ‘neglected’ humanitarian crises
Concern over refugees and migrants attempting dangerous Darien Gap crossing: OHCHR

The villagers of Bisa are in a line ready to get clean and safe water facilitated by the United Nations peacekeepers from Tanzania under MINUSCA in the Central African Republic, distributed by means of vehicles.

TANBAT 6/Kaptain Mwijage Inyoma

News in Brief 4 September 2023

4 September 2023

Africa bears brunt of global warming it did little to cause: WMO
Sudan: ‘Dire’ health situation faces those on the run, $1 billion support package needed: UNHCR
Ukraine: ‘Immense challenges’ impede justice for war victims say rights experts

Cash distribution to displaced people in Balléyara, Niger.

© WFP Niger

News in Brief 01 September 2023

1 September 2023

Niger: IOM calls for humanitarian corridor to help stranded migrants
DR Congo: Concerns over use of force as dozens killed, injured at anti-UN protest
Haiti: Deadly violence shows no sign of abating

Activist Valdecir Nascimento at the Second session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

UN News/ Pauline Batista

News in Brief 31 August 2023

31 August 2023

Pervasive discrimination’ against people of African descent must stop: UN chief
Refusal to waive intellectual property for COVID-19 vaccines violates human rights in global South, experts say
‘Last line of defence’ against extinction: UNESCO World Heritage sites under climate change threat

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the impact on victims of enforced disappearances and their relatives.

Unsplash/Tao Yuan

News in Brief 30 August 2023

30 August 2023

Enforced disappearance: Experts urge justice for victims and an end to impunity
Sudan: Over 4.8 million displaced says IOM
WHO welcomes African States’ commitment to combat antimicrobial resistance

Psychological support is important for the future of Ukraine's children.

© UNICEF

News in Brief 29 August 2023

29 August 2023

Ukraine’s children fall behind in school as attacks on education rage on: UNICEF
Niger spirals into protection crisis post-military takeover: UNHCR
Hundreds of thousands trafficked into online criminality in southeast Asia: OHCHR

Protestors air their views on non-proliferation opposite UN Headquarters in New York. (file)

© ICAN/Seth Shelden

News in Brief 28 August 2023

28 August 2023

‘End nuclear testing forever’: UN chief
States must protect children’s right to a clean and healthy environment: independent experts
UN refugee chief hears ‘stories of fear and violence’ from those who fled Sudan

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