News in Brief

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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3'9"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
© 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"
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"
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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3'44"
© 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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3'25"