News in Brief

SOS Méditerranée/Anthony Jean

News in Brief 4 May 2021

4 May 2021
News in Brief
  • El Salvador top court dismissals: human rights chief
  • UNHCR urges Europeans to show more solidarity with Mediterranean migrants
  • ‘Joy’ in South Sudan as schools reopen across country after 14 months - UNICEF
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UN Photo/Stuart Price

News in Brief 3 May 2021

3 May 2021
News in Brief
  • E-commerce’s dramatic rise fuelled by COVID-19 restrictions: UNCTAD
  • Press freedom 'a cornerstone of democracy' says UN chief
  • UN migration agency launches appeal to support COVID-19 shots in East Africa
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3'3"
© WFP/Fenoarisoa Ralaiharinony

News in Brief 30 April 2021

30 April 2021
News in Brief
  • Southern Madagascar on 'periphery' of famine: WFP
  • Top UN Middle East official calls for new and timely Palestinian elections
  • Chad: human rights office profoundly disturbed over violence against protesters
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3'11"
UNFICYP/Katarina Zahorska

News in Brief 29 April 2021

29 April 2021
News in Brief
  • I’ll fight for every Cypriot, says UN chief, as informal talks end
  • UNFPA regret over UK $180 million funding cut
  • Hostilities flare in NE Syria forcing 20,000 to flee Qamishli city
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3'17"
MINUSCA / Herve Serefio

News in Brief 28 April 2021

28 April 2021
News in Brief
  • More than 370,000 children in Central African Republic displaced: UNICEF
  • UN rights experts urge Nigeria to release humanist Mubarak Bala
  • Latest COVID-19 data show cases rising for ninth week in a row
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3'32"
UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré

News in Brief 27 April 2021

27 April 2021
News in Brief
  • UN chief ‘realistic’ about Cyprus informal talks in Geneva
  • Key workers need more protections in COVID era: ILO
  • Myanmar expert appeals for junta head to honour ceasefire pledge
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2'34"
PAHO/Karina Zambrana

News in Brief 26 April 2021

26 April 2021
News in Brief
  • Mass vaccination bid unveiled by UN and partners
  • Cyprus delegates head to Geneva for fresh talks
  • UN stands with Iraqi hospital blaze victims and families
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2'42"
IOM/Hussein Ben Mosa

News in Brief 23 April 2021

23 April 2021
News in Brief
  • 130 drown after shipwreck off Libyan coast
  • UN convoy delivers vital aid across Ukraine contact line
  • More than a million Tigray displaced in desperate need
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3'56"
UNICEF/Kaung Htet

News in Brief 22 April 2021

22 April 2021
News in Brief
  • ‘Rising hunger and desperation’ in Myanmar, warns WFP
  • COVID jabs from UN-partnered COVAX scheme arrive in Syria
  • Climate change disasters cause twice as much displacement as conflict, violence: UNHCR
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2'40"
UN News/Daniel Dickinson

News in Brief 21 April 2021

21 April 2021
News in Brief
  • Michelle Bachelet on ‘momentous’ guilty verdict in George Floyd case
  • More than 5.2 million cases of COVID-19 infection in a week: WHO
  • A malaria-free future is possible: Guterres
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3'2"