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The United Nations has strongly condemned the assassination of an Ecuadorian presidential candidate and has urged the authorities to investigate the crime.

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News in Brief 11 August 2023

11 August 2023

UN condemns killing of presidential candidate in Ecuador
FAO: “Sudan most food insecure country on the planet”
UN human rights office warns against execution in Vietnam

A young girl and her cousin walk through the streets of a village in southern Niger.

© UNICEF/Islamane Abdou

News in Brief 10 August 2023

10 August 2023

UN chief calls for Niger’s president’s immediate release over health concerns
IOM, UNHCR, UNICEF: States must step up search and rescue efforts in Mediterranean
China: UN experts demand information on nine imprisoned human rights defenders

Malatya, Türkiye was one of the towns affected by the earthquake

© UNOCHA/Karina Sonmez

News in Brief 09 August 2023

9 August 2023

UN: Deal reached with Syria to reopen main border crossing from Turkiye
UN chief calls for elimination of nuclear weapons on Nagasaki anniversary
UNRWA returns to Ein El Hilweh camp after armed clashes

Sudanese refugees collect food aid at the Zabout refugee Camp in Chad.

© WFP/Marie-Helena Laurent

News in Brief 08 August 2023

8 August 2023

UNHCR warn of looming cholera and malaria outbreaks in Sudan
UN investigators: surging war crimes in Myanmar
WHO says India-made syrup contaminated

Noor Khatoon, 22, feeds her goats next to her house in Moosa Jessear village, Sindh Province.

© UNICEF/Juan Haro

News in Brief 07 August 2023

7 August 2023

UNICEF: 76% of children in South Asia face extreme heat
Haiti: UNICEF says spike in kidnappings of children and women
WHO calls for effective international action against biological weapons

A maize storage facility in Uganda.

© FAO/Sumy Sadurni

News in Brief 04 August 2023

4 August 2023

UN human rights close office in Uganda
OCHA: Spike in settler violence against Palestinian communities
Wheat and rice see price rise hikes in July, warn UN food economists

Every day at the Bulukat transit centre, UNFPA holds sessions on the threat of gender-based violence. Some 85 people attended this one, where they also learned about the services and support available to survivors.

© UNFPA Sudan

News in Brief 03 August 2023

3 August 2023

FAO raises alarm on escalating food crisis in Sudan
Colombia: UN Mission to monitor ceasefire with ELN rebel group
UN: Solutions needed to situation in Darien Gap

Sudanese refugees build a shelter at the Zabout refugee Camp in Goz Beida, Chad.

WFP/Marie-Helena Laurent

News in Brief 02 August 2023

2 August 2023

IOM: Four million displaced from Sudan conflict
UN demands immediate end to expulsion of migrants from Tunisia
UNEP: Earth Overshoot Day shows nature can only deliver so much

A mother in southern Malawi breastfeeds her six-month-old daughter.

© UNICEF/Thoko Chikondi

News in Brief 01 August 2023

1 August 2023

Supportive workplaces key to achieve global breastfeeding targets
Agencies warn against South Sudan food crisis
Pakistan: Security Council condemns 'heinous' suicide bombing on Sunday

WHO says that global health expenditure and loss of productivity due to tobacco equates to $1.4 trillion annually.

Unsplash/Mathew MacQuarrie

News in Brief 31 July 2023

31 July 2023

WHO highlights need for more protective measures against tobacco
UN condemns seizure of power by force in Niger
IPCC Head warns against overstating the threat of warming

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