News in Brief

A delegate casts their vote on a report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) at a Plenary meeting of the General Assembly.
UN Photo/Manuel Elías

News in Brief 13 January 2020

13 January 2020
News in Brief
  • Case of new China coronavirus surfaces in Thailand
  • Six countries lose voting rights in General Assembly
  • Yemen: Security Council renews mandate for UN Hudaydah Mission
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2'22"
Many women in the Dominican Republic of the Congo have been abandoned by husbands after being raped, owing to a belief that they carry misfortune.
OCHA/Otto Bakano

News in Brief 10 January 2020

10 January 2020
News in Brief
  • DR Congo killings ‘may amount to crimes against humanity’
  • A victory for forced displacement victims: UN refugee agency
  • UNHCR honoured with Olympic Cup
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3'37"
MINUSMA troops based in Kidal in the extreme north of Mali, ensure the security of the camp, and also the safety of the civilian population.
MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko

News in Brief 9 January 2020

9 January 2020
News in Brief
  • UN strongly condemns attack on Mali peacekeeping base
  • 2020 must be 'year of change' on refugee protection in Europe
  • UN envoy welcomes Russia-Turkey ceasefire call in Libya
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2'22"
UN Secretary-General António Guterres (file photo).
© UNESCO/Christelle Alix

News in Brief 8 January 2020

8 January 2020
News in Brief
  • UN chief continues engagement to avert Gulf war
  • International community supports aid delivery to West Darfur displaced
  • Livelivehood project in Pakistan to benefit Afghan refugees, host communities 
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3'12"
A seven-year-old girl gives water to her grandfather while he prays in a camp for internally displaced people in Darfur, Sudan.
© UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani

News in Brief 7 January 2020

7 January 2020
News in Brief
  • Humanitarian situation worsening in Syria's Idlib
  • UN chief concerned over latest Venezuela standoff
  • West Darfur clashes in Sudan displace 40,000
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2'29"
Firefighters in Queensland, Australia, tackle a blaze which is threatening local communities.
Queensland Fire and Emergency Services

News in Brief 6 January 2020

6 January 2020
News in Brief
  • Australia bushfires: UNICEF offers help
  • New shipping regulation cuts harmful sulphur oxide emissions
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3'24"
Fifteen-year-old Benson Etienne and his family escaped before their house collapsed in the hurricane-hit Marsh Harbour, in Abaco Island, Bahamas.
© UNICEF/Moreno Gonza

News in Brief 3 January 2020

3 January 2020
News in Brief
  • Latin America and Caribbean world's second most disaster-prone region
  • Humanitarians monitoring displacement following West Darfur clashes
  • Chef with UN climate project urges support for smallholder farmers
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3'11"
Bissau-Guineans voted for legislative elections
UNIOGBIS

News in Brief 2 January 2020

2 January 2020
News in Brief
  • UN envoy commends successful conclusion of Guinea-Bissau presidential election
  • UN kicks off 75th anniversary dialogues, everyone urged to ‘join the conversation’
  • Investing health works yields ‘triple dividend’, WHO chief says
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3'34"