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News in Brief 2 August 2021

  • Libyan coastal road reopening welcomed by UN chief
  • UN envoy concerned by increased violence in southwest Syria
  • Launch of #TheHumanRace UN-led campaign for climate action
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News in Brief 13 July 2021

  • Tigray aid convoy access call @WFP @WHO
  • WHO chief Tedros in new COVID-19 vaccination appeal
  • 270,000 Afghans newly displaced since January 2021: UNHCR
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News in Brief 10 June 2021

  • Tigray alert, with 350,000 at risk of famine
  • Nine in 10 African nations to miss COVID-19 vaccine targets
  • Europe COVID deaths continue downward trajectory
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“Serious human rights violations” continuing in South Sudan

“Serious human rights violations” are continuing in South Sudan and are more serious than previously thought according to a visiting UN Human Rights Commission.

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Warring parties urged to negotiate “a way out of hell” in Syria

The warring parties in Syria and the international community have been urged by the UN Secretary-General to negotiate “a way out of hell” for the people of the war-torn country.

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“Guns will not help” peace in South Sudan

“Guns will not help” to bring peace in South Sudan; that’s the view of one prominent elder in the world’s newest nation.

South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on 9 July 2011 in a referendum in which almost 99 per cent of the population voted to secede.

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Global appeal launched to end war in Syria

More than 120 humanitarian organizations and United Nations agencies have issued a joint appeal urging the world to unite and end the war in Syria.

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