humanitarian aid

News in Brief 1 June 2021

  • 90% are going hungry in Tigray, warns WFP
  • UNHCR urges great support for equitable COVID vaccines
  • Warmer temperatures soon as La Niña ends: WMO
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UN Catch-Up Dateline Geneva - New expo shakes up aid preconceptions, plus a roundup of the week's news

In this week’s 15-minute podcast we hear about a bold new exhibition at the Red Cross Museum in Geneva that’s looking to shake up preconceptions about what humanitarians do and should be doing, plus coverage of the week’s top stories, including the latest on the Mount Nyiragongo volcanic eruption

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15'36"

News in Brief 23 March 2021

  • UN rushes to help Cox’s Bazar refugees following massive blaze  
  • UN condemns deadly shelling of Syrian children and hospital workers 
  • Inventions boom in ‘assistive tech’ offers wider benefits for all 
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3'31"

UN rushes to help Cox’s Bazar refugees following massive blaze  

At least 15 people have died in a massive fire at a refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, home mainly to Rohingyas who fled neighbouring Myanmar, and 400 are still missing. 

That’s the latest on Tuesday from UN teams and refugee volunteers on the ground at Cox’s Bazaar, who need to rebuild quickly ahead of the upcoming monsoon, as UN Children’s Fund spokesperson James Elder, tells UN News’s Daniel Johnson. 

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4'29"

News in Brief 16 March 2021

  • Myanmar deaths have soared, warns UN rights office  
  • Violence and insecurity prompts $2.7 billion appeal for Nigeria and South Sudan 
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News in Brief 15 March 2021

  • Myanmar crisis: UN Special Envoy condemns ‘ongoing brutality’ 
  • Bachelet: South Sudan must hold supporters of community militias accountable 
  • Voices from Syria reflect on a decade of fighting and hopes for a peaceful future 
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News in Brief 12 March 2021

  • UN health agency backs AstraZeneca COVID vaccine amid blood clot concerns 
  • Nine in 10 Syrian children need help after a decade of war: UNICEF  
  • Somalia water shortages displace 83,000 people since November – OCHA 
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3'35"

News in Brief 11 March 2021

  • US death penalty must be abolished, rights experts urge President Biden 
  • South Sudan ‘home to tens of thousands of well-coordinated fighters’ 
  • Myanmar: UN Security Council strongly condemns violence against peaceful protesters 
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News in Brief 10 March 2021

  • World Food Programme chief issues urgent plea for peace in Yemen’s ‘hell’ 
  • ‘Global Champions’ call for urgent action on clean energy for all, by 2030 
  • COVID contributed to ‘starvation’, executions in DPR Korea, Rights Council hears 
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News in Brief 1 March 2021

  • Time running out to help 16 million Yemenis avoid disaster: Guterres 
  • Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana begin COVID-19 vaccinations for key healthcare workers 
  • Fate still unclear of ‘tens of thousands’ of civilian detainees in Syria 
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