Timor-Leste

Visitors throw white flowers into Rio de la Plata as a symbol of respect at the Parque de la Memoria during a memorial in Buenos Aires to the victims of Argentina's so-called "Dirty War". (2016)
UN Photo/Mark Garten

Friday's Daily Brief: Refugee children missing out on school, Ebola in Uganda, Fresh violence in Yemen, 20 years of Timor-Leste independence, Enforced disappearances

30 August 2019
Humanitarian Aid

A recap of Friday's stories: Over half of refugee children missing an education; new Ebola case in Uganda; funding gap in Yemen leaves many at risk; Timor-Leste marks 20th anniversary of independence, enforced disappearances spread terror

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi meets with Rohingya refugee children at a mental health programme in Kutupalong camp in Bangladesh. (April 2019)
© UNHCR/Will Swanson

News in Brief 30 August 2019

30 August 2019
News in Brief
  • More than half of world’s refugee children ‘do not get an education’, warns UNHCR
  • WHO confirms new Ebola case in Uganda
  • Guterres hails Timor-Leste on the 20th anniversary of 1999 ‘independence’ poll
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