World Health Organization (WHO) Ebola response staff arrive in Komanda in Ituri province, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in January 2019.

WHO/Lindsay Mackenzie

News in Brief 28 June 2019

28 June 2019

Ebola fight ongoing amid evidence of ‘several massacres’ in DRC’s Ituri province
Earth is set to experience its five warmest years on record
One migrant child reported dead or missing every day, UN calls for more protection

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In Tijuana, Mexico, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore meets with a young mother and her child who fled their home town in Mexico after facing extortion threats. (June 2019)

© UNICEF/Balam-ha Carrillo

News in Brief 27 June 2019

27 June 2019

After Rio Grande drownings, UNICEF chief highlights ‘dire’ detention centres on US-Mexico border
UN panel appeals to Mexico to release two men held in arbitrary detention for years
Hundreds of millions of people no longer at risk of blindness infection trachoma: WHO

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High Commissioner for UNHCR Fillipo Grandi Speaks to the media. (file)

UN Photo/Mark Garten

News in Brief 26 June 2019

26 June 2019

Tragic image of drowned father and child in Rio Grande spurs migration debate
UN should lead criminal investigation into Khashoggi killing, says rights investigator
Two-thirds of global drug deaths now from opioids: UN drugs report

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A man walks on the desert road between the Dakhla Refugee Camp and Awsaard Refugee Camp.

UN Photo/Evan Schneider

News in Brief 25 June 2019

25 June 2019

‘Immediate’ moratorium call, on use of surveillance technology
20,000 migrants rescued in Sahara since 2016
Concern over slow decline of malnutrition in India

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Displaced children and adults are seen after fleeing from ISIL-controlled areas in rural Raqqa, Syria, to Ain Issa, the main staging point for displaced families, some 50 Km north of Raqqa city.

UNICEF/Soulaiman (file)

News in Brief 24 June 2019

24 June 2019

ISIL families detained in ‘sub-standard conditions’, says UN rights chief
Displacement challenges ‘cannot be done alone’
New UN agriculture agency chief hails from China

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Flour is delivered by the World Food Programme to Khudaish Camp in Yemen on 13 June, 2019.

WFP/Mohammed Awadh

News in Brief 21 June 2019

21 June 2019

UN food agency begins partial pull-out of aid to opposition-held Yemen capital
Central African Republic food crisis should be wake-up call to global community
DPRK at crossroads as UN independent investigator sees no improvement in people’s rights

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Ahmed Soliman doing the Tree pose.

Ahmed Soliman

News in Brief 20 June 2019

20 June 2019

UN health agency flags ‘critical funding gap’ for the Ebola response
Teachers ‘unprepared for traumatized migrant and refugee students’, UNESCO reports
Yoga celebrated around the world

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UNHCR Chief Filippo Grandi meets formerly displaced mother Wafa’a, 34, in Al Qadam, Damascus. Wafa’a is the head of a household that includes two-year-old Mahmoud (pictured), his two siblings and their grandmother. (7 March 2019)

© UNHCR/Andrew McConnell

News in Brief 19 June 2019

19 June 2019

Saudi Arabia ‘responsible’ for Khashoggi death, Crown Prince must be investigated: Independent UN expert
Doubling of displaced people over the last 20 years, says UN refugee agency
South Korea sends food aid to North

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Massive internal displacement in Kalemie province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

© UNHCR/Colin Delfosse

News in Brief 18 June 2019

18 June 2019

300,000 flee flare-up of ethnic violence in north-eastern DRC
Sudden death of Egypt’s former President Morsi must be investigated: UN human rights
Kuwait and Pakistan confirmed as having hottest temperatures on earth recorded

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UNHCR staff distribute aid to internally displaced people in Aden after heavy rains hit the city. (10 June 2019)

© UNHCR/NMO

News in Brief 17 June 2019

17 June 2019

Yemen: end food diversions to save lives, urges WFP chief
India to replace China as most populous nation: new UN report
Plastic pollution: 10-fold increase in 40 years

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