News in Brief

News in Brief 30 August 2019

  • 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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News in Brief 29 August 2019

  • ‘Dramatic resurgence’ of measles threatens Europe
  • From the epicenter of nuclear explosions
  • Colombia guarantees equal recognition to persons with disabilities
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News in Brief 28 August 2019

  • Funding shortfall in Iraq
  • Social media’s Pinterest steps up to combat vaccination misinformation 
  • A positive step for indigenous women
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News in Brief 27 August 2019

  • Child labour case highlights ‘widespread’ abuse in Nepal: rights experts
  • DR Congo’s Goma passes key 21-day period without Ebola transmission: WHO
  • We must bring era of nuclear tests to an end, urges Guterres
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News in Brief 26 August 2019

  • UN chief calls for more concrete action in response to the ‘climate emergency’
  • UN food relief agency calls for additional funding in Central African Republic 
  • Young migrant’s death should prompt Athens to move other youngsters to safety: UNHCR
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News in Brief 23 August 2019

  • School closures triple in Central and Western Africa as education comes under fire
  • Sudan flash-floods leave 54 dead, nearly 200,000 affected: OCHA
  • Ebola outbreak spreading but intensity of transmission has fallen: WHO
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News in Brief 22 August 2019

  • Honouring victims of religious-based violence
  • New climate reality in Asia and the Pacific
  • UN chief condemns Burkina Faso violence

 

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News in Brief 21 August 2019

  • Lack of funds forces UN to close Yemen aid programmes
  • UN chief expresses concern at ‘new wave of human suffering’ in last Syrian rebel-held city
  • Somalia security remains a concern, head of UN Mission warns Security Council
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News in Brief 20 August 2019

  • Aden escalation ‘clear sign’ that Yemen conflict must end, UN envoy
  • Deadly airstrikes displace thousands of civilians in Libya oasis town: OCHA
  • Venezuela: UNICEF seeks $70 million to aid 900,000 children
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News in Brief 19 August 2019

  • Afghanistan bloodshed mars 100 years of independence
  • World Humanitarian Day honours life-saving contribution of women aid workers
  • UN renews call to Yemen’s warring parties to down weapons
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