News in Brief

UNAMID, in collaboration with the North Darfur Committee on Women, organised an open day session on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security in North Darfur.
UNAMID/Albert González Farran

News in Brief 30 July 2020

30 July 2020
News in Brief
  • UN chief appeals for resolution to Darfur violence
  • Acute hunger likely hitting 6 in 10 Zimbabweans
  • COVID increasing 'dehumanising' discrimination against Roma
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3'36"
IOM Libya staff assist migrants at a disembarkation point in Tripoli, Libya.
IOM

News in Brief 29 July 2020

29 July 2020
News in Brief
  • African migrants, refugees, abused throughout journeys
  • 300 million fewer tourists due to COVID: WTO
  • Peaceful assembly defined by UN rights committee
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4'6"
Cultivating a field in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
FAO

News in Brief 28 July 2020

28 July 2020
News in Brief
  • Jailed DPRK women forced home, 'face grevious abuse'
  • COVID likely not seasonal, WHO warns
  • Desert Locust upsurge tamed in Kenya
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3'49"
A health worker distributes hygiene supplies to a family in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
UN Women/Fahad Kaizer

News in Brief 27 July 2020

27 July 2020
News in Brief
  • 'Hard choices' ahead on COVID warns WHO
  • Rights to water and sanitation are key: UN experts
  • Good news on hepatitis B
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3'43"
Land surface temperatures in Siberia in June 2020 were hotter than average for the same period from 2003-2018.
NASA Earth Observatory

News in Brief 24 July 2020

24 July 2020
News in Brief
  • Arctic on fire, shows need for climate action
  • US protests should be free of violence fears
  • Push for peace in Mali: UN rights experts
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3'23"
On 23 April 2020, a child washes dishes in the Maarat Misrin camp north of Idlib, Syrian Arab Republic.
© UNICEF/Omar Albam

News in Brief 23 July 2020

23 July 2020
News in Brief
  • COVID threats and opportunities for Arab region: Guterres
  • Temporary Basic Income proposal: UNDP
  • School funding boost for 900,000 youngsters
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3'43"
A displaced woman stands in the doorway of her shelter with her young children in Ibb city, Yemen.
IOM/Olivia Headon

News in Brief 22 July 2020

22 July 2020
News in Brief
  • 'Alarming levels' of food insecurity in Yemen
  • 40 million pre-schoolers locked out by COVID
  • Rights experts call for Tanzania to end crackdown
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A doctor treats a patient while wearing PPE to stop COVID-19 transmission in an IOM-supported health centre in Aden City, Yemen.
IOM/Rami Ibrahim

News in Brief 21 July 2020

21 July 2020
News in Brief
  • Yemen: COVID linked to more IDPs
  • Deforestation slowing, but not enough: FAO
  • Rights experts call for Ethiopia protest probe
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4'
UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivers the annual Nelson Mandela Lecture.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

News in Brief 20 July 2020

20 July 2020
News in Brief
  • Keynote Guterres speech slams inequality
  • Alarm raised over AC units and carbon emissions
  • Scale of COVID crisis in Sudan unknown
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3'28"
Somali refugee children at Dadaab, Kenya, where WFP is providing emergency food aid.
Photo: WFP/Rose Ogola

News in Brief 17 July 2020

17 July 2020
News in Brief
  • $10.3 billion UN appeal to stave off starvation
  • Rights expert welcomes UK court decision on 'ISIL teenager'
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3'42"