News in Brief

Somali women and girls wait to be seen at health clinic that treats civilians affected by extremist group Al-Shabaab in and around Mogadishu.
UN Photo/Stuart Price

News in Brief 31 August 2020

31 August 2020
News in Brief
  • Generations of progress for women and girls at risk due to COVID
  • Sudan peace agreement hailed by UN Darfur mission chief
  • Senior UN official condemns burning of Koran in Sweden
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Denis Mukwege, Director and Founder of Panzi General Referral Hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

News in Brief 28 August 2020

28 August 2020
News in Brief
  • UN Human Rights chief appeals for DR Congo "hero" Dr. Denis Mukwege amid surge in death threats
  • New shootings violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin shows need for better gun control, the UN Human Rights office, OHCHR, urges
  • Hurricane Laura just a taste of things to come, warns WMO Spokesperson
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Schools reopened across the Democratic Republic of the Congo on August 10.
© UNICEF/Jean-Claude Wenga

News in Brief 27 August 2020

27 August 2020
News in Brief
  • UN rights office highlights concern at targeted killings during Iraqi protests 
  • One in three children missed out on remote learning when COVID-19 shuttered schools 
  • Togo becomes first African nation to be declared free of sleeping sickness 
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A woman holds her child in Balukhali refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar.
UN Women/Allison Joyce

News in Brief 26 August 2020

26 August 2020
News in Brief
  • Rohingya suffering must be acted on urgently, says UN’s Guterres
  • Polio eradication a cause for global celebration, UN health agency
  • Afghanistan’s warring parties should do whatever it takes to avoid COVID-induced poverty
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Newly arrived returnees take the rapid COVID-19 test at the Simon Bolivar International Bridge, on the border with Colombia.
OCHA/Gema Cortes

News in Brief 25 August 2020

25 August 2020
News in Brief
  • COVID-19 reinfection seems not to be a ‘regular event’, says UN health agency 
  • US on standby from hurricane Laura - WMO  
  • Don’t forget the Rohingya amid monsoon flooding: WFP 
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Children in Côte d'Ivoire wear face masks as they return to school after temporary closures due to COVID-19.
© UNICEF/Frank Dejongh

News in Brief 24 August 2020

24 August 2020
News in Brief
  • As schools prepare to open in Europe, WHO advises on facemask use by children 
  • Bolivia: UN human rights chief urges structural changes to prevent crises  
  • Imprisoned activists in Egypt at grave risk of COVID-19: human rights experts 
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Sonia Almassad, a Field Programme Officer from Syria, with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Yemen.
© UNOCHA

News in Brief 21 August 2020

21 August 2020
News in Brief
  • Yemen: 300,000 people lose homes, livelihoods in catastrophic flooding  
  • One in two children show signs of trauma, stress after Beirut blast, says UN Children’s Fund 
  • Russian dissident must get the care he needs after suspected poisoning: UN rights office 
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Digital connectivity, in places like India, is indispensable to overcome the pandemic, and for a sustainable and inclusive recovery.
United Nations/Chetan Soni

News in Brief 20 August 2020

20 August 2020
News in Brief
  • Guterres makes urgent call to enact post-COVID sustainable recovery  
  • New sea tragedy underscores need to scale up rescue in the Mediterranean
  • Libya’s COVID-19 cases see 15-fold spike in under two months 
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UN humanitarian officials crossed from Turkey into Syria's Idlib province to assess the needs of displaced communities.
UNOCHA

News in Brief 19 August 2020

19 August 2020
News in Brief
  • Libya: Rights chief Bachelet appoints independent investigators
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina should recognise sex crime survivors’ rights
  • Ordinary people are the real-life humanitarian heroes: Guterres
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A family in Kaya, Burkina Faso's Sanmatenga Province having a meal after receiving their ration from WFP.
WFP/Mahamady Ouedraogo

News in Brief 18 August 2020

18 August 2020
News in Brief
  • Death Valley reading, likely record highest temperature since 1931 
  • Sahel protection crisis sees one million displaced in Burkina Faso
  • Halt all evictions until COVID-19 pandemic ends
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