G7 leaders have committed to making COVID-19 vaccines available to all people.

Janssen

News in Brief 31 March 2021

31 March 2021

COVID-19 infections and deaths continue rising globally
Concerns over Indonesia’s forced evictions at ‘New Bali’ resort
CAR: rights concerns alert over work of foreign military contractors

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Young boys collect water from UNICEF-supported a water point in east Aleppo City in Syria.

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News in Brief 30 March 2021

30 March 2021

Grave concern for women and children targeted in northern Mozambique
Syrians’ struggle is getting worse, not better, says UN’s Guterres
World leaders call for new international treaty to improve pandemic response

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The Qadi Askar neighbourhood of Aleppo in Syria has been extensively destroyed due to the decade-long conflict in the country.

© WFP/Jessica Lawson

News in Brief 29 March 2021

29 March 2021

Myanmar: condemnation for military’s ‘shameful, cowardly’ attacks on protesters
$10 billion Syria appeal looks to fulfil emergency and long-term needs
Stricken Suez ship afloat, but will cause 40 per cent hit on cargo volumes from Asia to Europe

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Eritrean children play in the Adi Harush refugee camp in Tigray, northern Ethiopia.

© UNHCR/Chris Melzer

News in Brief 26 March 2021

26 March 2021

Alert over Eritrea refugees after camps found destroyed in Ethiopia
100 million more children fail minimum reading proficiency because of COVID
Severe insecurity in Angola driving families to Nambia

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Migrant workers commute to their workplace in the Mandalay region. (file)

IOM/Ko Oo

News in Brief 25 March 2021

25 March 2021

Probe announced into alleged Tigray rights violations: UN rights office
Monday’s blaze uprooted more than 45,000 mostly ethnic Rohingya
Myanmar: UN expert urges emergency summit to head off deepening crisis

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A senior commander in the Malawi Defence Forces is vaccinated against COVID-19.

© UNICEF/Thoko Chikondi

News in Brief 24 March 2021

24 March 2021

Rise in global COVID19 infections for fourth week in a row
UN chief reaffirms solidarity with Niger, after second deadly attack
Top UN rights forum supports call for international action on Belarus, Myanmar

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IOM personnel at Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh. In the background are the tens of thousands of refugees displaced after the fire.

IOM Photo

News in Brief 23 March 2021

23 March 2021

UN rushes to help Cox’s Bazar refugees following massive blaze
UN condemns deadly shelling of Syrian children and hospital workers
Inventions boom in ‘assistive tech’ offers wider benefits for all

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A school of fish gathers off Lang Tengah Island in Malaysia.

Coral Reef Image Bank/Yen-Yi Lee

News in Brief 22 March 2021

22 March 2021

1.4 million TB sufferers lost out on treatment during first year of COVID-19
DR Congo abuses against civilians continue unabated: Bachelet
Oceans under threat like never before, warns World Meteorological Organization

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Mayangon Township in Yangon, Myanmar.

Thiri Myat

News in Brief 19 March 2021

19 March 2021

Scores of schools ‘reportedly occupied’ by security forces in Myanmar: UNICEF
No ‘fix’ to police violence, without tackling scourge in society
Concern over Belarus crackdown on disability rights activists

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Keisy's temperature is taken to be able to enter the school.

UNICEF Costa Rica/Priscilla Mora

News in Brief 18 March 2021

18 March 2021

Warmer weather is not a reason to relax COVID-19 control measures, UN agency urges
Natural disasters occurring three times more often than 50 years ago: FAO report
No winners but fewer losers in global economy from COVID than expected

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