World News in Brief
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Climate Change
World News in Brief: Sand and dust storm scourge, Mali humanitarian update, moving education online
Dust levels worldwide decreased slightly in 2023 the UN’s weather and climate agency said on Friday, but they are still…
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Peace and Security
World News in Brief: Concern mounts over fate of El Fasher, call for consensus over South Sudan elections, indigenous rights in Brazil
UN humanitarians “remain gravely concerned” over the daily fighting that continues to rage in and around the Sudanese city of…
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Peace and Security
World News in Brief: Doha talks on Afghanistan, human rights in Belarus, Rohingya refugees in India, global trade rises
The UN’s top political affairs official on Tuesday reiterated that human rights, especially the rights of Afghan women and girls,…
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Human Rights
World News in Brief: UN responds to Bangladesh floods, sports and human rights, polio vaccination in Angola
The UN emergency food relief agency is providing vital assistance to communities affected by the severe flooding in northeast Bangladesh,…
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Humanitarian Aid
World News in Brief: Burkina Faso, refugees and climate change, Afghan women deserve seat in Doha: CEDAW
Resources are desperately needed to ramp up aid supplies for Burkina Faso, a landlocked country in West Africa, which is…
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Human Rights
World News in Brief: Trafficking victims need more support, deadly risks of inactivity, executions in Iraq
Victims of people-trafficking need more countries to respect international law and protect them, but thousands continue to die along land…
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Peace and Security
World News in Brief: UN expert welcomes Assange release, more ICC warrants issued over Ukraine, Human Rights Council updates
The release of Julian Assange “is a very good outcome” to the long-running case, the UN independent expert on torture…
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Human Rights
World News in Brief: Guterres condemns terror attacks in Dagestan, call to end ‘war on drugs’, women Heads of State
The UN Secretary-General has condemned Sunday’s terror attacks against several churches and synagogues in Russia’s mainly-Muslim Dagestan region, with the…
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Humanitarian Aid
World News in Brief: UNHCR rushes support to Rohingyas, end ‘normalisation’ of prostitution, Zambia’s devastating drought
Deadly monsoon landslides in southern Bangladesh have destroyed over 1,200 shelters and displaced around 2,000 ethnic Rohingya from neighbouring Myanmar…
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Humanitarian Aid
World News in Brief: Women doing ‘inspirational’ work in Gaza, huge increase in Haiti displacement, Uyghur rights in China
UN aid coordination office (OCHA) said on Wednesday that Gazans continue to be displaced due to active fighting and bombardment.…
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