News in Brief 4 August 2021
UN humanitarian chief ends Ethiopian mission amidst ‘heart-breaking’ devastation COVID-19 data shows global rise for…
UN humanitarian chief ends Ethiopian mission amidst ‘heart-breaking’ devastation COVID-19 data shows global rise for…
Young people in Beirut, which was devastated by an explosion in a warehouse at the…
The head of the UN health organization called on Wednesday for a moratorium on COVID-19…
COVID-19 infections have continued to rise globally for more than a month now, with over four million cases reported in…
UN human rights chief urges accountability for Beirut blasts, one year on Wide impact of…
Although laws in Iraq criminalize torture and set out procedural safeguards to prevent it, a new report…
More than 700 healthcare workers and patients have died, and more than 2,000 have been…
Debuting August 26, 2021. No Denying It, the UN climate action podcast, brings you the…
Libyan coastal road reopening welcomed by UN chief UN envoy concerned by increased violence in…
Capping years of deliberations, the UN General Assembly on Monday established a new platform to improve the…
The world football body, FIFA, launched a UN-backed campaign on Monday designed to raise awareness…
Two senior UN officials are urging Governments to make breastfeeding-friendly environments a priority, in line…
100,000 children in Tigray at risk of death from malnutrition: UNICEF Mercenaries must leave Libya…
Six months since the military coup in Myanmar, the UN and partners are doing their…
It’s been six months since the military coup in Myanmar where there’s grave concern over…
Cases and deaths resulting from COVID-19 continue to climb worldwide, mostly fuelled by the highly…
The continued recruitment and presence of mercenaries in Libya is impeding “progress in the peace…
A teenage girl who was sold for sex for the price of a few beers…
In this week’s show, a global deal to help get rid of plastic waste that’s…
More action against human trafficking needed urgently: UN chief Guterres Beirut: One year after blast, UNESCO…
After a near-halt of COVID-19 vaccine shipments in Africa, delivers have ramped up in recent months, the UN health…
Three UN agencies on Thursday welcomed $127 million in new funding from the World Bank…
A senior official with the World Health Organization (WHO) has highlighted the need for a…
People being plunged into poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in…
– COVID-19 infections rise 8 per cent in a week, Delta variant now in 132…
The UN health agency pointed out on Wednesday, World Hepatitis Day, that every 30 seconds a person dies from…
The UN health agency pointed out on Wednesday, World Hepatitis Day, that every 30 seconds a person dies from…
COVID-19 infections rose eight per cent last week to more than 3.8 million, the UN health agency reported on…
It has never been more urgent to recommit to the spirit and fundamental principles of…
Latest data this week from the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, reflects the highest civilian casualty numbers…
Rising concern over plight of Eritrean refugees in Tigray camps: UNHCR IOM: Dozens missing in…
A culture of “safety, friends and food” at school has been replaced by “anxiety, violence,…
While many countries are making progress in the fight against tobacco use, a new World…
The UN independent expert on the human rights situation in Myanmar on Tuesday called for a “COVID…
Rome UN Food Summit action call Nearly 200 nations start climate science negotiations online More…
An ancient temple in India and a “cultural landscape” in Spain have become two of the latest sites to be registered on the…
The world is waking up to the importance of mangroves, a senior UN official said on…
At least half a million children under five in drought-afflicted southern Madagascar are on the verge of acute…
Landmark elections in the Occupied Palestinian territory must be rescheduled soon and include East Jerusalem,…
Farmers, especially women and indigenous people, work tirelessly to put food on our tables. UN…
A “lack of global solidarity” including the hoarding of vaccines by richer nations as well…
Fears of famine persist in Ethiopia’s stricken Tigray region Thailand: Heritage status row over Kaeng…
In today’s show, solutions to child labour in Cambodia where one teenager has a dream;…
Africa: 7 in 10 countries to miss COVID19 vaccination targets Reversing biodiversity loss is worth…
Although new COVID-19 cases in Africa have slowed following an eight-week surge, this “small step…
Nearly half of the 1.7 million children worldwide living with HIV were not on treatment last…
Flood-hit China region saw a year’s worth of rain in under a week: WMO Liverpool’s…
Historic docklands and buildings in the UK city of Liverpool have been removed from the…
The head of the UN World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has welcomed the start…
Independent UN rights experts on Wednesday warned that hundreds of Venezuelan cancer patients could die because they…