News in Brief - 2024

This is the News in Brief, with the following top stories on Tuesday, 29 March 2022:

- Ukraine war could create widespread food insecurity, warns FAO
- UN’s atomic watchdog chief in Ukraine to support nuclear power plants
- Dire impact from floods in South Sudan as new wet season looms

Audio: Daniel Johnson, UN News - Geneva
Photo: Canoes have become the only means of transport for residents of Old Fangak, South Sudan. © UNHCR/Samuel Otieno

News in Brief - 29 March 2022 - Ukraine war, food insecurity, and South Sudan flooding

•	Gazans on tenterhooks awaiting news of ceasefire call 
•	Ukraine landmine contamination still having global economic impact
•	DR Congo conflict driving record levels of displacement, hunger


Audio Credit: Shanaé Harte, UN News
Audio Duration: 4'5"
Photo Credit: © Unsplash/Brett Wharton

News in Brief - 1 May 2024 - Gaza, Ukraine and DR Congo

•	Rafah exodus reaches 360,000 as UN issues $2.8 billion aid appeal for Gaza, West Bank
•	Ukraine: aid teams warn as Russian offensive in Kharkiv heightens displacement fears
•	Countless lives at stake in Sudan’s El Fasher, warn UN aid teams


Audio Credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News
Audio: 3'43"
Photo Credit: UN News / Ziad Taleb

News in Brief - 13 May 2024 - Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan

•	450,000 Gazans now uprooted from Rafah as Israeli bombardment continues
•	Ukraine: UN rights office expresses deep concern over Russia’s eastern offensive 
•	Afghanistan flood disaster is not an anomaly, warns UN World Food Programme


Audio Credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News
Audio: 4'36"
Photo Credit: © UNRWA

News in Brief -14 May 2024 - Gaza, Ukraine and Afghanistan

•	Gaza: underweight babies, heavy fighting and more displacement
•	Sudan alert as civilians remain trapped in war zone
•	Saudi Arabia violated rights of religious scholar, UN rights experts warn

Audio Credit: Shanaé Harte, UN News
Audio: 3'58"
Photo Credit: © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba

News in Brief - 15 May 2024 - Gaza, Sudan and Saudi Arabia

•	Guterres repeats call to Israel to halt Rafah assault as aid stocks dwindle  
•	Global temperature record streak continues: WMO
•	Türk welcomes 20-year jail sentence for Gambian ex-minister for crimes against humanity

Audio Credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News
Audio Duration: 3'58"
Photo Credit: UN News

News in Brief - 16 May 2024 - Gaza, Climate Change and Gambia

•	UN rights chief says horrified by Sudan escalation as famine draws nearer
•	WHO: antimicrobial resistance an increasingly worrying threat
•	Ukraine’s civilians facing daily drone and glider bomb attacks: IOM

Audio Credit: Shanae Harte, UN News
Audio Duration: 4'56"
Photo Credit: © UNICEF/Antony Spalton

News in Brief  - 17 May 2024 - Gaza, Sudan and antimicrobial resistance

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News in Brief - 1 May 2024 - Gaza, Ukraine and DR Congo

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