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Microplastics, microbeads and single-use plastics poisoning sea life and affecting humans, says UN Environment

November 4, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

Each year, an estimated eight million tonnes of plastic ends up in the ocean – equivalent to a full garbage truck every minute dumped into […]

Far more needed to ‘confront the world’s climate emergency’, UN chief tells ASEAN Summit

November 3, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

Four of the ten countries most affected by climate change are members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said […]

Friday’s Daily Brief: When journalists are targets, landslides in Cameroon, UN Female Police Officer of the Year award

November 1, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

A recap of stories in brief this Friday: Societies ‘pay a price’ when journalists are killed; Guterres saddened by Cameroon landslide deaths; Senegalese woman officer […]

Friday’s Daily Brief: When journalists are targets, landslides in Cameroon, UN Female Police Officer of the Year award

November 1, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

A recap of stories in brief this Friday: Societies ‘pay a price’ when journalists are killed; Guterres saddened by Cameroon landslide deaths; Senegalese woman officer […]

Guterres in Turkey: UN to study ‘new settlement areas’ plan for Syrian refugees

November 1, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday presented UN Secretary-General António Guterres with a plan for resettling hundreds-of-thousands of Syrian refugees, in the wake of […]

UN Migration Agency appeals to South Sudan group to free volunteer worker and child

November 1, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

The UN Migration Agency appealed on Friday for the immediate liberation of a volunteer and child who’ve been missing since a gun battle in South […]

Education and inclusion should be human rights priorities, UN Assembly hears

November 1, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

UN Member States agreed seven decades ago to a set of inalienable rights to ensure the dignity of everyone. On Friday, the newly-installed General Assembly […]

‘When journalists are targeted, societies as a whole, pay a price’, UN chief

November 1, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

“Without journalists able to do their jobs in safety, we face the prospect of a world of confusion and disinformation”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has […]

Thursday’s Daily Brief: The power of mediation, Southern Africa food crisis, urban deaths, climate meeting update and Iraq protest latest

October 31, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

A recap of Thursday’s top stories: Guterres in Turkey underscores successes of mediation; 45 million lack food across Southern Africa; rights experts push to release Palestinian […]

Wednesday’s Daily Brief: Iraq protests, ‘historic’ new Syria talks, Guinea-Bissau crisis, South Sudan, new UN nuclear watchdog chief

October 30, 2019 chhaymam@chhaymam.com 0

A recap of Wednesday’s stories: new Syria talks begin in Geneva; Chile pulls out as host of major climate conference; UN calls for national talks […]

World News in Brief: Displacement in South Sudan, fraud centres in the Philippines, new migration patterns in Latin America April 30, 2026
In South Sudan, the UN aid coordination office [OCHA] reported on Thursday that conflict and flooding continue to drive displacement and food insecurity higher throughout the country.
World News in Brief: Tackling the AI digital divide, deadly migration journeys, Lucy Hale named new WFP Goodwill Ambassador April 21, 2026
UN-led efforts are continuing to ensure that all countries can benefit and regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) as it increasingly shapes our economies, societies and daily lives.
Fleeing Sudan's war, refugees rebuild their lives in Uganda April 14, 2026
On the outskirts of the Ugandan town of Biale, tents are scattered along dirt roads that give way to open fields. The Kriandongo camp sits between a shattered past and a life tentatively being rebuilt. Here, the story does not end with fleeing war. Another phase begins, one where days are measured not in hours, […]
Kidnapped and tortured on an infamous migration route to Saudi Arabia March 28, 2026
An Ethiopian man describes how he was tortured by human traffickers as he went in search of his nephew on a now infamous migration route from the Horn of Africa through Yemen to Saudi Arabia.
A former refugee takes on a world in flight March 20, 2026
Barham Salih has spent much of his life crossing borders, first as a young Kurdish exile fleeing repression in Iraq, and now as the UN top official for refugees, confronting a world in which more than 117 million people have been forced from their homes.