World News in Brief: Ukraine attacks continue, education in Africa, Albinism update

The UN humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown on Thursday said she was ‘appalled’ by the scale of Russia’s overnight attack on Kryviy Rih City in the Dnipro Region.  https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/06/1151036
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World News in Brief: Ukraine attacks continue, education in Africa, Albinism update
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Russian attack on Kharkiv shopping centre ‘utterly unacceptable’, says senior UN official

Russian attack on Kharkiv shopping centre ‘utterly unacceptable’, says senior UN official

25 May 2024

An attack by Russian armed forces on a busy shopping centre in Kharkiv on Saturday reportedly killed at least four people and injured around 40. Denise Brown, the UN Humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine, strongly condemned the strike and called for civilians to be protected.

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World News in Brief: Fresh Ukraine attacks condemned, Gaza healthcare, DR Congo needs escalating

World News in Brief: Fresh Ukraine attacks condemned, Gaza healthcare, DR Congo needs escalating

23 Feb 2024

The top UN aid official in Ukraine deplored new attacks on the cities of Odesa and Dnipro on Friday, as the full-scale Russian invasion of the country enters a third year. 

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World News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older women facing abuse, cholera in Somalia

World News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older women facing abuse, cholera in Somalia

27 Mar 2024

The UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine said on Wednesday that she was “shocked and appalled by the horrifying reports” of civilians, including small children, being killed and injured by Russian strikes.