UN: UNCTAD unveils portal on Covid-19's impact on trade & development (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Geneva)
The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) on 4 May launched a new portal that provides an overview of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on trade and development.

Rights: Refugee children explain how education helps put trauma behind them (PRIV)
(IPS, Bratislava)
Eighteen-year-old Chuol Nyakoach lives in the Nguenyyiel Refugee Camp in Gambella, Ethiopia. Chuol is grateful that despite the trauma she has already experienced in her young life, she is able to continue her education in the refugee camp.

COVID-19: Press freedom vital in the fight against the pandemic (PRIV)
(IPS, Johannesburg)
Access to accurate information is vitally important during the pandemic, so that people can understand how to protect themselves and their families, and to hold their governments to account for their response to the health emergency.