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Children in every corner of the world are facing one of the worst hunger crises on record. (Photo by Filipe Moreira) Photo used under CC BY

1 child born into hunger every 2 seconds in 2023

One child is born into hunger every two seconds in 2023. That’s more than 17.6 million children, one-fifth more than a decade ago, Save the Children says, one of the worst hunger crises on record.

The Independent

Malawi urges action for the climate-vulnerable

Malawi’s foreign affairs minister is looking ahead at the global meeting and hopes more will be done to help least developed countries like hers face the climate crisis.

Devex

Haiti’s brutal gang wars limiting access to food

Haiti’s brutal gang wars have spread from the capital to key farming heartlands, displacing tens of thousands of people and having a devastating impact on access to food staples, the United Nations has warned.

Guardian

Gaza situation still ‘horrendous’ despite truce

Though the Israel-Hamas truce has provided a lifeline to the Gaza Strip, aid organizations still describe the situation as “horrendous.” But the U.N. says the pause in fighting has provided “a glimpse of hope.”

Deutsche Welle

UNICEF: ‘We need a lasting peace or we‘re going to see more devastation and more deaths of children’

France 24

Freed Hamas captives tell of fear, squalor and hunger

BBC

Family of 10-month-old hostage calls for release

Guardian

Disease could kill more in Gaza than bombs

More people could die from disease than from bombings in the Gaza Strip if the health and sanitation systems are not repaired, the World Health Organization has said.

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

India’s LGBTQ+ community holds pride march

More than 2,000 people took part in a gay pride event in New Delhi, waving rainbow flags and multicolored balloons as they celebrated sexual diversity in India but also raised concerns over the country’s restrictive laws.

ABC News

Sierra Leone enacts curfew after barracks attack

Authorities in Sierra Leone, which has been going through a political crisis following elections this year, have declared a national curfew after attacks on an army barracks.

France 24

Sierra Leone: An attempted coup?

YouTube

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Pakistan charging refugees steep $830 exit fee

Pakistan has confirmed that it is charging an $830 fee to undocumented refugees who want to leave the country. The exit fee applies to people who arrive without a visa.

BBC

UN calls on Pakistan to halt expulsion of Afghan refugees

Times of India

Kenya parliamentary committee call for reforms

A committee set up by the Kenyan parliament has called for reforms to the country’s electoral body and a review of tax policy, public spending and social security.

Yahoo! News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Uganda benefits from China’s surveillance tech

Uganda’s government purchased Chinese surveillance cameras. They’re part of Huawei’s Safe City program. The government is also using the technology to keep an eye on the opposition, digital activists say.

Deutsche Welle

N. Korea celebrates launch of military satellite

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has celebrated a “new era of a space power” following the country’s launch of its first-ever military spy satellite.

Al Jazeera

As India election nears, tensions play out online

Elections fuel disinformation about India’s Muslim minority, fact-checkers say, urging platforms to tighten controls.

Context

GLOBAL HEALTH

S. Africa, Colombia fight for access to HIV drugs

South Africa, Columbia and other countries are taking a more combative approach towards drugmakers and pushing back on policies that deny cheap treatment to millions of people with tuberculosis and HIV.

Associated Press

Kenyans turn to backstreet clinics for abortions

Legal ambiguity over abortions in Kenya is pushing thousands of women to turn to backstreet clinics. BBC explores how abortion is shrouded in stigma and misinformation.

BBC

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (David Nicholson):

Climate finance for all won’t happen without philanthropy

Devex

Column (Carin Smaller):

Strengthen African market competition to fight food insecurity

Devex

Column (Levi Sucre Romero):

Ignoring Indigenous people will put nature targets out of reach

Context

Column (Sarah Miller):

Kenya’s bold new Shirika refugee plan is model for future

Context

Column (Gedaliah Afterman and Narayanappa Janardhan):

A Middle East guide to closing the climate gap

Asia Times Online

Editorial (Haisam Hassanein):

If Egypt supports Gazans, it should offer them temporary housing

The Hill

Editorial (Najat Maalla M’Jid):

Protecting children in a digital world is a moral imperative of our era

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

Mauritian shapes the future for women artists

The Mauritian curator and artist is reshaping the way we perceive the influence of art. Through her transformative spaces, Zaahirah empowers female artists and channels art’s potential to craft a brighter tomorrow.

Deutsche Welle

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

FGM survivor giving a voice to girls in Senegal

A Senegalese woman’s work to end female genital mutilation and keep girls in school has saved others from being cut. Now, she and her husband have won the Caine prize for their book based on her experiences.

Guardian

NGOs get women in labor to hospitals in Africa

Maternal mortality have declined globally, but it is still a disaster in the African region. Nonprofits are using creative ways to transport women in labor to health facilities, to reduce maternal mortality rates in Africa.

Devex

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Somalia officially joins East Africa trade bloc

Somalia was admitted into the East African Community as the eighth member of the bloc as it seeks to expand free trade across the region. Its entry will boost the EAC market to more than 300 million people.

Al Jazeera

ENVIRONMENT

Taliban shut out of COP28 amid climate crisis

Afghanistan’s climate challenges could have global repercussions. But Afghanistan’s international isolation means it will be excluded from COP28, the U.N. climate summit opening in Dubai.

Context

Here’s why climate change in Afghanistan has global repercussions

Context

Refugees in Cameroon combat desertification

Cameroon’s Environment Ministry estimates that 12 million hectares of land have been degraded in the country, but in the Far North region, a group of refugees is intent on reversing the advance of the desert.

Deutsche Welle

Mexican ecologists campaign to save axolotl

Ecologists from Mexico’s National Autonomous University relaunched a campaign to bolster conservation efforts for axolotls, a native, endangered fish-like type of salamander.

Guardian

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Charcoal production in Bertoua, East Region - Cameroon. (Photo by Axel Fassio/CIFOR-ICRAF) Photo used under CC BY

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