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Displaced families wait at a medical center in Baidoa, Somalia. (Photo by Sabir Olad) Photo used under CC BY

Extortion schemes spoil aid deliveries in Somalia

The theft of aid from vulnerable people in Somalia is “widespread and systemic,” a UN report shows, as an entire “ecosystem” benefits from extortion schemes, including camp owners, local authorities, humanitarian workers, and members of the security forces.

The Straits Times

Bombing in Somalia killed at least 18 people

ABC News

World faces ‘malaria emergency’ amid setbacks

African leaders have warned that the world is facing the “biggest malaria emergency” of the past two decades, as progress on eradicating the disease faces serious setbacks from mosquitoes’ growing resistance to insecticides.

Guardian

Captagon fuels drug trade in Syria amid ongoing war

Syria has become the largest producer and exporter of Captagon, causing commentators to name it the Middle East’s narco state. 80 percent of the world’s Captagon is produced in Syria, according to the UK government.

Deutsche Welle

UN: Afghan Taliban torturing, killing detainees

There have been over 1,600 incidents of rights violations of people detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan since December 2021, the UN says; nearly half of them are acts of torture.

i24 News

Probe into abuses in Ethiopia set to terminate

UN-appointed investigators have warned that more atrocities will occur in Ethiopia as their work faces termination amid opposition.

Al Jazeera

Crimes against humanity continue in Ethiopia

YouTube

Climate crisis made Libya flooding more likely

The devastating floods in Libya were made “50 times more likely” due to the man-made climate crisis, a scientific assessment shows.

The Independent

UN: Libya’s flood disaster displaced 43K people

France24

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN looks into Iran’s detention of dual nationals

A U.N. inquiry into rights in Iran has been asked to intervene in the growing detention of Iranian dual nationals and to identify the practice as unlawful hostage-taking.

Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Azerbaijan raising threat of a war with Armenia

Azerbaijan sent troops backed by artillery strikes into Armenian-controlled Nagorno-Karabakh in an attempt to bring the breakaway region to heel by force, raising the threat of a new war with its neighbor Armenia.

Reuters

Explainer: What is happening between Armenia, Azerbaijan?

Reuters

Armenia in political crisis after Nagorno-Karabakh defeat

Deutsche Welle

Sudan army chief warns war could spill over

Sudanese army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has warned that months of war could spill over in the region as he urged international pressure against the paramilitary unit he is fighting.

Deutsche Welle

Sudan army chief: War crimes being committed

The National

Israel strikes alleged Syrian military structures

Israeli tanks struck two structures inside what the army said was a demilitarized zone in Syria, claiming the buildings violated a half-century-old cease-fire agreement between the two countries, the Israeli army said.

Associated Press

Bulgarian nationalist party protest NATO bases

Bulgarian police scuffled with supporters of the ultra-nationalist Vazrazhdane (Revival) party protesting against the policies of the pro-Western government.

Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Indonesian jailed for two years over pork video

An Indonesian court has sentenced a woman to two years in jail for posting a TikTok video where she said an Islamic phrase before eating pork. Lina Lutfiawati, 33, was found guilty of “inciting hatred” against religious groups.

BBC

Google AI speeds up search for disease genes

Google’s AI firm DeepMind has used artificial intelligence to identify changes in human DNA that might cause diseases.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Where Ukraine amputees go to repair their lives

As Ukraine’s counter-offensive grinds on - with no decisive breakthrough - the number of amputees in the country is soaring.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Rwanda celebrates four new UNESCO sites

Four memorials to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda of more than 800,000 people, mainly Tutsi, were added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list, the U.N. cultural body said.

France 24

Samburu warriors regenerate Kenya’s wildlife

The creation of a wildlife reserve with an Indigenous community in one part of Kenya has paid dividends, for animals and people.

Positive News

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

‘Save Ukraine’ helps women find their children

With Save Ukraine’s training, women are traveling through Poland, Belarus and Russia to find their children — a daring, 3,000-mile journey to the other side of the front line.

NBCNews.com

Journalists asked to leave flood-hit Derna

Derna authorities say there are so many journalists in the city that they pose an obstacle to the work of rescue teams.

Al Jazeera

Libyans protest against authorities in flood-hit Derna

NBCNews.com

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Ghanaian women grapple with period poverty

The World Bank estimates 500 million people who require menstruation products cannot access them. Ghana imposes high taxes on period pads, putting them out of reach for many who need them.

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

World off track to meeting 2030 climate goals

Countries are failing to meet their 2015 Sustainable Development Goals. As world leaders gather for the U.N. General Assembly this week, the U.N. chief has said his main objective will be to speed up their progress.

Deutsche Welle

Climate activists around the world urge action

Deutsche Welle

Libya’s dam collapse decades in the making

With thousands left dead by floods as a storm burst through the dams next to the Libyan city of Derna, FRANCE 24 looks back at the years of neglect that left the city ill-prepared for the natural disasters of the climate crisis.

France24

Global heating made Greece, Libya floods more likely

Guardian

Lebanon struggles with dwindling water supply

Lebanon’s water is running dry. Despite its snow-covered peaks and abundance of rivers, Lebanon is one of the most water-stressed countries in the world.

Context

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