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The UN children’s agency UNICEF has been warning for years that poverty is a decisive factor in child trafficking. Indigenous children from impoverished backgrounds are particularly at risk. (Photo by Alex Proimos) Photo used under CC BY

In Latin America, poverty is driving child trafficking

Organized child trafficking is one of the murkiest chapters in the history of Latin American military autocracies. The dictators are gone, but exploitation of the vulnerable continues.

Deutsche Welle

US investigators expand probe into Catholic child sex abuse scandal

Al Jazeera

Libya holds suspect migrants in packed squalor

Thousands of refugees and migrants are being detained by Libya’s Department for Combating Illegal Migration. Desperate detainees spend their days in the dark in overcrowded halls, amid an unchecked TB outbreak.

Al Jazeera

Major companies failing UN human rights test

Most big companies operating in sectors at high risk of labor abuses are failing to meet human rights standards set by the UN, according to an analysis of 100 major companies.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Syria amends property law after criticism

Syrian President Bashar Assad has issued a decree amending a controversial law that allowed authorities to seize property left behind by civilians who fled the civil war.

Star Tribune

Honor killing video shows plight of Syrian women

Guardian

Rohingya flee refugee camps in Bangladesh

Dozens of Rohingya Muslim families on a list of refugees set to be repatriated to Myanmar have fled from camps in Bangladesh where they were living, a Rohingya leader said, even as Myanmar prepares to begin receiving them.

Reuters

LGBT in Tanzania going into hiding

The regional governor of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, is ramping up an anti-gay crackdown. Many people have gone into hiding to avoid arrest, with some relocating to different areas to protect themselves.

Vox

HUMAN RIGHTS

Salvadorean caravan continues north

Many groups formed after Salvadorans watched Hondurans start the arduous journey toward the U.S. in a caravan. Many want to leave El Salvador to see the world and find a good job, and being in a group offered strength in numbers.

National Geographic

Cambodian woman schools country on consent

One young activist is pushing back against a colonial morality hangover, gendered expectations and patriarchal norms epitomized by the local proverb that women, like cloth, are easily tainted.

TIME

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Private prisons spend top dollar on US elections

Companies spent heavily to make sure a candidates with pro-private prison agendas kept offices. Most of the spending was in states with some of the highest incarceration rates in the world.

Mother Jones

Bangladeshi opposition group delays elections

Bangladesh’s general election has been delayed after a decision to include a new alliance of opposition parties. The opposition demands handing over power to a caretaker government and the release of political prisoners.

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New rehabilitation protocol treats paralysis

Paraplegics who sustained spinal cord injuries are now able to walk with support thanks to new rehabilitation protocols that combine targeted electrical stimulation of lumbar spinal cord and weight-assisted therapy.

ScienceDaily

China’s new surveillance tool based on gait

China has begun deploying a new surveillance tool designed to identify people by how they walk, shape of their body, raising concerns among privacy advocates about how far the government is willing to go to surveil.

MSN

GLOBAL HEALTH

Ebola outbreak worst in DR-Congo’s history

The latest outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the worst in the country’s history. Almost 200 people have died since August, officials say, with more than 300 confirmed or probable cases.

BBC

Congo struggles to keep up against Ebola outbreak

CBS News

WHO uncovers irregular medicine consumption

Antibiotics are used far more in some countries than in others, a survey by the World Health Organization has shown, suggesting that urgent action is needed to slash unnecessary consumption of the medicines.

Reuters

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GOOD NEWS

Sikh couple launches drive to feed homeless

A Sikh couple in Oceanside, California, has created a foundation to raise money for a trailer that will provide more meals to people throughout San Diego County, while teaching compassion and promoting equality.

MSN

Miners work with Spain to phase out coal use

Under its new strategy, Spain is ensuring that the more than 1,000 miners who stand to be affected by the nation’s phaseout of coal use will be able to transition into new jobs in renewables and environmental restoration.

Fast Company

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

EU prioritizes arms deals over aid to Yemen

While the Saudi-led coalition has bombed Yemen, the region’s poorest country, over three years, European countries have approved the sale of more than $86.7 billion in arms to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Middle East Eye

Emirates Red Cross increases humanitarian aid to Yemen

Emirates News Agency

Germany boosts foreign aid amid global crises

Germany allocated roughly $2 billion for foreign aid projects in 2017 alone, making the country the world’s second-largest donor. An upcoming government report outlines the scope of Germany’s humanitarian spending.

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

EU calls for tough action on deforestation

To help meet a UN goal of halting deforestation by 2020, the EU should show “a leadership role, mobilizing its political and market leverage, and promoting broader international dialogue and cooperation."

Guardian

Pollution in cities damaging insects and ecosystems: study

Down to Earth

Tribes brace for next chapter in pipeline battle

A judge in Montana temporarily blocked pipeline construction. The judge ordered additional environmental review — a decision that indigenous activist Angeline Cheek considers a temporary win.

NPR

ECONOMY AND TRADE

ATMs go empty as Sudan tries to avert chaos

Cash machines in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, go empty as the government hurries to prevent economic collapse with devaluation and emergency austerity measures.

Reuters

In Pakistan, the poor are getting poorer

The poverty head count rate in rural Pakistan was twice as much in urban areas. The gap has remained virtually unchanged since 2001-02. Attempts by governments over the past 17 years have done little to bridge the gap.

Tribune Express

Australian mine workers strike over wage theft

Striking Australian miners are demanding a pay increase to reflect the four-hour daily commute. They want shifts to be reduced to 10 hours from 12. They claim they’re being robbed of two hours’ pay per shift.

The West Australian

WHO: Combat artisanal gold mine poisoning in Africa

allAfrica.com

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Siblings walk around in Conakry, Guinea. (Photo by UNMEER/Martine Perret) Photo used under CC BY

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