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Syria regime responsible for gassing own citizens

The Syrian regime is responsible for a poison gas attack that killed 43 people in a suburb of Damascus in 2018, leaving victims choking to death in the basement of a home, a report by the global chemical weapons agency shows.

Guardian

1M forcibly displaced Syrians live in tents in Idlib

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Myanmar’s junta enacts new political party law

Myanmar’s military-controlled government has enacted a new law on registration of political parties that will make it difficult for opposition groups to mount a serious challenge to army-backed candidates in a general election.

Associated Press

Myanmar citizens wary of election results

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Brazil’s illegal gold mining decimating the Yanomami

A number of studies since the 1990s have raised awareness about the negative health effects that illegal gold mining in Brazil has had on the Yanomami population, as gold mining can be linked to tuberculosis, malaria, mercury poisoning and malnutrition.

Deutsche Welle

HRW: Leaked El Salvador data confirm abuses

Human Rights Watch has obtained a database leaked from El Salvador’s government that corroborates due process violations, severe prison overcrowding and deaths in custody.

ABC News

Hundreds flee as fighting intensifies in DRC

Fighting intensified around a town in eastern Congo as a rebel group seeking to expand the territory it controls increased pressure on government troops defending it, forcing hundreds of civilians to flee their homes.

Associated Press

DR Congo-Rwanda tensions hold up peace summit

Yahoo! News

ICC resumes probe into Philippines drug war

The International Criminal Court has said it will reopen its investigation into possible “crimes against humanity” in the Philippines over the former president’s drug war.

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Tanzania squeezes Maasai by seizing livestock

The Tanzanian government is seizing livestock from Indigenous Maasai herders in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in its latest attempt to clear way for tourism and trophy hunting, a report said.

Associated Press

Children go hungry at Kenya refugee camp

Médecins Sans Frontières said its health facility in Dagahaley, a camp in the Dadaab refugee complex, has treated 33 percent more patients – mainly children – for malnutrition over the past year.

Guardian

Journalist deaths rose nearly 50% in 2022

Sixty-seven members of the press were killed in 2022, the highest number since 2018, according to the annual report from the Committee to Protect Journalists.

NPR

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Peru protesters tear-gassed after call for truce

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Peru’s capital and were met with volleys of tear gas and pellets amid clashes with security forces just hours after President Dina Boluarte called for a truce.

Associated Press

Peru lawmakers motion to remove president filed

Deutsche Welle

Africa has become ‘less safe’ and democratic

Africa is less safe, secure and democratic than a decade ago, with insecurity holding back progress in health, education and economic opportunities, according to an assessment of the continent.

Guardian

Israeli troops kill 10 Palestinians on West Bank

Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians, including a 61-year-old woman, and wounded several others in a large-scale raid in a flashpoint area of the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said.

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Myanmar women target of social media abuse

Women were subjected to “doxxing” and threatened for expressing views opposing military rule with their online abusers calling for off-line punishment by authorities.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan: Chance outages due to cyberattack

Pakistan’s energy minister said there was a “remote chance” that hackers could be behind a grid failure that led to two days of blackout.

The Independent

Surveillance concerns as India gives digital IDs

Plans for a new family ID in Kashmir have caused confusion and irritation among many residents, while rights campaigners fear the program could lead to increased surveillance and data hacks.

Al Jazeera

GLOBAL HEALTH

Haiti’s hunger intensified by cholera, conflict

Cholera is sweeping Haiti, pushing hospitals and sanitation efforts closer to the brink as local gang violence and war in Ukraine drive up the number of hungry and desperate people in one of the world’s most volatile nations.

Devex

Afghan malnutrition rates reach a record high

Malnutrition rates in Afghanistan are at record highs with half the country enduring severe hunger throughout the year, a spokesman for the World Food Program said.

Associated Press

Malawi cholera outbreak death toll tops 1,000

Malawi‘s cholera outbreak has claimed more than 1,000 lives, according to the country’s health minister, who warned that some cultural beliefs and hostility toward health workers were slowing efforts to curb infections.

CBS News

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GOOD NEWS

Tanzanian teacher helps hospitalized kids

A Tanzanian teacher has won the hearts of many by giving classes for children suffering from long-term illnesses.

Deutsche Welle

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Aid groups press Taliban on women’s jobs ban

Heads of major aid groups are pressing the Taliban to reverse their decision to ban Afghan women from working for national and international nongovernmental groups, the UN humanitarian chief said.

ABC News

Afghan women aid workers lose hope after ban

Context

Bringing water back to Tamil Nadu’s farms

A former software engineer in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu has found rewarding work in the restoration of lakes, tanks and rivers. It’s helped more than a thousand families return to farming lands they thought lost.

Deutsche Welle

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Stocks rise amid hopes of avoiding recession

Global stock markets rose amid hopes Western economies can avoid a recession despite higher interest rates to cool inflation.

ABC News

Pakistan’s rupee plummets against US dollar

Cash-strapped Pakistan’s currency plunged against the dollar after the government indicated it was ready to comply with tough conditions set by the International Monetary Fund for its bailout package.

FOX News

UN agency squeeze causes Palestinian strike

Municipal services, along with schools and clinics, were closed in the West Bank amid the third day of a strike caused by an escalating funding squeeze on the United Nations agency that pays their wages.

i24 News

African leaders discuss Senegal food security

As African heads of state gathered in Senegal’s capital for a three-day summit to find solutions to food insecurity on the continent, 33-year-old farmer had a message for them: “Make sure support reaches smallholder farmers.”

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

More than 160 Afghans die in extreme weather

More than 160 people have died from the cold in Afghanistan this month in the worst winter in more than a decade, as residents described being unable to afford fuel to heat homes in temperatures well below freezing.

Reuters

Crisis in Afghanistan compounded by extreme temperatures

Deutsche Welle

6M birds on verge of dying in western Kenya

Farmers in western Kenya claim that the red-billed quelea bird population has exploded there, ravaging 300 acres of rice. To the satisfaction of the farmers, the ministry of agriculture authorized spraying of avicide.

AfricaNews

Asian countries hit by extreme cold snap

An intense cold spell is gripping east Asia, with temperatures plunging and hazardous conditions reported across China, the Koreas and Japan.

The Independent

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Local children walk barefoot through a tea plantation near Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo by Ninara) Photo used under CC BY

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